Why did the horrible death of George Floyd in Minneapolis lead to people attacking statues as far afield as London and Brussels? What is the connection? If…
A global pandemic converging with a vaccinations crisis is a nightmare scenario for public health. It is also coming closer to becoming our waking reality: COVID-19 alongside…
A wide-ranging new California consumer privacy law went into effect just six months ago, but some privacy advocates already want regulations to be even more stringent. In…
I have a friend who is having financial trouble, and he told me that one of the things he’s noticed about himself, and he’s a fairly practical,…
It’s the oddest thing. The more America’s Big Tech companies such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter have contributed to keeping America’s economy afloat during…
“Empathy” has become the word of the moment. Following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, white Americans are trying to empathize with their…
A taciturn-looking, middle-aged man on a boat looks out onto the water. It is a gorgeous, sun-kissed day, with only a few wisps of clouds in the…
Only a handful of states are close to being reopened fully, but social distancing is over. The protests over George Floyd’s death have made it clear that…
The French philosopher Michel Foucault warned that public health threatens the principles of liberal democracy. Our political system, he argued, depends on us imagining each other as…
Much of the world resents America. Sometimes, it’s because we project unmatched military power around the world. Sometimes, it stems from envy of our ceaseless commercial inventiveness,…
