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OP-ED: The hidden cost of our technological advances

Under the category, “ThereĢƵ no free lunch,” Siddharth Kara, a British Academy global professor, has written “Cobalt Red,” the ultimate expose about the underbelly of todayĢƵ progress.Like historical books regarding the human toll movements like the Industrial Revolution represented ...

EDITORIAL: The fungus among us must be guarded against

We noted last week that it still is too early for people to let their guard down regarding COVID-19.That editorial noted the existence of many unanswered questions regarding the origin of the coronavirus and troubling uncertainties about what might lie ahead, specifically ill effects from ...

OP-ED: These Republicans are defunding the U.S., not China

House conservatives have devised a “new and improved” threat to the world economy if their demands are not met. Once again, they vow to vote against raising the cap on U.S. debt if desired cuts in government spending are not made.Once again, they insist their plan would not crash the world ...

OP-ED: America seems to go crazy every 50 years or so

Amid news that Donald Trump is about to be indicted by a hyperpartisan prosecutor and of his hysterical responses, and prompted by vagrant reading about the War of 1812 and Woodrow WilsonĢƵ violations of civil liberties in World War I, a thought occurred to me. America seems to go crazy every ...