–James Madison, Federalist 51
JAMES GRUBER. Managing our fears. Some practical advice.
Fear. It’s everywhere and palpable. Fear for the health of ourselves and our families. Continue reading
How the World Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic Foreign Policy
COVID-19: Prepared for the Wrong War Consortium News
DOJ moves against ‘despicable scammers’ operating fake Covid-19 vaccine website FCPA Blog
Flatter Me, a battle card game in which players "compete" to gather the most compliments. A perfect game for the times
Stream Helvetica & Other Design Documentaries for Free
Thinking that some people might need high quality entertainment while shut inside due to the COVID-19 pandemic, filmmaker Gary Hustwit is streaming his films online for free, one film per week. First up (from Mar 17-24) is Helvetica, his documentary on typography and graphic design.Click through to watch the whole film
What the Government Needs to Do Next to Tackle the Crisis
Jamie Galbraith describes what government needs to do to keep hospitals and the real economy functoning during the coronavirus crisis
Great interactive piece from the NY Times about how the virus got out of Wuhan and China to the rest of the world. "About 7 million people left [Wuhan] in January, before travel was restricted."
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner My correspondent, a Christian teaching in the International School in Wuhan, had suddenly found herself, willy-nilly, walled in, and, even within the city walls, further enclosed in her own room, looking out through a window, receiving food through a hatch. What could she do but read and pray?
According to scholars at the University of Paris, the Black Death is created on March 20, 1345, from what they call “a triple conjunction of Saturn, Jupiter and Mars in the 40th degree of Aquarius, occurring on the 20th of March 1345″. The Black Death, also known as the Plague, swept across Europe, the Middle East and Asia during the 14th century, leaving an estimated 25 million dead in its wake.
Well, here is a link to the rest of the story
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner My correspondent, a Christian teaching in the International School in Wuhan, had suddenly found herself, willy-nilly, walled in, and, even within the city walls, further enclosed in her own room, looking out through a window, receiving food through a hatch. What could she do but read and pray?
According to scholars at the University of Paris, the Black Death is created on March 20, 1345, from what they call “a triple conjunction of Saturn, Jupiter and Mars in the 40th degree of Aquarius, occurring on the 20th of March 1345″. The Black Death, also known as the Plague, swept across Europe, the Middle East and Asia during the 14th century, leaving an estimated 25 million dead in its wake.
Well, here is a link to the rest of the story
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