Widespread protests have rocked Iran since the death of 22-year old Mahsa Amini on September 16. “Iranian women are rising up to demand freedom: Are we listening?” asked Iranian American writer and community organizer Hoda Katebi in an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times today. Since the death of 22-year…

What drove media coverage of Covid19? When U.S. President Joe Biden appeared on 60-Minutes last Sunday- in a pre-recorded interview with CBS news correspondent Scott Pelley- most viewers probably expected Covid19 to come up. It came as a bit of a surprise, however, when President Biden declared the pandemic “over”…

Can we count on media outlets to spread good news about Covid19 as enthusiastically as they did the bad? “We still have a problem with COVID,” President Joe Biden told 60 Minutes frankly on Sunday evening. “We’re still doing a lot of work on it, but the pandemic is over.” …

And if it is, are we ready to accept it? “We still have a problem with COVID,” President Joe Biden told 60 Minutes Sunday night when asked about his administration’s battle against COVID19. “We’re still doing a lot of work on it, but the pandemic is over.” “If you notice…

Young healthy people are dying mysteriously. Is deadly Fentanyl to blame? As the economist Thomas Sowell once remarked: “There are no solutions- only trade-offs.” Other great luminaries have put the same sentiment somewhat differently: “No good deed goes unpunished.” They are all right: No good deed goes unpunished and no…

The James Webb Space Telescope gives us a breathtaking intergalactic glimpse of life 32 million light-years from earth. The James Webb Space Telescope has an impressive resume already. Since its triumphant launch on Christmas Day, 2021, Webb has inspired a million future careers in STEM, sent back images of the…

The sad saga of a WNBA player detained in Russia continues with a White House meeting between President Biden and Britney Griner’s wife. For many happy seasons of women’s basketball in Russia, Britney Griner practiced with her teammates, got to the know the nation well, and enjoyed playing the game…

The world’s largest democracy is a major superpower with growing influence on world politics. “Our operation in the Donbas is not stopping,” said Russian President Vladimir Putin today. “They’re moving forward- not at a very fast pace- but they are gradually taking more and more territory.” Putin’s remarks were in…

Companies are having trouble motivating employees to return to the office. From the home offices of the New York Times in New York City to the city government offices of San Francisco, employers are having trouble motivating workers to return to the office. Efforts to require teleworking employees to return…