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A Sea Change: The ruins of our post-Covid19 world

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Post-war German ruins (photo credit Morguefile) This morning I was having that first glorious cup of coffee in my porch swing on the deck. Looking out over the view in the neighborhood, for a split moment, it felt like any normal day in any normal time until reality of where we are barged into my sunny morning. Does anyone really know what time it is? Of course, this begs the question, "Where are we?"  And, probably more importantly, where will we be afterward? At the end of the quarantine, as now projected as April 30, where will we be? And, as a carrot dangled for a racehorse, our President has assured us that the world will be great again on June 1, if we will just stay the course.  I sure hope that Covid-19 is less threatening on April 30 and long-gone from conversation by June 1. However, I am wondering this morning about what the ruins of this "Covid19-War" will look like in America. Post 9/11 America After the events of 9/11 in America, everything ...