Cory Franklin

When the COVID-19 pandemic finally ends, our most glaring failure, and our greatest source of shame, will unquestionably be our unwillingness to protect society's most vulnerable group: the elderly. The...

In addition to sickness, suffering and death, pandemics wreak havoc in the societies they afflict. Smallpox helped destroy the Aztec Empire, and the Black Death completely changed the social fabric...

Two years ago, "pandemic" became a household word. Today, the lethal contagion refuses to concede. The omicron wave in the U.S. peaked in mid-January and is beginning to decline, but...

When it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic, it now seems that everybody is an expert, at least judging by the daily pronouncements from reporters, columnists, presidents, government officials, union officials,...

Why aren't we paying more attention to the experience of other countries in responding to COVID-19? There is no particular country that has the answer to controlling the pandemic —...

Why do rock bands break up? The new Peter Jackson documentary series "The Beatles: Get Back," about the late stage of the Beatles' career, touches on some of the reasons...

Now is the winter of our discontent, as 2021 draws to a close accompanied by some sobering COVID-19 statistics. Before the end of the year, the U.S. will pass two...