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Sun, March 29, 2020 | 07:00

Are we addicted to coronavirus statistics?

Are we addicted to coronavirus statistics?

I am an information junkie. I admit it. Turning down an offering of freshly picked information is hard for me. Stopping myself from indulging my obsession is even harder. Information fills a void. It feels gratifying, except that the more you indulge, the more addicted you become. There is sorely little help for this psychological disorder.

2020-03-28 09:19

Leadership in time of contagion

Leadership in time of contagion

Google “Europe” and “crisis” and you will turn up 784 million results. So often do the two terms appear together that they might as well be a compound noun. With each new eurocrisis, commentators wring their hands over the question of whether the European project will survive.

2020-03-27 17:31

How Trump's incompetence breeds coronavirus denial in US

How Trump's incompetence breeds coronavirus denial in US

Adept moral leadership at the top, whether in Washington or Hong Kong, is central to any serious public health strategy. As the poet W.B. Yeats wrote in 1919, “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the world …”

2020-03-26 18:40

Cyber scams growing threat amid pandemic

Cyber scams growing threat amid pandemic

While the rest of the world is doing its best to sacrifice to beat an unseen biological virus, cyber scammers are trying to attack us with a variety of digital viruses. Before the start of 2020, I warned about the rapid increase in cyberattacks.

2020-03-26 18:37

Disruptive effects of coronavirus - errors of commission and omission? (2)

Disruptive effects of coronavirus - errors of commission and omission? (2)

It is crucial to identify leaders in the health field, but no less important to identify academic leaders, business leaders, and community leaders - all of whom must be part of the solution. Then, a process for collaboration and decision-making is needed

2020-03-26 17:45

Coronavirus: lockdown limbo

Coronavirus: lockdown limbo

It's almost become a sad cliche to say that America is shutting down over the coronavirus pandemic. Uncertainty and fear stalk the land but the enemy remains invisible.

2020-03-26 17:30

Progressive ex-judge challenges opposition bigwig in Dongjak B

Progressive ex-judge challenges opposition bigwig in Dongjak B

Rep. Na Kyung-won of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP), predecessor of the United Future Party, raised a crowbar in the air in a crowded room at the National Assembly building in April 2019.

2020-03-25 18:10

Fighting the coronavirus: Europe shuns South Korea to its cost

Fighting the coronavirus: Europe shuns South Korea to its cost

Friday, March 13, when I flew back to Korea to resume my university teaching, my British friends called me crazy to return to a country in the midst of the epidemic. Via Skype, they now tell me I would be crazy to return to the United Kingdom given the rapidly worsening situation in the Old Continent. Well, the day after I left London, the lockdown of an entire continent was ...

2020-03-25 14:04

What would Keynes say now?

What would Keynes say now?

The United Kingdom's new Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has done what Prime Minister Boris Johnson wanted him to do following the forced resignation of Sunak's predecessor, Sajid Javid, in February.

2020-03-24 17:13

Spend quality time in self-quarantine

Spend quality time in self-quarantine

In addition to the truly grave aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, a first-world problem that parents all over America are facing - along with looking for a creative and non-abrasive substitute for toilet paper - is how to keep their children wholesomely occupied while schools are closed.

2020-03-24 17:09

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