As I write this, I’m watching a countdown on the worldhumanitarianday.org website ready to reveal 24 stories of extraordinary women on Monday, 19th August. World Humanitarian Day 2019 is set to celebrate Women Humanitarians and their undying contribution in making the world a better place....
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A few weeks ago, I penned a story about my mother, how she emigrated from China and endured duress in America, some of it at the hands of her mother-in-law. Yes, my grandma – my father’s mother — was a bigot. She viewed Chinese people...
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“Science is by its nature imperfect, but it is hugely important.” — John Oliver I’m a firm believer in the scientific process, as it’s one of the best methods we have at arriving at “Truth” with a capital “T,” while simultaneously recognizing that new research...
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Beto O'Rourke and John Hickenlooper should join forces and create "Beto Beer." A sweet and soothing ale to help Democrats numb the pain.
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    What is your personal carrying capacity for grief, rage, despair? We are living in a period of mass extinction. The numbers stand at 200 species a day. That’s 73,000 a year. This culture is oblivious to their passing, feels entitled to their every...
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When the UN voted to seat a Beijing delegation in 1971, members of the Tanzanian delegation danced in the aisles. Then-Governor Ronald Reagan, angry over African countries voting to seat the delegation, called President Richard Nixon the next day and said, “Last night, I tell...
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As a kid, I wasn’t big on sports, but I played them. That’s what boys did in the ‘70s and ‘80s. I joined pee-wee football despite my diminutive stature; I was serviceable in soccer but participated more for the camaraderie with teammates. I was actually...
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In “How to Convince Americans to Abolish the Death Penalty,” Amherst College Professor Austin Sarat asserts “important lessons about how abolitionists can be successful around the country” can be learned from New Hampshire – which just last month became the twenty-first state to abolish capital...
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