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The novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 has opened the floodgates of shame and blame. This has been specifically aimed at politicians for their lack of preparation and insistence on spreading misinformation in the form of wishful thinking before changing their tune by acknowledging the true extent of the problem and ultimately pushing the panic button. […] More
The response to the COVID-19 crisis by both President Donald Trump and his administration has been abysmal, crafting a narrative that has revealed a warped reality based on a combination of ignorance, delusion, denial and a lack of preparedness. Trump has displayed utter ignorance, especially in the early days of the outbreak in America, stating […] More
It has finally happened. Trump is all in on saving the world from the coronavirus pandemic, not just America, but the whole world. Just so there is no confusion, Trump sees himself as the savior. And the annual resurrection-fest can’t come soon enough for the message to go to all in this land and other […] More
Over the past few weeks, US President Donald Trump has been urging Americans to take hydroxychloroquine, which he touts as a “miracle cure” for the coronavirus known as COVID-19. Intrigued by the persistence of Trump’s claim, The Guardian has sought to uncover the origin of his apparent fixation on this exotic molecule currently used for […] More
In a recent press briefing, US President Donald Trump was asked why he hadn’t ordered the federal government to do more to respond to the pleas of state governors for more help in fighting the coronavirus pandemic now ravaging some of their states and exhausting their limited resources. His reply was stunning. The federal government, he said, […] More
Among the various thinkers, pundits, armchair philosophers and public commentators on what the world and our civilization will look life when our quarantined domestic life and social distancing are no longer required by law, the financial press and some of the popular media routinely turn for guidance to Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the […] More
During World War I, soldiers all along the Western front held a series of informal truces in December 1914 to commemorate Christmas. It was early in the war, and opposition had not yet hardened into implacable enmity. The military command, caught by surprise, could not impose complete battlefield discipline. An estimated 100,000 British and German […] More
There once was a state called the Soviet Union. It included places as wide-ranging as Lithuania (now part of the European Union), Kazakhstan (part of Europe as far as EUFA is concerned) and Kyrgyzstan (definitely not part of Europe). It was an intricate part of what was known as the Cold War, which pitted it, […] More
