Editor’s Blog
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When will we ever learn?
As the war in Ukraine rages, medical historians at U-M have fresh concerns about COVID-19 and other ‘zoonotic’ spillover events. So do I.
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Define ‘interesting’
‘May you live in interesting times,’ the proverb says. Sounds more like a curse.
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At what point do we get to cancel COVID?
The COVID-19 booster does, in fact, boost, but Season Two of the pandemic is still a drag. A well-known drag.
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A lot can happen in 50 years
In 1971, it took an actual Beatle to get you out of jail for marijuana possession.
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Welcome to the zombie apocalypse
The return to work on campus signals a new era in this bizarre pandemic.
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There is a season
Pete Seeger’s nod to the Bible’s book of Ecclesiastes resonates as the vaxxed and masked return to campus.
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Game of chants
You know Ann Arbor is embracing its pre-pandemic self when you hear the Hare Krishnas chanting at Art Fair.
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Let’s beat the selfishness pandemic
Now that the vaccinated can move freely without fear of imminent death, it’s time to address another pandemic: Selfishness.
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Who’s with me?
That feeling you’re fighting? It’s called languishing, according to ‘The New York Times.’