Tag: COVID-19

Homer and Heroic Freedom

Protesting to assert our rights might give us a solution Achilles didn’t have when he contested Agamemnon’s authority. But we also lack something Achilles had—heroism—and so we find ourselves powerless.

Novak Djokovic Willing to Skip French Open and Wimbledon

In his first extensive interview after being banned from participating in the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic confirmed that missing major tournaments for not being vaccinated is “a price he’s willing to pay.”

Low Countries Continue on the Path of Removing COVID Restrictions

“People died, it’s been a very hard time. Corona cast a shadow over our lives and sometimes divided us to the bone,” Dutch Health Minister Ernst Kuipers said as he announced the lifting of COVID restrictions, to begin February 18th.

European Governments and Consulting Firms: Suspicious Affairs

The consulting firm of the 21st century could well be the new face of the Soviet control commission—a machine with fixed codes and pre-formatted processes designed to mask facts and the banality of postmodern sovereignty.

South African Doctor Pressured to Exaggerate the Severity of Omicron

After discovering the Omicron variant last November, Dr. Angelique Coetzee faced heavy criticism from scientists and politicians in Europe for calling the variant a “mild disease.” Some three months later she is proven right and refuses to be silenced.