These are instructive times. Are you paying attention?

The coronavirus is not only causing a few problems. It’s highlighting a few things I suspect a lot of us feel uncomfortable confronting.

Try these for size.

Why do we, as a society, tolerate homelessness? Why do we tolerate some individuals taking billions of dollars out of circulation while others have to live and beg in the streets — even in the richest nation on earth? I’ve lived in New York. I’ve seen them.