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Fighting This Coronavirus Is Setting an Untenable Precedent

Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 9:32 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

In “Coronavirus: The Worldwide Shutdown” on March 14, I warned that self-fulfilling prophecies and creeping authoritarianism were governing efforts to combat this virus. From panic buying to manic closings, social distancing to self-isolation, and social-media scammers to Truman-Show hammers, life is imitating the art that played out in dystopian films like the Hunger Games, Idiocracy,… Read more.

Mars Beware, Mankind Is Plotting to Do to You What It Has Done to Earth

Saturday, July 20, 2019 at 7:58 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Fifty years ago, human beings stepped on the moon for the first time. Some 650 million people around the world watched the historic landing on July 20, 1969, and heard astronaut Neil Armstrong say ‘… one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.’ Fittingly, there’s a Google Doodle celebrating the anniversary this… Read more.