With all due respect Madam Secretary, I respectfully disagree, and we may all rue the day if we rush to get kids back in their respective classrooms and schools too soon to do things safely.

Detroit also has had its share of unrest and disturbances over racial justice this summer of 2020, but the rule of law is still being enforced

COVID19 positive test results are significantly rising. Georgia last week experienced three consecutive days of daily sharp increases and record 'positives.'

Tuesday, June 9, 2020, will be an Election Day that thousands of Georgia voters may remember for years to come.

I am a middle-aged white male, proudly born and raised a son of the south, though not always proud of things we southerners have done,

I have often heard from my parents, and even aging peers, that among the many joys of aging is the increasingly long list of items that you are told, "You can't DO THAT anymore."

Though nine weeks seems a world way, it is helpful to recall that our self-imposed quarantine and national lock-down was about 'flattening the curve,' to prevent an unmanageable and perhaps much the more fatal surge of COVID19 cases, overwhelming our hospitals and healthcare system during this pandemic.

As a young man in 1751, George Washington visits the Caribbean island of Barbados, contracting smallpox.