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I've been reading some recent books that I've enjoyed or anticipate enjoying. I recently finished Avi Loeb's Extraterrestrial. I know reviews have been mixed, but I enjoyed this book. Perhaps it is because of the science he goes into. Perhaps the provocative questions...
We Must End this Uncivil War
So stirring were these words and so much of the inaugural address a couple days ago. The entire ceremony was welcome and uplifting and surely a moodchanger for so many across the country. Several times I found myself moved to near tears. The young Amanda Gorman was...
Truth Decay
I haven't posted in a number of weeks. There have been different reasons piling on top of each other but all enhanced even more by the recent events of the attempted coup here. Having lived and loved in many countries over the years where coups are not unusual, it has...
Goodreads Giveaway
The Spanish edition of my book, AVENTURAS ANDINAS, is included in a Goodreads giveaway. A limited number of ebooks will be provided free from those randomly selected entries. Feel free to click on my website to find the giveaway widget or go to my Goodreads authors...
Truly Universal COVID Testing is Still Desperately Needed and So Easy to DO!
I have been listening carefully in recent months to Dr Michael Mina, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard. What I can't understand is why few people in power for the COVID response seem to be doing so. For months he has been talking about the gap in COVID...
South African President speaks on COVID
My wife and I just finished listening to Cyril Ramaphosa, the President of South Africa, speak about the dangers of a resurgence of COVID in South Africa, and the appearance of hotspots. We were listening to a recording from the SA news networks because my wife and I...