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September 26, 2022

Silence of the Poets – Has an Ancient Tradition of Commemorative Verse Died with the Queen?

Public poetry isn’t dead. But our poets’ responses to the death of the queen – the silent, the awkward, the confrontational – tell us much, as ever, about the societies we live in....

September 25, 2022

How Did President Biden Go from Zero to Hero in the Public Arena So Quickly?

UNDERSTANDING MEDIA: When your poll numbers are bad, almost everything that’s said about you is going to be bad because it fits the narrative. So, the press is always looking for where the weakness is that illustrates why you’re stumbling around....

September 24, 2022

SWS: Duterte Leaves Office with ‘Excellent’ 81% Rating

The national Social Weather Survey of June 26-29, 2022, the last under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, found 88% of adult Filipinos satisfied, 5% undecided, and 7% dissatisfied with the performance of Rodrigo R. Duterte as President....

September 24, 2022

‘Massive COVID-19 Failure’ Sets Back Global Development

WHO acted ‘too cautiously, slowly’. 'Failed to work with low- and middle-income countries to make their health management systems robust enough to face regular or ‘mundane’ health problems.'...

September 22, 2022

Great Idea: If a Student Can Be Absent when Down with a Fever, He Can Be Absent when Depressed

The pandemic has created new recognition for depression amongst the young. “Now parents can be honest and say, ‘My student is struggling today.’”...

September 21, 2022

Heart

I saw an x‑ray of my skull. Seeing one’s x-ray, or receiving any kind of medical report can be unsettling....

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