The 7 most exciting cancer stories of 2022

Research took intriguing new turns last year, from advances that could speed cancer vaccines to immunotherapy that secured a decade … More

Your Doppelgänger Is Out There and You Probably Share DNA With Them

That person who looks just like you is not your twin, but if scientists compared your genomes, they might find … More

Where Did the Black Death Begin? DNA Detectives Find a Key Clue.

By fishing shards of bacterial DNA from the teeth of bodies in a cemetery, researchers found the starting point for … More

The Hard Truth: Gun Safety Must Be Everything That Republicans Fear

Charles Blow – NY Times – 30 May “I find that the gun safety debate lacks candor. People believe it … More

Seven Lessons Democrats Need to Learn — Fast

David Brooks – NY Times – 29 April “We all make mistakes; the question is, do we learn from them? … More

America, Again the Arsenal of Democracy

Paul Krugman – N Y Times – 28 April 2022 “When Russia invaded Ukraine, the idea that it might lose … More

Free Speech & Responsibility

A number of us talk about this a great deal. When will the responsibility part of the equation re-enter society? … More

A Scary Energy Winter Is Coming. Don’t Blame the Greens.

By Thomas L. Friedman Opinion Columnist – NY Times “Every so often the tectonic geopolitical plates that hold up the world … More

America’s Dismal Foreign Policy — and What to Do About It

Review by Geoffrey Wheatcroft – 7 August 2021 AFTER THE APOCALYPSEAmerica’s Role in a World Transformed Available on Apple Books and … More

What I Saw in Yosemite Was Devastating

By Susannah Meadows – NY Times Op Ed – 22 July 2021  “I recently visited Yosemite National Park after decades away. … More