4 Jan, 2024
Dangerous nostalgia
Dangerous nostalgia by Derek Royden 708 words “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”? –?George Santayana,...
4 Jan, 2024
21 Sep, 2023
United States of Amnesia
United States of Amnesia by Derek Royden 607 words Just a little more than 20 years ago, on August 19th,...
4 Dec, 2022
China’s COVID uprising
Significant dissent in China reared its head for the first time since the Tiananmen uprising in 1989. In many of China’s major cities, protesters joined hands to denounce the COVID restrictions and, though not in all cases, also denounce the Chinese Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping.
1 Feb, 2022
Brief dispatch from Belize
I've been in Belize with my partner so we can spend time with her son and grandchildren who live there. The pandemic had kept everyone apart for a couple of years. ..
28 Aug, 2021
We’re covering and marketing Covid vaccinations all wrong
Since the numerous vaccines for Covid-19 were fast-tracked through trials and production in the second half of 2020 the news media have been covering their development and deployment nonstop...
22 Jan, 2021
The Scale of Loss: 400,000 Dead
The Scale of Loss: 400,000 Dead by Rivera Sun 716 words Published in: The Chronicle, Rivera Sun, LA Progressive, Good...
16 Jan, 2021
Honoring Dr. King
Today our American family dysfunction is on display for all the world to see...
24 Dec, 2020
Justice for All Essential Workers
"Each day the pandemic brings new mixtures of hope and dread: new reports on the vaccine..."
8 Dec, 2020
Don’t Withhold Hazard Pay
As with many issues raised by this pandemic, the problem of hazard pay is fraught...
18 Nov, 2020
Fighting Covid by Empowering Workers
In this bleak season of Covid-19, with vaccines on the way but not widely available for some time to come...
12 Nov, 2020
The Biden mandate won’t go away
The Biden mandate won’t go away by Robert C. Koehler 870 words And now . . . what? Published in:...
3 Aug, 2020
Falling Behind: COVID, Climate Change, and Chaos
“Multiple Crises, Multiple Obstacles COVID-19 and the protests for racial justice have drawn attention away from the mostly bad news...
30 Jul, 2020
Mending the Broken Femur
“Anthropology is the study of human societies and their development. It gives a window into the mysteries of human life,...
19 May, 2020
The Peace Sign: A Safe Greeting and Sign of Victory over COVID!
“As the Age of COVID demands new rules of social interaction for the immediate future, a South Florida nonprofit organization...