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Thousands of miles away from home as it endures one of its worst humanitarian crises in recent times, I cannot but wonder how things were allowed to get so bad, especially since I know a close relative in Australia who has been living a fairly normal life for most of the past year. To an…

I remember that a survey found a few years ago that a plurality of children in the US aspire to be YouTube stars more than anything else. Loud lamentations and comparisons ensued, since it was also found that children in China wanted to be astronauts, and commentators wondered why kids in the US did not…

Having seen only anti paired with it forever, my first reaction to seeing vaccine preceding national was relief. Something that was foreseen by a few shrewd observers in summer 2020 has become a major topic of discussion six months since. Should vaccines be made available for everyone equitably? The answer to this question is so…

About a year or so before Trump’s rise, I had a conversation with a collegemate about the lamentable state of conservatism today, especially in the US. There is much merit in being skeptical of attempts to constantly reform institutions and practices, especially those that have stood the test of time. He suggested some early conservative…

The calm after a four year storm in America is palpable, but this reversal of the adage might be premature. Almost half of this country voted for an inept and idiotic incarnation of malevolence, and the tide may easily tip the barge if someone only slightly more capable comes along. This obvious observation aside, there’s…