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You can learn a little about a lot of things or you can learn a lot about a very few things. Guess which is the most fun.

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Tuberculosis: The Forever Plague

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Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease it has become easy to forget about.  Pria Anand reminds us that it has not gone away and we still don’t have ...
Monday, February 16, 2026

College Admission in the US and China: Who Does It Best

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Even though the term meritocracy was first popularized in a dystopian satire in which “meritocratic” elites take control of a nation that pr...
Tuesday, December 9, 2025

A Trump Legacy: A More Powerful China

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Donald Trump seems to be driven by the need to produce evidence of a magnificent legacy for himself.  His name is emblazoned on any availabl...
Monday, November 24, 2025

Capitalism and Climate: Fossil Fuels, and the Earth, Will Burn Until the Revolution

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 Wolfgang Streeck is frequently called on to bring some insight to whatever socioeconomic antics seem to be in play.  His primary background...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Let’s Give Sunlight Some Credit for Health Benefits

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 We have so often been warned about the nasty ultraviolet (UV) radiation the sun sends our way and its potential to cause skin cancers that ...
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Hi, my name is Rich Couch. I spent my first career as a physical scientist. Now that I am retired I have chosen to go in another direction. I have had a lifelong love of books and an urge to write. Since I am not a story teller and I am way too old to start a new career I have found an outlet in writing essays combining reviews and my opinions of books and articles on politics and current affairs. My hope is that others will find what I have produced interesting and informative--and well written.
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