Month: March 2020

“Get over it”

Life’s been tough lately.  My family got the old one, two combination last week as the coronavirus showed its teeth and my 49-year-old sister, Kelly, died suddenly in her sleep on Thursday. The two blows to the head rattled me.  My reality spun out of control like the punch-drunk fighter taking an eight count on …

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Coronavirus: Comparing the Hubei Province and Ohio

China’s Hubei Province and Ohio joined the Sister Cities Program as partners in 1979 through the efforts of Governor James Rhodes. The two areas have shared cultural and business opportunities through the years.  Now we share the coronavirus. How do Ohio and the Hubei Province stack up against one another in dealing with the coronavirus outbreak?  …

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“What, me worry?” Alfred E. Neuman, Yogi, and the coronavirus

“My return trip home from the coronavirus capitol of Wuhan gave me a sense of peace for, oh, about fifteen minutes.  Then my thoughts began to run to Yogi Berra’s famous quote “It’s like deja vu all over again.” The recent outbreak of coronavirus throughout the United States brings back the same feelings as Wuhan’s …

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