When 2020 began, people’s expectations from America were quite high. Granted, problems were to be expected, but the U.S. and China had just signed Phase One of the agreement to end the trade war between them, unemployment was at an…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
America’s Test Will Determine Its Fate, and Ours
A few days ago, I spoke to my longtime student and friend Leonid Makaron. He reminded me that soon after the turn of the century, I told him that America was on the decline. It wasn’t so obvious then, but…
The COVID-19 New World of Work
We’re reopening the economy while COVID-19 is still here, well into 2020. From the looks of it, there will be COVID-21, too. And if this prediction comes true, will the economy survive it? What business can endure alternating for so long…
No More Sacred Cows
The past years have been one long procession of shattering of sacred cows. From banks, to politics and politicians, through intelligence agencies, and even the police, no institution is sacred anymore and nothing is above ridicule and contempt. Even the…
The World’s Turning Point
All over the world, there is a growing feeling that we are in a very sensitive and precarious state. Although the ground is apparently still stable despite the global troubles, everything beneath the surface is bubbling. But, in spite of…
Babylon under the American Flag
America has everything: socialists, communists, capitalists, starving people without a roof over their heads, and billionaires who own mansions throughout the world. America also has huge social gaps, and with the coronavirus and the anti-racism riots, troubles are inundating America…
Professor COVID
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Like a firm, demanding teacher, the coronavirus is impelling us to change our way of thinking. By not letting us return to our previous way of life, it forces us to build a new one, where we focus less on…
The Resurgence of COVID-19 And What We Must Do
As was to be expected, the coronavirus isn’t letting up. It’s spreading all over the US, Germany, Italy, South Korea, China, and many other countries. Worse yet, the virus has mutated and is now “nearly 10 times more infectious,” according…
Put On a Mask, for Other’s Sake
“Hospitalizations in at least nine states have been on the rise since Memorial Day,” wrote The Washington Post. And according to an Associated Press analysis, “Cases are rising in nearly half the states.” The coronavirus isn’t considerate. It doesn’t care…
No Police, No Justice, No Peace
The death of George Floyd and the demonstrations protesting it could have sparked many plausible ideas for mitigating police brutality and racism. Complete disbanding of the police was not one of them. How can a society maintain law and order…
What Is a State?
A state is the desirable framework where people can live nicely and comfortably, in security and prosperity throughout their lives. A state must first and foremost be built for the people to live in and be content with their country.…
Is disbanding the police department a solution to police brutality?
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Disbanding the police department is a step toward crumbling the communities that it ideally protects and serves. Police are elemental to societies. They hold a certain level of order, providing a layer in society that helps constrain people’s innate drives…