More than half (57%) of child psychiatrists in England are seeing children and young people distressed by the climate emergency, as experts warn that eco-anxiety is growing among under-25s. Although not yet considered a diagnosable condition,levels of “chronic fear of environmental doom” are likely to be underestimated, while international research has found anxiety is “profoundly …
Tropical storm Wanda was the 21st named storm in the Atlantic season in 2021. All the names on the official storm list were used this year, making it the Atlantic’s third most active year for tropical storms and hurricanes on record. (Bloomberg.com) Comment: Expect more of the same. Every year. (it must be a hard …
“A man without mirth is like a wagon without springs, in which one is caused to jolt disagreeably by every pebble over which it runs.”. Henry Ward Beecher, clergyman and abolitionist. (quoted in the Montreal Gazette) My comment: Hard as it surely is to keep a sense of humor in these rather grim and hate-filled …
“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city”. (George Burns, quoted in Goodreads.com) My comment: Witty this is, but Epicurus would have demurred. He coveted his friendships and liked nothing better than to invite friends and acquaintances round for a simple meal and an intelligent discussion (free of party politics).
$25 billion. That’s the cost — as Public Citizen has calculated — of producing enough coronavirus vaccine to end the pandemic *worldwide*. And with the emerging Omicron variant, ending the pandemic remains humanity’s most immediate need. As it happens, $25 billion is also how much Congress could allocate for the military next year over and …
