Watching the developments of the past week were surprising even to me. Were the up swelling of protests over the death of George Floyd and the corona virus pandemic totally unrelated? Is Trump’s generally incompetent leadership a factor? The mostly peaceful demonstrations have been occurring just as the turbulent restriction from the pandemic are being lifted. Do peopleContinue reading “Protests and Pandemics: Lessons from History”
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What is Sanity?
2010 can be called a year of anxiety. In Europe and the US, we see protesting because parts of both societies fear that their fabric is coming apart at the slightest suggestion of change. In France’s case, the labor unions are staging nationwide strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plan to raise the minimum retirement ageContinue reading “What is Sanity?”