Why can’t we try to make the New Normal an improvement on the Old Normal?

Why can’t we try to make the New Normal an improvement on the Old Normal?
Melissa Todd makes the case against sending kids to school.
The self-absorbed need to take part in dramatic and pointless events aimed at raising profiles more than funds.
An open mind and an interest in what other people have to say is a dying virtue.
Expecting our musical heroes to be good at everything is unfair. Bring in the proper songwriters and stop fretting about credibility.
The decidedly limited pleasures of watching very privileged people being told that they matter, as they flaunt their wealth and lecture us on things they know nothing about.