To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Saturday, April 20, 2024

Observercast

Good For The NFL

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The new policy of the NFL, widely reported in recent weeks, hits players and teams exactly where it hurts. If there is an outbreak among unvaccinated players, you forfeit the game and face further fines, and none of the players on either team gets paid. First, you lose. Second, you – and every one of […]

No Tears For Olympic Rejects Who Failed To Get Their Shots

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We’re playing the tiniest of violins for Sam Kendricks, the champion pole vaulter from Mississippi who was thrown out of the Tokyo Games after testing positive for COVID-19. Everyone long knew that officials in Japan planned to isolate any infected athletes from other participants and the population at large. Back in June, reporters asked Kendricks […]

Voters Really Do Want Order On The Border

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With COVID-19 receding – at least in vaccinated parts of the country – but crime hanging on, law and order looks to be a leading issue in the 2022 midterm elections. And that desire for order extends to the border. Democrats should know this: The surge in undocumented migrants at the border could kill them […]

Americans First?

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Should vulnerable Americans – say, senior citizens and those with underlying conditions, to begin with – get their third shot before people all over the world get their first? I would say yes. The World Health Organization says no. In the past week, both Pfizer and Moderna have announced that they are testing a booster […]

The Sedition Caucus Under Oath

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It is an indisputable fact that House Republicans including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy were at the very heart of former President Donald Trump’s coup plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election. While more than hints and clues have pointed to their involvement ever since the Jan. 6 insurrection, their central role emerged this past week […]