21 | January | 2021 | By Hook Or By Book

Here’s Brendan’s latest COVID-19 update from NYC. Like the majority of the country, including my state of AL, the news is not great. I do take a certain amount of comfort though in that rational adults are back in charge.

Blind Injustice

Yesterday was a joyful day for those who supported President Biden, and a mournful day for the few who support Former President Trump. However, the reality still remains that COVID-19 is a major concern, even though we have recently seen a new President of the United States sworn in.

In the United States, we learned on Tuesday that we have surpassed 400,000 deaths. That is a sobering number, and there’s no way to spin it. I remember when many of us were shocked of the talk of the potential for 100,000 deaths from the pandemic, and now we are at a death toll four times that.

In my neighborhood, the COVID positivity rate has ticked down slightly, but has remained way too high for comfort. The positivity rate is now just over 13% in my zip code, which is down from the 15% or so we were at as of…

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Inauguration Day 2021

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I’m going to attempt not to ramble too much with this post, but I overindulged with champagne last night, so forgive me if I do. I’m also still basking in the afterglow of yesterday’s inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Harris. Don’t worry. I haven’t glued my rose colored glasses permanently to the bridge of my nose. Obviously, the U.S. still has a long and difficult path to traverse. We’re still battling a pandemic, rampant poverty, unemployment, inequality, the rise of white supremacy and other hate groups, government corruption, and the vast number of people who have no health insurance, to name just a few issues. But, for the first time in four years I feel like maybe, just maybe, the country I love so much, has a chance. From today through Sunday, I’m going to share some of my favorite moments from last night’s Inaugural Concert: “Celebrating America” and Monday, it’ll be back to usual with book reviews, etc.