Category Archives: Editorial

Cheap Psychology; New reopening of shops from February 1; Check out the new swab centers; Start vaccination in private hospitals; Mr Gayle’s Uplifting Nature

Friday, January 29, 2021 When I first met my wife, she was quick to catch on to my… …how did she call it?… “cheap psychology”.  And as time went on, she became wiser to my advances and I, too, had to be sharper.  This “cheap psychology” as she still calls it to this very day, is what […]

When the Going Gets Tough…; Anti Covid 19 Vaccines Finally Arrive in Panama; Convalescent Plasma Therapy; Study on Confinement by Gorgas; And His Name is Ragnar

Friday, January 22, 2021 Well, if ever there was a time when leaders were meant to shine, that was supposed to be 2020.  As we look across the planet, very few leaders were truly to be found.  In truth, the majority of them were found in the places you wouldn’t normally look for them.  When you hear the […]

The Great Social Media Exodus of 2020-2021; Clarifications on new measures reported by the Government and latest news.

Thursday, January 14, 2021 For as long as social media has existed, all of these platforms have been using your information for any number of reasons.  Their primary interest is to learn more about you, the customer, so they can orient you towards other things that you would like.  It’s just the same as McDonald’s asking if […]

Gradual reopening plan in Panama – The January 12, 2021 version that we like to call “2.yuck”

Tuesday, January 12, 2021 Well, I suppose we all should have seen this coming.  The month of January is typically a dead month for most commerce anyways, but it shouldn’t be dead and buried.    We all had to go back to suspending or firing employees, making deals with office landlords, negotiating with suppliers and don’t get me […]

The Evils of Power; Vaccine to combat Covid-19; Regulation of the mobilization to areas with low rates of Covid-19; Treatments that are not effective for covid-19 according to Panamanian Medical Associations; Generate your own Random Resolutions

Saturday, January 9, 2021 What’s going on in the US right now isn’t anything more than a struggle for power.  If there’s a lesson to be learned here it’s that you should never do anything with the intent to gain power over people.  Power only attracts the worst of humanity and corrupts the best.  And from my observations, […]

New restriction measures and the latest news

Have you ever had one of those days on quarantine, but you thought you could feel any more quarantine-y than you did at that very moment, but then the government comes out of nowhere with news that they’re giving you a dose of even more quarantine? Don’t even tell me that you didn’t, because that’s EXACTLY what happened on Sunday to me, you, and every one else in Panama.

A Difference of Perception; Affection by floods; Possible outbreak of Covid in Panama; Panama police will have a television series; HBD Alejo

Friday, November 06, 2020 Through no fault of the county clerk, the absentee ballot that I requested never arrived until Monday.  By that time, it was too late for me to pick it up, get it mailed and get it counted.  In short, I couldn’t vote and it broke my heart.  As my closer friends […]

Where was Brett?; Agglomerations in San Francisco for solidarity bonds; Preliminary draft of vaccines; Patience is requested to reopen; More Weekend Gardening

Friday, September 04, 2020 Ohhhmmmm… Technology is my friend…  Ohhhmmmm….  Technology will do me no harm….  Ohhhmmmm….  Technology is all about efficiency and could never stand in my way while I try to conduct my business….  Maybe if I meditate on that long enough, I’ll actually start believing it.  It’ll be like self-imposed or self-inflicted […]

REPORT TO THE NATION

July 1, 2020 José Gabriel Carrizo Jaén, Vice President of the Republic; Marco Castillero, President of the National Assembly; Luis Ramón Fábrega, President of the Supreme Court of Justice; Deputies and Deputies. Panamanian people: Today it corresponds to me as president of the Republic, and by constitutional mandate, to render before the country the report of the first […]

Learning When to hit yourself with a Newspaper

Many of us in Panama have pets. I’m not sure what the ratio is amongst the population of dogs, cats, fish or other small animals in Panama, but I did find this interesting chart about animals in the USA. Rank Pet Total Number in the USA 1 Freshwater fish 171,700,000 2 Cat 93,600,000 3 Dog 79,500,000 […]