Personal Safety
No Man is an Island, Even in a Pandemic
No man is an island. So says John Donne’s Meditation 17 in “Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions.” The next stanza goes: “Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” That sentiment feels palpable during these days of pandemic-forced lockdown to Robert Bingaman, a Kansas City painter. He was inspired to make…
College Towns Hit Census Pothole With Coronavirus
If you want to drive home to college students the importance of filling out the census, you might want to focus on driving home. Brittan Brenner has gained that bit of wisdom as a community development specialist with the city of Pittsburg, Kansas. That thought was not top of mind even a couple years ago…
Kansas Hospital Bought COVID-19 Tests That May Only Show You’ve Had A Cold
A Kansas hospital bought Coronavirus tests that may only show that you’ve had a cold.
Primetime for Puzzles? A Global Pandemic
Forget toilet paper, the world is running low on jigsaw puzzles. In a recent interview with NPR, Carol Glazer, president of Massachusetts puzzle and family game company Ceaco, shared details about the company’s spike in sales that she never saw coming. “Around the second week of March, we noticed sales at one of our largest…




Three Key Ts: Testing, Tracing and Treatment in a Post-Pandemic Economy
Now is the time to learn from the COVID-19 outbreak or there will be no escaping the worst of the pandemic and economic collapse.