Author Archives: Steven Damron

You remember Marie Antoinette’s famous words, yes? “Let them eat prawns!” Or was it cake? The oligarchs never catch a break with fake attributions. I only mention this because the price of prawns has dropped precipitously here in Catalonia as restaurants closed their doors during the Covid-19 pandemic. A kilo of prawns ran about aContinue reading “1 June 2020 – Monday – #78”

When the house is on fire, sometimes you forget your Covid-19 mask. I wrote yesterday about how Covid-19 exacerbates America’s institutional racism. I don’t want to sound too alarmist or conspiratorial, but it also may have created the pretext for Trump to use the military to take control the US. Why lose an election whenContinue reading “31 May 2020 – Sunday – #77”

I’m a little unsure where to start today. I wanted to focus on Covid-19 science, but overnight it seems like US democracy hit the third rail. The police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week has triggered widespread social upheaval, far larger than earlier Covid-19 protests by gun-toting right-wing groups in Michigan’s capitol andContinue reading “30 May 2020 – Saturday – #76”