May 15, 2020
FELIZ DIA DE LAS MADRES , MI ISLA RICA, MI CUBA
Today Mother’s Day is celebrated in Cuba, along with many other countries in this hemisphere and elsewhere. If you ask a Cuba, what is the most precious thing in their…
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Apr 15, 2020
MASKS: THE FEAR OF THE OTHER AND OTHER THOUGHTS OF LIMINALITY
There is no visible symbol in the west that has been associated with another entire hemisphere such as the MASK. People stared at Japanese tourists politely had their masks on…
Apr 15, 2020
IRAN. THE WALL OF KINDNESS. TAAROF AND PHILANTHROPY IN PERSIAN CULTURE
Everyone knows of my obsession with Persia IRAN, something dating back to the time when we had some family connection to that land. As I grew up I became enchanted…
Apr 15, 2020
SIXTY DAYS WITHOUT A FLIGHT: UNUSUAL BUT UNDERSTANDABLE
Sixty days ago, I arrived in Miami on a flight, and took Share Ride Uber to my sisters house and I have not been back to the airport since. I…
Apr 15, 2020
POBRE ESTADOS UNIDOS, TAN CIRCA DE DIOS Y TAN LEJOS DE SU PUEBLO
Porfirio Diaz, the Mexican President was purported to have said: Pobre Mexico, tan circa de Estados Unidos y tan lejos de Dios Oh Poor Mexico, so close to USA but…
Apr 15, 2020
LIMBO VS LIMINALITY. THE METAPHOR FOR OUR PLANET
Limbo vs Liminality These two words have tremendous significance and relevance in the situation we are going through and the state of our societies even before the calamities stepped in…
Apr 15, 2020
WHY ARE SO FEW IN INDIA DYING IN THIS PANDEMIC. AND SWEDEN WITHOUT LOCKDOWN. BE CAREFUL TO INTERPRET DATA
If you are used to reading scientific articles especially in Medicine, you can see the commentaries in the popular press distorting the data. At no time has it been true…
Apr 15, 2020
TROUBADOURS OF TRAGEDY….. LISTEN TO THE DOCTORS WHO ARE LOOKING AFTER PATIENTS RATHER THAN NUMBER CRUNCHERS
American Epidemiologists, in anthropological parlance, are referred to as, those troubadours of tragedy. Always ready to incite fear, they might begin an article with” in 2040 there would be 500…
Apr 15, 2020
MALAYA MONGOLIA AND THE MASK. THE STORY OF DR WU LIEN TEH OF PENANG,
MALAYSIA, MONGOLIA AND THE MASK HISTORY OF THE FACE MASK Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are. Its title is an Armenian proverb;…
Apr 15, 2020
ARE THE MEXICAN AMERICANS BEING SAVED BY THEIR INDIAN BLOOD ADMIXTURE ? IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
ARE THE MEXICAN AMERICANS BEING SAVED BY THEIR INDIAN BLOOD ADMIXTURE ? IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 I have had the pleasure of visiting Indigenous groups in most of the…
Apr 15, 2020
THRIFTY GENE, DR.MARCELA LeBEAU AND SNP ON ABCA1 GENE: A CENTURY OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND DIABETES
Thrifty Gene, Dr. Marcela LeBeau and SNP on ABCA1 gene. A century of American Indians and Diabetes When I first read about J.V.Neel’s Thrifty gene theory, I was immediately attracted…
Apr 15, 2020
THANK YOU AMAZON PRIME ….BRING ME THE MATZO ON TIME
Whenever I mention Amazon, you know I am talking about my projects with the Indigenous peoples along the magnificent river Amazon Not this time this time about Amazon Prime delivery..…