It is a major flu season. Local pharmacies are running out of the flu vaccine. There is a high probability that you just sneezed in the last few hours. If you just sneezed, something was probably irritating or tickling the inside of your nose. And if you just […]
“I fear no army or beast, but only the morning fog. Our assault can survive everything else.” —Lord Hilneth (the fog card in Magic the gathering) Fog. It can bring the darkness to the world and fill one with suspicion. You can round a corner in San Francisco […]
Growing up, as probably many of you have done as well, I used to fantasize my name being called out after the known little phrase “and the Oscar goes to” was uttered. In my fantasy, I would run up the stage in a stunning deep red gown. I never […]
Thankfully (having just returned from an exhausting roadtrip to Amelia Island, Florida), I had a rather restful New Year’s Eve celebration, one which entailed watching CNN’s countdown with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin. They have been doing this now for over five years and what keeps people watching […]
As 2013 begins, let us contemplate where we have been and where we are going in the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Below are ten key events of 2012 that will not only shape the character of 2013, but also shape the future of the HIV/AIDS prevention and […]
Growing up in the South Bronx you were exposed to a different worldview than say those who lived in mid-Manhattan or downtown Iowa City. Mid-Manhattan might as well have been in another state or country. You would arrive at widely different interpretations of then-occurring phenomena. You also tended […]