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Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis took the stage at the Charles B. Wang Center Theatre on October 20, and delivered her inaugural lecture
POLITICO The Hard Truth About Memorializing the Pandemic Don’t expect a monument to the Covid casualties. We’re wired to forget events too large, or random, to comprehend. Lights surround the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, placed as a memorial to Covid-19 victims, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. | AP Photo/Alex Brandon Link Copied ’s senior media writer. The medical holocaust that is the Covid-19 pandemic—500,000 dead in the United States and 2.5 million worldwide—hasn’t even hit our rearview mirror yet. But as acquired immunity and vaccinations take hold, as the death rate and h...
The Hard Truth About Memorializing the Pandemic POLITICO 2/23/2021 By Jack Shafer © AP Photo/Alex Brandon Lights surround the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, placed as a memorial to Covid-19 victims, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. The medical holocaust that is the Covid-19 pandemic—500,000 dead in the United States and 2.5 million worldwide—hasn’t even hit our rearview mirror yet. But as acquired immunity and vaccinations take hold, as the death rate and hospitalizations taper, and as normality returns as a life option, what sort of cultural dent will the outbreak,...
We donât need new laws. We need law enforcement, accountability and a willingness to listen. By Robert Grenier Mr. Grenier is a former C.I.A. station chief for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Iraq mission manager and director of the C.I.A.âs Counterterrorism Center. Jan. 27, 2021 Insurgents storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The United States may be witnessing the dawn of a sustained wave of violent insurgency.Credit...Leah Millis/Reuters As a former overseas operative who has struggled both on the side of insurgents and against them, the past few days have brought a jarring realization...
Restaurants in D.C. will be able to welcome their customers inside for the first time since Christmas as the indoor dining ban is set to expire on Jan. 22.