Author Archives: Anand Anandalingam

Academia Needs New Leadership in Fighting Trump Agenda

Read on Substack The Trump administration is being very aggressive in attacking several central pillars of higher education in the United States. And rather than fighting back, the leaders of academia are cowering under this intense onslaught. Several opinion pieces in reputed publications have urged academia to explain to the Trump administration and the generalContinueContinue reading “Academia Needs New Leadership in Fighting Trump Agenda”

MAGA Won’t Cry, Not Now Anyway

President Donald Trump and Major Domo Elon Musk are embarking on cost cutting at the federal level that is making everyone’s head spin. Every day we hear directly from respected news sources that federal employees have been asked to stay at home in several departments, some with compensation and some outright by being laid off.ContinueContinue reading “MAGA Won’t Cry, Not Now Anyway”

Coronavirus Conundrum: The Democrats Dilemma

  In these uncertain, stressful and turbulent times caused by the tiny Coronavirus, we can be certain of two things: First, it is certain that this novel coronavirus will pass as all pandemics do. Second, almost certainly Donald Trump will win a second term as President and it will be the fault of the DemocraticContinueContinue reading “Coronavirus Conundrum: The Democrats Dilemma”

The U.S. Undermines Its Democracy Much Better Than the Russians

First Published June 2018 Just recently, the five conservative members of the Supreme Court upheld Ohio’s practice of purging its voter rolls based on a failure to vote in previous elections. The state mails a notice to anyone who does not vote in two consecutive years; if the person does not respond and fails toContinueContinue reading “The U.S. Undermines Its Democracy Much Better Than the Russians”

Social Values Needed to Direct Artificial Intelligence Advancements

The promise of artificial intelligence seems to be all the rage today. The media is full of wide-eyed discussions about the promise of AI and how this is going to transform economies and societies. The technology has certainly moved from the labs into every day lives. It is currently being used in medical devices, smart-homeContinueContinue reading “Social Values Needed to Direct Artificial Intelligence Advancements”

End Injustice: Opioid Crisis vs Drug War (appeared in The Hill 9/28/2017)

There is no doubt in the next budget significant money will be allocated in a bipartisan way to fight the opioid epidemic, and rightly so. It is imperative that Congress should also allocate equivalent money for those that need rehabilitation from drug related imprisonment. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation around 33,000 died from overdosingContinueContinue reading “End Injustice: Opioid Crisis vs Drug War (appeared in The Hill 9/28/2017)”

India: All Set to Be the 2nd or 3rd Top Economy (published in INDIA ABROAD, 70th Anniversary Issue, August 2017)

By all accounts, India should be the world’s second or third largest economy in 2047 after China and the United States. In 2016 purchasing power parity (PPP) India is #3; in nominal terms #7. If India grows at an average rate of only 6% per year for the next 30 years, it should be theContinueContinue reading “India: All Set to Be the 2nd or 3rd Top Economy (published in INDIA ABROAD, 70th Anniversary Issue, August 2017)”

“Opioid Crisis” vs “War on Drugs”

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation around 33,000 died from overdosing on opioids in 2015; the New York Times estimated it at 60,000. New Hampshire and West Virginia are among the states with the highest per capita opioid death rates. In July 2017, FDA Director Scott Gottlieb wrote that opioid addiction had become “FDA’s biggestContinueContinue reading ““Opioid Crisis” vs “War on Drugs””