Day: May 8, 2020

Buddhism, Health, Philosophy, PsychologyLeave a comment

Alarming Truths

Fernando Kaskais

Many of us are experiencing heightened anxiety during the global coronavirus crisis. In response, Tricycle is offering free access to select articles during this uncertain time. If you are able to, please help support this offering with a donation. Thank you! The pandemic offers us a chance to wake up to injustices we may have ignored before—and the time to cultivate presence with what is happening now. By Christopher Ives At this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic most of us are focused on what we need to do to stay safe, take care of loved ones, and make ends meet. In quieter moments we may also … Continue reading Alarming Truths

Eco, Globalization, Health, Planet, PoliticsLeave a comment

If Nothing Else, The Lockdown Has Been Good For The Earth

Fernando Kaskais

Lockdown should make economic reform contagious gregfelton.com One day, perhaps several months or a year from now, the 2 SARS-CoV-2 (novel coronavirus) pandemic will be declared over, but it will not be business as usual. The virus of 2020 is not something to be consigned to disease history alongside the Spanish Influenza, polio, SARS, MER, AIDS or numerous cholera outbreaks. It is a life-altering event that has rendered obsolete our concept of what is normal. Whether the pandemic is natural or man-made––a topic to be taken up later––does not alter the fact that it is making the earth conspicuously healthier. … Continue reading If Nothing Else, The Lockdown Has Been Good For The Earth

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The Worldwide Lockdown May Be the Greatest Mistake in History

Fernando Kaskais

By Dennis Prager The idea that the worldwide lockdown of virtually every country other than Sweden may have been an enormous mistake strikes many — including world leaders; most scientists, especially health officials, doctors and epidemiologists; those who work in major news media; opinion writers in those media; and the hundreds of millions, if not billions, of people who put their faith in these people — as so preposterous as to be immoral. Timothy Egan of The New York Times described Republicans who wish to enable their states to open up as “the party of death.” That’s the way it is … Continue reading The Worldwide Lockdown May Be the Greatest Mistake in History