Joe Biden is the President Elect
Washington Post: Our long national nightmare is over “Our long national nightmare is over. Donald Trump has lost the...
Category: USA
I believe I can fly…..
Five years ago today this happened – I make no excuse about re-posting it – as it was a...
A message for our times
Barack Obama delivered a powerful message calling for voters to protect American democracy during the third night of the...
“A thin cotton swab shoved up your nostril beats a thick plastic tube jammed down your trachea”
Nicholas Christakis on fighting covid-19 by truly understanding the virus The latest coronavirus is different from past ones, so...
The problems with virus denial
I am not entirely sure why I am bothered by this or why I bothered to write a response....
Why ‘Black Lives Matter’ matters
When I was a teenager my father went to work in Nigeria. I was banished to boarding school in...
The message that Xi JinPing should send
Amidst all the US/China tub-thumping, finger-pointing and unhelpful commentary at all levels of government and society here is a...
The USA is not ready
This is a thread from ProPublica on Twitter outlining what the USA needs to do before it removes the...
Scapegoating the WHO
Last week US President Donald Trump’s move to halt funding to the World Health Organization over its handling...
The fall-out from Covid-19
The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our time and the greatest challenge we have...