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Lessons From Lockdown NewsColony Two Thursdays ago, I flew to Los Angeles to meet my daughter and cheer her on at her final international Olympic qualifier in fencing. She never boarded her flight because the event was canceled. Now, the entire Olympics is postponed. I spent my time in Los Angeles dealing with all the cancellations of my upcoming speaking engagements and public appearances. My plan was to fly back to New York for a couple of days and then on to Barcelona. That was one of a group of trips I had long planned for my 50th birthday year. I’ve had to cancel most of those trips. Spain has since surpassed China as the place with the second most deaths from Covid-19. The most deaths are in Italy where I am, at present, scheduled to be in late summer. I wanted to make this year memorable. The universe is taking care of that. I came back to New York to spend some time with my daughter, to help deal with her disappointment and to make sure that she and my other children ...