3 Apr, 2020
Putin forever!
“One trait dictators have in common: They believe in ruling for life. And since they’re dictators, they can count on...
2 Apr, 2020
The April Foolish Fake Leader
“It is said by those who study and teach leadership that one of the primary attributes of the best leaders...
1 Apr, 2020
Incarceration, Detention, and Covid-19
“Recently I sat in on a livestreamed town hall sponsored by the school of public health at a large university...
1 Apr, 2020
Developing a vaccine against war
“What if the vaccine that’s eventually developed is so large in scope it includes the words of UN Secretary-General António...
31 Mar, 2020
GOP’s achievement is now on display
“Significant blame for the failed response and delayed action in responding to the global COVID-19 pandemic is being directed at...
31 Mar, 2020
The Virus that may bring us together
“A country paralyzed. A booming economy about to crash. Citizens afraid of an enemy they can’t see, hear or smell....
27 Mar, 2020
Trump’s Cure and Our Disease
“The surgeon-general said so. The federal reserve chairman said so. Epidemiologists across the US said so. …” Mel Gurtov Published...
26 Mar, 2020
Are you prepared to needlessly die for your country?
“When I was a young boy, I used to play war, and watch movies that celebrated violence. Rambo showed the...
26 Mar, 2020
Trump, power, and Darwin
“Donald Trump vows to see “packed churches” on Easter Sunday. That would be April 12. If his mostly Christian base...
26 Mar, 2020
The virus is our teacher
“Last Sunday at 11 a.m. I went for a walk. Even if it’s nothing special, a walk isn’t a normal...
26 Mar, 2020
A Citizens’ Call to Invoke the Twenty-fifth Amendment
“Mike Pence for president. While in normal circumstances I would never endorse him, between now and January 20, 2021, I...
24 Mar, 2020
The World’s Major Military and Economic Powers Find Happiness Elusive
“Long before the advent of the coronavirus pandemic left people around the world desperate for survival, a popular assumption emerged...
23 Mar, 2020
Do You Want to Wait until Your Town Is Out of Medical Supplies?
“Other questions to consider might be: Do you want to learn that there are no available tests for Coronavirus…” Ellen...
22 Mar, 2020
The truth on COVID-19 is ugly and the lies are deadly
“On March 19th, the gutless depravity of failed leadership found a new poster-boy. Republican Senator Richard Burr was found…” Wim...
20 Mar, 2020
Creative empathy in a pandemic
“One thing about a pandemic: It’s inclusive. We cannot survive it, move beyond it, by protecting merely some people. We...