
Tippecanoe But Please, Not Biden Too
ColumnsToday’s forecast for our nation’s capital is bearable for January – 43 and sunny – but, mindful of what befell William Henry Harrison, I’ve been worried about old Joe Biden. […]
Today’s forecast for our nation’s capital is bearable for January – 43 and sunny – but, mindful of what befell William Henry Harrison, I’ve been worried about old Joe Biden. […]
Like many of you, I’ve watched a lot of movies and TV shows in the past six months, way more than usual. I can’t even remember what I used to do with my pre-pandemic evenings – read, I suppose. Oh yeah, and go places.
The thrill of a snow day has a double resonance. I think of my own long-ago childhood, but I also think of winters when my children were in school. As the family’s earliest riser, my job was to tune in WPSU and wait for Bruce Fleischer to announce the day’s school closures and delays.
So much for my prognosticatory powers. Before the start of Fall semester, I predicted Penn State would shut down by Oct. 1. I wasn’t being contrarian. Hardly anyone […]
Thanks to those spoilsports in the infectious disease community who do not want to see us all sicken and die, I am prepared for an intimate little Thanksgiving dinner for two tomorrow, rather than the food orgy for 50 we usually attend. I was not prepared for thermal shock.
The word that seems to come up more than any other with regard to Joe Biden is decency. At any other time, that might sound like damning with faint praise. After four years of Trump, it’s manna from heaven.