What are the keys to wartime presidential leadership?
Microbes in Motion: Touring World History
There has been considerable historical evidence that pathogenic microorganisms are poised to launch new assaults on a global scale.
COVID 19: Reflections on the “War” Analogy
Rhetoric aside, what are the analytical parallels – and differences — between today’s extraordinary pandemic-related economic policies and the circumstances during or after a major war?
Beyond Trump: The US’s Wrong-Headed Priorities
Reflections on gargantuan levels of military spending, pseudo “efficiency”-minded corporate outsourcing and an ill-fated obsession with American exceptionalism.
COVID 19 and the US: What Lies Ahead
Way beyond the CARES Act, here are six concrete steps the U.S. federal government ought to mandate right now to protect people’s economic livelihood.
COVID 19: Six Concrete Steps to Mandate Right Now
The actions needed to prevent the coronavirus crisis from turning into a financial disaster for the U.S.
COVID 19: How to Fight the Infodemic Wars
Beyond containing the COVID 19 virus, we must also contain the “infodemic” — the glut of misinformation from various sources. What does that take?
Trump’s Total Control of Vast Virus-Aid Fund
It used to be said that beggars can’t be choosers. That obviously no longer applies in the United States of today. Corporations set the terms of their bailouts.
Trump’s Dangerous War on Science
In his approach to science, Donald Trump is following in the footsteps of autocrats of the past. Will the result be similarly disastrous for the United States — and the rest of the world as well?
Science and World Power
For centuries, scientific and technological prowess — or lack thereof — is what has separated global winners and losers.























