Louise Glück has won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal," as the Swedish Academy commended.  Along with Bob Dylan in 2016 and Toni Morrison in 1993, Glück was the third Ame...

With 6.5 million Covid-19 cases and 194K deaths, many countries have barred U.S. travelers – understandably.  While most nations in E.U and Asia close their doors on Americans, there are about 1/3 of the World’s countries where Americans can travel to now:

1. Albania –...

TikTok has been accused of collecting data on Americans and sending it to the Chinese government.  China, contrarily, denounces the U.S. as intending to block Chinese technology in order to protect American companies.  As President Trump demands a cut and Microsoft see...

With COVID-19 airborne and threatening to infect more people, Americans are leery of indoor/air travel.  Instead, road-tripping is back -- the adventurous spirit of Kerouac and Steinbeck returns, and the great outdoors awaits.  Americans are blessed with a car culture...

As if the COVID-19 pandemic were not devastating already, 2020 America should have to experience yet another upheaval.  Protests about police brutality and inequality/injustice have broken out in all major cities across the United States, from Minneapolis, New York, Ph...

Covid-19 has undoubtedly devastated the travel industry and changed the ways we would travel in the foreseeable future.  100 million travel sector jobs has been lost, according to one global estimate.  Use of U.S. airlines is down 95 percent, while international travel...

Celebrating Easter Amid the Coronavirus Crisis

Easter, or Resurrection Sunday, commemorates the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.  Easter and holidays related to it — such as Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, and Good Friday — are called “movable feasts.”  They do not fall...

Amid the Coronavirus/Covid-19 threat, the world is taking measures to avoid public gatherings or mass events.  The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is postponed to October in 2020, Austin cancels South by Southwest Festival, NBA and NHL both halt their sport se...

Sanna Mirella Marin has been serving as Finland’s Prime Minister since December 10, 2019.  A Social Democrat at age 34, she is not only the world's youngest serving state leader but Finland's youngest prime minister.  Her all-women governing cabinet of 5 parities speak...

What's New in the New Decade?

The year of 2020 kicks off the beginning of a new decade.  While no one can make 100% accurate predictions of what’s in store for mankind, one can discern what’s coming in the new decade.  Japan will hold the Summer Olympics while also ende...