The Disunited States of PandemMerica

Donald Unger
3 min readMar 28, 2020
Photo by Giacomo Carra on Unsplash

Pulling Apart When We Should Be Pulling Together

I went to Trader Joe’s on Friday.

The sidewalk outside was taped off in six-foot increments and two staff members guarded the door. One cart out: One cart in. When carts were returned, they were swabbed down with disinfectant before being given to the next person to be admitted.

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Donald Unger

I write what I know and what I’ve lived: humor & chronic pain; politics & parenting; business writing & cultural analysis; and . . . ranting (a lot of ranting).