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On COVID deniers and schools
In June, while I was in quarantine in Rome after returning from the United States, a prominent Milan intensive care [...]
Forwarding the past
Last tine around I wrote about the pain of performing triage on a lifetime of possessions and my fear that [...]
When paranoia goes viral
A lot of people, many of them otherwise solid and reasonable thinkers, have seized on the coronavirus to suddenly come [...]
Tell it slant
Last week, I took my two-year-old daughter Julia to her first dental appointment. We’ve been brushing her teeth now for [...]
Help is on the way
The coronavirus has been a disruptive force in education the world over, both personally and academically. By now, everybody wants [...]
The name of the past
Three years ago I packed up the contents of my Milan home and moved back to the United States. For [...]
Buzzing 2, Masked Men 0
Two exterminators have come to my balcony empire, attempting to lay siege to and destroy the wasp's nest nestled in [...]
COVID: The Rome test game
Now that I'm finally back in Rome after months of California exile, it's time to address a few basic coronavirus [...]
Coronaball
In 2003, American writer Michael Lewis published "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game," a remarkable study of Billy [...]