The weather’s nice, so let’s ramble on down the road in our 1957 Rambler!
- I read that the NFL Miami Dolphins are turning Hard Rock Stadium into an outdoor drive-in theater, where cars can park on the playing field to watch movies and other events. Seems to me they’re only one small step away from turning a field of parked cars into one of my guilty pleasures: Demolition derby!
- Soon-to-open amusement parks in Japan have issued guidelines asking visitors not to scream on rides or get too close to park mascots. (Personally, I’ve never screamed on rides: Between being too petrified, keeping lunch down, listening to my Number 2 turn to Number 1, and the occasional blackout I’ve been much too busy….but, I digress!)
- Did you know that in the New York City area about 75% of the deaths from SARS-CoV-2 (or, COVID-19) virus were in patients over 65 years old? And, that 60% were male? It’s undeniably tragic, and painful for relatives and friends of the victims. That said, could the next big tragedy be the destruction of livelihoods of the still-living which have or will be destroyed if the Minneapolis / St. Paul riots spread throughout the United States?
- When it comes to Social Media sites like this one and this one and this one and this one and maybe even this one – who allegedly censor speech they don’t agree with or in some cases ban them outright despite enjoying legal protection from liability lawsuits – it seems that we finally have an answer to that famous 2000-year-old observation by the Roman poet Juvenal:
- “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” (“Who watches the watchers?”)
The answer? “Praesidis Generalis Attorney et custodiet ipsos custodes erit.” (“Attorney General and the President will watch the watchers.”) Read more here.
- Back in 1966 two Liberal Sociologists – Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward – proposed a solution to poverty in the United States: Force the Federal Government to provide guaranteed basic income for all by organizing mobs of unemployed in major cities, overwhelming welfare offices, and providing advocates to threaten legal action if their demands aren’t met. Perhaps a better solution might be to create a “Full Employment” Economy where everyone who wants to work can work. And, to review a solution proposed over 2000 years ago to the Thessalonians.
Thanks for Reading!
