Yearly Archives: 2020


The George Floyd Incident: How Did it Happen?

NOTE: “Full body camera videos are included at the end of this article – Thao, Kueng, Lane” It was a warm spring night, Memorial Day May 25, 2020, when George Floyd arrived at the corner of East 38th St and Chicago Ave in Minneapolis in what is called the Powderhorn […]


Corona Virus Reality Check

Data are coming in, and their import is clear. The coronavirus pandemic is not and never was a threat to society. COVID-19 poses a danger to the elderly and the medically compromised. Otherwise, for most who present symptoms, it can be nasty and persistent, but is not life-threatening. A majority […]


The Diamond Princess, a Corona Virus palace, Provides Suggestive Data

What’s frightening about the COVID-19 corona virus is the overwhelming amount of inconclusive data we have about it. We are inundated with media speculation and hyperventilation, Chinese disinformation, and data that changes daily thanks to the treatment and quarantine initiatives governments are trying around the world. The fact that the […]


Some Corona Virus Humility

There are two well-known themes, or topoi, in classical literature. One concerns the graphic descriptions in Thucydides, Sophocles, and Procopius of plagues—especially the human misery and despair that accompanies outbreaks that killed large numbers. The unknown plague at Athens (430–429 bc) killed one-quarter of the Athenian population during the Peloponnesian […]


The Corona Virus Pandemic

We are in the midst of an annual event – the flu season. While seasonal influenza (flu) viruses infect year-round in the United States, flu viruses are most common during the fall and winter. The exact timing and duration of flu seasons can vary, but influenza activity often begins to […]