Author Archives: Richard Fernandez

Anthony Fauci said though the US is not requiring everyone get the COVID-19 vaccine, he expects individual businesses will.

“How to crop an image is a decision best made by people.”

GAZA CITY — As the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas took effect at 2 a.m. local time on Friday, thousands of Palestinians gathered in the streets of Gaza City to celebrate what Hamas supporters were calling a defeat of the Israeli forces. NYT Biden hails ceasefire as a “genuine opportunity for peace”.

The Washington Post, which broke the news Thursday afternoon, reported that Cuomo encouraged his brother against resigning during strategy sessions with the governor’s communications team and lawyers. CNN https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/05/20/media/chris-cuomo-andrew-cuomo-strategy-sessions/index.html?__twitter_impression=true&s=09

“Investigation finds Martin Bashir used ‘deceitful’ methods to secure 1995 Panorama interview with Princess Diana”

Books: Basil’s War, by Stephen Hunter. A daredevil British agent goes behind enemy lines to search for a religious text that might hold the key to ending the Second World War.

Rokna News Agency reported that the parents had confessed to killing their son and dumping his body. They also confessed to murdering their daughter and son-in-law years ago. Both are now in custody

The post Biden/Trump world will be a swinging pendulum, each stroke oscillating past an elusive mean. This like water sloshing inside a ship called the free surface effect can cause it to lose stability and capsize.

The basic message of the Biden administration is “I’m quietly fixing things.” The lack of visible improvement is explained by the assurance that invisible mechanics are hard at work.

Kremlinology at the White House. Who’s on first?

The US has said it “expected” an immediate de-escalation, however, Israel responded that it would continue military operations until its “aim is met.” DW

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that the Trump administration didn’t do ‘anything constructive’ to bring peace to the Middle East.

In Israel geopolitics keeps redefining morality every few decades, argues George Friedman.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) proposed that U.S. leaders not attend the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing over China’s alleged human rights violations, saying taking part in the Games would make the U.S. “complicit.” Forbes

Moral hazard. Generally speaking war, pestilence and famine favor the rich. This has been true through history.

The face mask, beyond its purpose as a sanitary appliance, has become a political symbol, a banner, a sign of whose side you’re on. Still another made an ominous, baffling prediction: “We will know who the real vaccinated people are – they will be wearing their masks. The unmasked will be the unvaccinated.”