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Came to me in his fatal rounds, And said: ‘No more!’’’ Ignorance Goes Viral Part of the reason for the GOP/QAnon’s success in spreading misinformation about COVID-19 is the failure of public education, especially in the ignorance-rich Red States, to adequately teach biology. An alarmingly large number of Americans seem to have virtually no knowledge of viruses in general and how they spread and mutate in particular. And no clue on how vaccines work, even though even most of the most fanatical Trumpers have been vaccinated for something, say as a condition for school admission. ...
who would say, through all of this, we’re not redeemed by our essential silliness?’’ -- From “The Church of the Backyard,’’ by Chris Forhan “When I looked at a map in town, Rhode Island seemed lost up there in the corner. A state so small and crowded, there didn't seem to be room for a person at all.” ― Michelle Hoover, in the novel The Quickening Reading about many people reappraising their work lives because of the pandemic got me thinking about past work lives. I’ve wondered how much the nature of the work that my ancestors did over the past couple of hundre...
PHOTO: file July 4 is an explosive day, even in normally quiet towns. Back when there were more stringent New England state laws on the purchase and use of fireworks (and firearms!), my family and friends would go far afield to get them – mostly the South – putting them in cardboard boxes in the back of the station wagon, as our parents smoked Salems up front…. In our coastal town we were fortunate in having rocky beaches and headlands where they could be set off, terrifying birds and dogs. The fireworks were particularly beautiful when reflected on the sea. The sulfurous scent fro...