The More Things Change

by Jimmy Johnson

March 10, 2011


Inside the past 30 days, I probably have watched more cable-news shows than during the near decade that has passed since this A&J comic first ran. What was obvious then is obvious now: old people watch these shows. Regardless of the network, the incessant advertising is for prescription drugs or financial services, almost exclusively. Only now, there is the additional irony. We watch in hope of getting useful information about the ravages of the COVID 19 pandemic, squeezed in between endless pitches for psoriasis treatment and reverse mortgages.



37 responses to “The More Things Change”

  1. TruckerRon Avatar

    One young woman in our congregation has died because of COVID-19. She never caught the disease, but having struggled with depression her whole life then losing her job at a museum because it had to close, she committed suicide. 🙁

  2. Jerry in Fl Avatar
    Jerry in Fl

    That’s terrible TR, but has probably happened across the country. That’s why I commented regarding panic attacks.