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When the coronavirus vaccines became widely available, I thought hospitals such as mine might turn a corner. For a brief moment, things nearly did. Here in Alabama, the pandemic never totally disappeared, but as spring became summer, the number of se...

First, let me say it is good that the Government is looking at ways to develop North Hamilton and should be encouraged to do so. That this is 40 years overdue will have to be forgiven. I tried to promote a vision of what North Hamilton should look l...

If there is one lesson to take away from New York Attorney-General Letitia James’s report on sexual harassment allegations against Andrew Cuomo, the Governor of New York, it’s a boring and decidedly dispassionate one: fair and thorough processes may ...

We’re close, so close … but yet so far. There is a little light at the end of the tunnel, but with the advent of the Delta variant, that light has blurred. So much has changed in our lives since Sars-CoV-2 decided to take a liking to us. I will neve...

I have been treated by watching a documentary on CNN about Jerusalem and the epic struggles and six big battles it has faced over a period of 3,000 years as a city venerated by three major religions. There is known truth when it comes to the history ...

It is said that death is the great equaliser. With Covid, it may also be the great teacher, the tutor in a horrific avoidable tragedy. For months, governments, commentators and editorials have been about encouraging, nudging, educating people to get ...

On the eve of the holiday to commemorate our emancipation, the government of the day dipped its pen into the inkwell of callous arrogance and removed with one stroke 152 years of Black history. West End School in their minds should exist only in a mu...

Flora Duffy did it. She is an Olympic gold medal-winner and is indeed the best in the world as a female triathlete. I can remember her as a young child competing in short-distance races, including events such as the Front Street Mile. I remember her ...

The Olympics women's gymnastics tournament suggests that this is a sport coming to terms with its devastating recent history. Indeed, Simone Biles has been determined to make sure this is the case. The superstar was assaulted by physician Larry Nassa...

Although much of the world remains in the grip of a pandemic that has crippled economies and altered lifestyles for millions, an even greater threat looms when democracy is threatened by the politically powerful in some countries in order to secure s...