by Tom Morgan | May 29, 2020 | Newspaper Columns
Tis early days, but what have we learned from the virus crisis? One thing is that we don’t know what we don’t know. And we are often not certain about what we think we do know. For instance, we don’t know whether we should tell people to stay home, inside. Or should...
by Tom Morgan | May 22, 2020 | Newspaper Columns
Many visiting Europeans are stunned by the huge number of derelict and otherwise empty buildings we have. They ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. Most of our cities show signs of manufacturing blight. Especially northern and rust-belt cities. In this state, a city does not...
by Tom Morgan | May 15, 2020 | Newspaper Columns
Once we get this virus crisis behind us we maybe ought to stage a national competition. For the best recipe for humble pie. Here is why I suggest this: Suppose you plaster your walls with news stories of the virus since January. You will have many hundreds of them....
by Tom Morgan | May 1, 2020 | Newspaper Columns
Years ago one of my kids’ teachers joined the FBI. I remember how the students, their parents and her fellow teachers talked about this. There was reverence, deep respect. For her as well as the agency. After all, the FBI was the crème de la crème of law enforcement....