The week in 13 headlines

It was yet another historic week in Washington, as Former President Donald Trump departed for Florida, amid looming talks an impeachment trial on the Hill. On Wednesday, President Joe Biden was sworn in with Vice President Kamala Harris, the first Black and Southeast Asian woman to occupy that role. Biden has already zeroed in on what he calls the biggest issue facing Americans — the coronavirus pandemic. This week, the US officially surpassed 400,000 deaths.

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And that was the week in 13 headlines.

Features

The Offbeat: Going Viral

The gross national creativity is certainly going viral.  Some examples: Let’s face it.  If Hollywood ever makes the Andrew Cuomo story, Al Pacino has to play the lead, and he won’t even need makeup. I plan to become rich just as soon as I figure out how to make hand sanitizer from crude oil. How…

The Offbeat: Do It Yourself… Later On, by Jim Bohannon

I GUESS I MADE MY LAST VISIT TO WALMART THIS MORNING.  I WALKED IN AND SAW WHAT I’VE SEEN A NUMBER OF PLACES BEFORE, AND IT DID NOT PLEASE ME.  THERE WERE SEVERAL NEW…CHECK OUT YOUR GROCERIES YOURSELF..LOCATIONS…REPLACING FULL SERVICE LANES…AND NATURALLY…THE CHECK OUT YOURSELF SPOTS WERE ALMOST EMPTY, WHILE CHECKOUT FULL-SERVICE STYLE TOOK 20…

The Offbeat: TAX DAY, by Jim Bohannon

WELL, THAT DAY HAS COME AGAIN..,,ALBEIT, A BIT LATER THAN USUAL THIS YEAR: TAX DAY…THE DAY WE…RENDER UNTO CAESAR. I’VE ALWAYS LIKED THAT TERM…BOTH BECAUSE OF THE DEFINITION OF RENDER, AS IN, RIP TO PIECES…AND CAESAR…BUT ONLY IF YOU SPELL IT…S-E-I-Z-E..APOSTROPHE-E-R. NONE OF US LIKES TO PAY TAXES, ALTHOUGH, OBVIOUSLY, SOME TAXES MUST BE PAID…FOR…