At the age of 4, my mom and I fled Cuba’s oppressive communist regime. In spite of all the risks and uncertainty surrounding this very scary decision, we boarded a boat we didn’t even know was seaworthy, all on the hope of a free future in the United States. We arrived with nothing other ...
Long ago, my wife introduced me to Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” which explores the divergence of perception from reality. Recently, my colleague Weifeng Zhong wrote about how Chinese propaganda distorted his youthful perceptions. I told him that, to a lesser extent, similar processes ...
Very soon, the Food and Drug Administration will take action to help millions of Americans with hearing loss by allowing hearing aids intended for adults with perceived mild to moderate hearing impairment to be sold over the counter. While this is a laudable effort to make hearing aids more ...
After having proclaimed for more than two years that the country was untouched by the coronavirus, North Korea now faces a potential health catastrophe. Its unvaccinated population is succumbing to an Omicron variant, and the leadership is struggling to contain it. Figures on infections and ...
In the recent Senate confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, senators suggested that she supported pedophilia and that she was in favor of indoctrinating children and promoting a progressive agenda in school. The charges were clearly extreme and unfair, but this kind of political ...
Small businesses are being hammered by inflation — increased costs of inputs, including increased costs associated with hiring and retaining workers, and increased costs resulting from supply chain issues. While inflation is a concern for businesses of practically every size and in ...
