US Intel Agencies Played Unsettling Role in Classified Coronavirus Response Plan

US Intel Agencies Played Unsettling Role in Classified Coronavirus Response Plan

As coronavirus panic grips the world, concern over government overreach is growing given the involvement of US intelligence agencies in classified meetings for planning the U.S.’ coronavirus response. *** As the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis comes to dominate headlines, little media attention has been given to the federal government’s decision to classify top-level meetings on domestic…

The American Mask of Death

The American Mask of Death

“The red death had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. … But Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and…

The COVID-19 Outbreak Highlights Cultural Differences In East & West

The COVID-19 Outbreak Highlights Cultural Differences In East & West

The COVID-19 outbreak has highlighted some of key cultural differences between the East and West as each civilization’s many states struggle in their own ways to contain the virus. China and South Korea, despite being some among the worst hit by the global pandemic, have managed comparatively better than Western states such as the US…

The World Can’t Forget the Fight for the Saudi Crown Amid Virus Panic

The World Can’t Forget the Fight for the Saudi Crown Amid Virus Panic

The fear caused by the coronavirus outbreak is greater than that provoked by a serious war because everybody is in the front line and everybody knows that they are a potential casualty. The best parallel is the terror felt by people facing occupation by a hostile foreign army; even if, in the present case, the…