The Environmental Protection Agency, addressing the coronavirus outbreak, suspended all of its regulations and standards for companies. The radical environmentalists are up in arms. Greta Thunberg, in particular, is up in arms. But boo freaking hoo.
The U.S. Space Force, following a brief glitch with ground support equipment, launched its first mission out of Cape Canaveral, Florida -- a national security satellite valued at about $1 billion. Finally, a ray of hope, a nod to American greatness among the coronavirus gloom and doom.
Thursday was supposed to be one of the year's happiest days -- baseball's Opening Day. But like this year's NBA season, school year, Olympics and millions of other events once scheduled and now postponed indefinitely (including, we're sad to say, the release of Lady Gaga's new album), baseball has been scuttled. For how long, we do not know. Even if baseball does get going eventually, this season will be the first since 1994 -- the year of the ill-fated players' strike -- that teams and fans have not enjoyed a full season of 162 games.
For millions trapped at home by state-ordered lockdowns, coping with coronavirus means endless hours of TV and video games, and, as we said, no baseball. Just beyond the windowsill, though, spring beckons with its seasonal explosion of fresh color. A morning meditation on the back porch with a song-bird serenade isn't going to provoke the ire of some finger-wagging governor. Where citizens are still allowed to roam freely -- keeping a respectful six feet of distance from others -- a hike through the park makes it easy to forget coronavirus cares. That's because even while death is visited upon human civilization, the world of nature is coming alive.
Americans are now suffering from something far worse than COVID-19. 'Corona-chosis,' a mental disorder of epic proportions, is a clear and present danger to our economy and our way of life. This new, collective insanity is wrecking businesses and putting millions of Americans out of work. It is a far greater threat to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness than any virus or disease could ever be. It must be stopped before it drives all of us stark raving mad.
The U.S. economy has been devastated by the coronavirus. State, local and federal governments have all but shut down in response to IT. The first jobless report had 3.28 million people filing claims. This is an an enormous, record hit on the economy. Although Congress has just passed a large economic stimulus package, the momentum of this catastrophe is picking up speed and the harm it will do is yet to be told.
Scratch greed off the lineup card for this, a season unlike any other. Eat some television contracts, and accept the fact this won't be a full salary year.
A reader wrote me and stated that the COVID-19 outbreak was a Communist Chinese plot to destroy Western economies. He had no proof, but he is not alone in thinking that China or someone else intentionally spread the COVID-19.
Radio star Michael Savage was just named by President Donald Trump to be a member of the board of directors of the Presidio Trust, an organization committed to preserving one of San Francisco's biggest tourist draws -- the national park area located at the Golden Gate Bridge.
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