Tag: Pandemic
Orchestra of Southern Utah Featured in League of American Orchestras’
As concert halls across the country go dark due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Orchestra of Southern Utah and other orchestras have given hope and solace to a quarantined public by making an unprecedented number of online performances and educational resources available free of charge.
Look Who’s Planning to Get Us Back to Work
With both the federal and state governments expanding their reach into the economy, competing for advantage in the market economy is replaced by seeking special favors from the government. Getting us back to work!
Reflections on 50 Years of Earth Day
Earth Day 2020 is April 22nd, a 50-year Anniversary worldwide celebration – planned as the largest event in history – has been postponed to sometime in October due to COVID-19.
Volunteers Needed to Help Take COVID-19 Tests in St. George
To better accommodate those who want to be tested for COVID-19, TestUtah.com, a new initiative sponsored through Silicon Slopes and in partnership with state government leaders and private corporations
Letter To The Editor: Déjà Vu With A Twist – The...
This is Déjà Vu with a twist. The twist is, every State that had a large Occupy Wall Street gathering has limited the right to assemble -- everything else is the same.
Massive Death Projections Wrong
When President Donald Trump mobilized a health squad to advise him and the nation on the seriousness of the coronavirus epidemic he was given projections of death vastly exceeding the number of Americans who died in the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic.
COVID-19: A North-South Combat Zone?
The novelty of this combat “zone” against COVID-19 lies in its paradoxical nature: its limits are blurred yet its boundaries are multiple.
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program Now Available in Utah
Those who are or were self-employed in the state of Utah, prior to the economic shutdown, now have access to 'Unemployment Benefits' through the CARES act.
Charlotte’s Web: The Awful Price of This Pandemic
The pandemic has turned our world upside down. We work from home. School is canceled indefinitely.
Time Is Not Absolute
Those of us around the world are confined to house arrest right now are beginning to learn, time is not absolute, something Albert Einstein figured out long, long ago.