Wording the world and sorting the chaos one story at a time.
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. Ob-blah-dee, Ob-blah-da. Morning coffee musings.Crushing last long day of Final exams before needed break. Chatting up China contacts about Biden.The Debate Commission is dodging foreign policy—historic…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. This is the most articulate and defining speech about this election and what’s in dispute and at risk, from a historic American way of life point…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. The measure of how long America’s uncivil war will last and how violent it gets will depend on how soon we come to terms with ourselves…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. Start praying now for the innocent.Admittedly, I’m a Puddleglum. I also have little sympathy for the warring tribes who will hit the streets soon on both…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. I am unsettled today, more than usual. On the surface, things appear quiet and fine. My housekeeper worked her magic today, creating a clean and orderly…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. Finally, people are saying it aloud. Dr. Kevin Craib, a Canadian viral epidemiologist and statistician that I’ve worked with, forwarded to me this vital global policy…
Michael Patrick, Ph.D. Up before dawn to watch the live stream of the Vice-Presidential debate. I was a guest again on journalist Mengfei Li’s show in Beijing.China garnered plenty of…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. As friends know, I don’t like wearing masks, but I wear them daily, sometimes up to 3 or 4 at a time. I’ve listened and watched…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. I watched a reporter on network television today who could barely contain his wide-eyed, cackling smirk at how Donald Trump and Melania had now contracted Covid…
By Michael Patrick, P.hD. Outside the bubble of America’s well-framed fictions, violence in the real world beyond our borders doesn’t depend on paid agitators, flag-waving street philosophers, or gangs busting…
I celebrate this day every year.I once had a live bluegrass band, authentic Middle Earth dishes, and a greeter who penned your name in Elvish and English. Proper dress was…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. Dear Friends, I am settling in safely in Lithuania as the Fall season dusted the trees with gold and a crisp chill greets us each morning.…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. I did a giant shopping this week at one of the area’s largest grocery stores. Took me hours to shop because I couldn’t find things quickly,…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. In the 20th Century’s wars and conflicts, we learned the hard way about how tactics of propaganda might be put to terrible use. We saw what…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. Two Rules of Journalism in 2020. Truth rarely makes the best headline. Get the facts first, then you can distort them as you please. https://youtu.be/P0y6M-N8wOE
When you hear U.S. Covid numbers on the news or recommended by social media nannies, do not swallow them at face value. Do some homework. “Cases” are composites made up…
By Michael Patrick, Ph. D. Who will win America’s election? A picture is worth a thousand words. Turn off the sound. Watch the images. In the war of images, what…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. This week, Vice-President Mike Pence warned supporters with a campaign mantra that “you won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America.” Frankly, I’m happy to say I…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. As odd as it may sound, valued “free choices” about personal health care may affect how people vote in November. Only one presidential candidate has confirmed…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. “Real Time” host Bill Maher asked a fresh and politically impertinent question this week of former Democratic candidate, Andrew Yang. Yang’s reply offered an observation that…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. I have cautioned many friends not to expect a clear and convincing outcome in the U.S. presidential race until at least January 6th, 2021. That is…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. NPR is the first major media to report on what people such as Dr. Keven J.P. Craib, a Canadian viral epidemiologist and statistician, first reported months…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. The numbers built into the Covid “case” counting game on the network scoreboards include people who may have been in the vicinity of a person who…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. I know, Paddington, I know. We’ve just gotten home, restocked the fridge, and that overwhelming feeling is knocking on our door again. That sense that it’s…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other usual press suspects are revealing a remarkable lack of curiosity about the Democratic Party’s standard-bearer, Joe…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. The medium is the message, a Canadian chap named McLuhan warned. We began abandoning the art of rational persuasion a generation ago.We chose images instead.There aren’t…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. A few of you may recall a joke from the ancients, namely, Cheech and Chong, that “just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean they aren’t out to…
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By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. In concert with the work of a viral epidemiologist and statistician in Canada, Dr. Kevin Craib, I’ve studied and written frequently this year about the spread…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. My firm opinion of America is that on both sides of our great cultural, racial, and political divides, America needs demonstrable leadership and character that it…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. The image of the father of our country, George Washington, face down in the dirt today, is a sign of the times. Too many Americans have…
Death By The Numbers as of June 9, 2020 By Kevin J.P. Craib, Jonathan Craib, B.A., and Michael Patrick, Ph.D. Every death is felt and weighed one person, one family…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. Major news organizations work hard every day to earn the distrust of the working-class Americans they so carefully disdain. Watch an anchor interview an expert on…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. Astronomers say they’ve found a planet circling a suitable sun that sort of resembles earth. Evidently, as replacement planets go for our earth, it might do…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. As a journalist and former network producer, I am accustomed to managing my way amid chaos whether in a conflict zone or setting up an encounter…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. Chaos comes in waves and spreads like a virus. Masks won’t help you. America’s violent tempers this Spring are no exception. Protests across major cities reflect…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. Pray for your community armed with knowledge of the Word and an understanding of these times. The Lord shows us the results of pent-up injustice. He…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. When the major news media starts shouting and spinning wall-to-wall that something is for your own good, that’s pitching, not reporting. When the government starts selling…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. As an American citizen and resident of other countries (China and Lithuania) I suffered along with you through three years of listening to Washington D.C.’s paralyzing…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. We do this to ourselves.Turn on television these days and the news quickly becomes a movie torture scene.It’s like when the bad guys blast heavy metal…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. The past few years have taken me through living in Virginia, China, New York City, and Lithuania. While I wait for the rest of the world…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. When the happy-go-lucky fellow left home that fateful morning, he had a plan for his day. Poor wee skunk; he didn’t see it coming. It’s kind…
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. Here’s one Canadian’s peek at post-coital Covid realities. The government has something to say. http://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-fear-of-covid-19-is-overblown-its-time-to-get-the-economy-moving-again
By Michael Patrick, Ph.D. As a former network news vice-president and executive producer, my job wasn’t today’s story, but the one just around the corner. We had to stay on…
