Many patients tell me “I just want this thing to be over with.” They “can’t stand this any longer.” The virus is not listening. COVID has upended much of modern life, but it already possesses a “long tail.” This “devil’s prong” will continue over decades, first through statistics of death, destruction and disability, but later […]
Ignorance as Strength
Ignorance is strength. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. George Orwell, publishing his novel “1984” in 1948, foretold the future because he was living it. He had witnessed Stalin’s Russia and Hitler’s Germany. In Stalin’s time, hundreds of thousands of dedicated loyalists gave their hearts, minds and toil to the state. These patriots then discovered […]