Joe Biden’s war
As COVID-19 becomes endemic, a new crisis may be looming on the horizon, writes contributor David Deropolous.
Call him Cassandra
I recently participated in a panel discussion held in Stockholm that purported to address two only vaguely related subjects, historical [...]
A shaky Union
These are difficult times for the European Union. As it marks the twentieth anniversary of the introduction of its common [...]
Fire in the hold
Imagine a forest fire of unknown origin in which winds and climate abet the flames and the earth is scorched [...]
REM Twitter
My increasingly scary 10-year-old Rebecca has officially entered her "Elon Musk" phase. It was probably there all along, just waiting [...]
Mirror shots
When I finally reached a deal with my daughter to get an iPhone, or some derivation of it (she gave [...]
Enough with the corpses!
I sometimes take a break to watch old episodes of the crime show "CSI", which started out focusing on a [...]
Unprecedented! Historic! Rebecca!
As some of you may know by now, my 10-year-old daughter takes precocious to another level. She especially loves watching [...]
Oh, Wiki, spare us
My 10-year-old daughter Rebecca has become a devotee of Wikipedia. She's renamed her tablet Wiki and spends hours scrolling through [...]
War on Death, trending
Like many people on our delightfully benighted planet I've had no choice but to have COVID on my mind. Waiting [...]
My daughter the antibody
As a single father to a 10-year-old girl I've learned it’s a really smart thing to find a secret place [...]