Matt Shapiro

Literally the week before President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, there was a slaughter. Dozens of state and…

As schools close down yet again in response to the most recent COVID surge, it’s time to have a serious…

As we ride into the summer, I’m delighted to see that we’re looking at the COVID-19 pandemic largely in the…

The COVID-19 Catastrophe: What’s Gone Wrong and How To Stop It Happening Again Richard Horton (Polity, Second Edition, 180 pages,…

“Science, not politics, must be the guide.” This was the proclamation made by California Gov. Gavin Newsom in April of…

I want to write this all into a screenplay. An all-seeing, all- knowing surveillance regime, discovered affairs, mixed alliances, dire warnings,…

It’s been five weeks since I first wrote about the impact of the coronavirus in my life and community. When…

I used to like driving well over the speed limit. I grew up well outside Atlanta, and the posted speeds…

This is a strange piece because of the nature of the crisis in which I find myself. It was written…

When he wrote The Making of a Fly, biologist Peter Lawrence probably did not expect his investigation into developmental genetics…