Book Review

THE MUSIC ADVANTAGE

By Anita Collins, PhD Hardcover, 266 pages, 2021. Tarcher Perigee (Penguin Random House) It’s well established that music makes you smarter and more successful. Most famous scientists, inventors, and Nobel Prize winners play an instrument. […]

COVER STORY

MANKIND’S FAILURE

A rather ponderously named Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR or simply the Panel) of the World Health Organization has called COVID-19 the 21st century’s Chernobyl moment—“not because a disease outbreak is like […]

Spotlight

THE LORDS IN THE RING

In May next year, 50 million Filipinos will elect the next president of the Philippines.   The candidates to succeed Rodrigo Roa Duterte are not exactly the best of the Filipino race.  And judging by the […]

Spotlight

THE TURNING POINT

Finally, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte gets himself vaccinated.  The 76-year-old chief executive got the jab on Monday, May 3, with a dose of the now legendary Sinopharm vaccine.  That is good news for two reasons. […]

COVER STORY

RAMON ANG’S BIG DREAMS

Three bouts with COVID convinced RSA about two things: One, life can be short and death can be sudden; you cannot bring wealth to your grave, “not even your wrist watch,” he smiles. Two, a […]