After watching the catastrophe at the U.S. Capitol building last week, it’s clear to me that we ain’t normal. But that’s not the only way to measure our lack of normalness. According to the CNN Business “Back-to-Normal” index, we ain’t normal. The Back-to-Normal index represents how close the U.S. economy is to returning to its pre-pandemic level. As I write this column, the index tells us that the economy is operating at 75 percent of where it was in early March 2020. The index was hovering around 83 percent for most of October 2020. Since then, it has been trending downward….
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How much are your children worth?
In the weeks ahead, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) wants your children to go back to school. They say it is necessary because children need schooling from a social, emotional, and behavioral health perspective. No one disputes that, so why are American parents balking at the idea? The short answer is that they are afraid for their kids. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that kids in a classroom are “super spreaders” of virus. Just think of what happens during the Flu season each fall and winter Despite assurances from the CDC that death rates among school-age…