TR EMERITUS

Once upon a time, bubbles—especially social media ones—had negative connotations of wilful self-isolation, inbred ideas, and easy complacency. Bubbles produce only echo chambers, it was charged, mixed-metaphorically. The students at my New York private school, in discussions about the world, would remind each other that... 

Mike Tyson Aside from Covid-19 news, one of the most interesting bits of news comes from the world of boxing. The former “Baddest Man on the Planet,” Mike Tyson has shown videos of himself training for a “comeback.” Mike Tyson was the most ferocious boxer of his generation. I’m old enough to remember watching him in... 

When I present a view after careful research, some people (I shall not call them idiots) will come to contradict and challenge me. I find it difficult to engage in a discussion with them. They cannot tell the difference between 20 deaths (in Singapore) and 3,000 deaths (in Wuhan). They think both are the same in severity. They...