Imagine’s Lyrics 51 Years Later – On National Indigenous Peoples Day.

Mike Magee John Lennon‘s Imagine was released as a single today 51 years ago. Many of the comments in response to last week’s Hcom question (“How civilized are we humans?”) focused on aspirations for hope, peace, and mutual understanding. Yesterday was the 8th national holiday on our calendar – originally Columbus Day, now Indigenous Peoples Day. […]

How Civilized Are We Humans?

Mike Magee “These are unprecedented times.” This is a common refrain these days, from any citizen concerned about the American experiment’s democratic ideals. Things like – welcoming shores, no one is above the law, stay out of people’s bedrooms, separation of church and state, play by the rules, fake news is just plain lying, don’t […]

Truth and Trust in Science.

Mike Magee “The key is trust. It is when people feel totally alienated and isolated that the society breaks down. Telling the truth is what held society together.” Those words were voiced sixteen years ago in Washington, D.C. It was October 17, 2006. The HHS/CDC sponsored workshop that day was titled “Pandemic Influenza – Past, […]

A Red Painted Turtle On Rosh Hashanah.

Mike Magee Tomorrow begins Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. This is the time when Jewish people ask God for forgiveness for their mistakes and errors over the past year and commit to learning from those mistakes as to not repeat them in the year ahead. The emphasis then is not on suffering, but on […]

Constructed of star dust, could “Guardian Angels” still exist?

Mike Magee “EXCLUSIVE: Royal beekeeper has informed the Queen’s bees that the Queen has died and King Charles is their new boss in bizarre tradition dating back centuries. … He placed black ribbons tied into bows on the hives, home to tens of thousands of bees, before informing them that their mistress had died.” So […]

“Beyond Nicotine”: What Could Possibly Go Wrong With That?

Mike Magee Connecticut attorney general, William Tong, took a turn in the spotlight this week, representing 33 states and Puerto Rico in announcing that vaping original, Juul, had agreed to pay penalties of $438.5 million to settle law suits against the company. Juul in essence acknowledged that the company’s marketers had targeted young students, used […]

What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Attacks On Women By Two Different Dobbs.

Mike Magee Under the definition for the noun, epidemic, there are two main (and distinctly different) definitions. I know this fact because it was the beginning point of my preparations earlier this summer for a Fall course on “The History of Epidemics in America” at the Presidents College at the University of Hartford. The entry […]

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