A so-called "RINO," or Republican-in-name-only. The public voice - for a time - of the Iraq War. Colin Powell was many things to many people. He was 84-years-old and been sick for years with multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer. Colin Powell, former Secretary of State, Joint Chiefs chairman, and omnipresence in American foreign policy for the past 20 years, died on Monday from complications from COVID-19.OctoColin Powell's Pivotal Moment That Wasn't Music: In the Bath - Randy Newman Milestones - Bill Evans Trio Paperback Writer - Quartetto d'Archi Dell'orchestra Sinfonica di Giuseppe Verdi Quizas Quizas Quizas - Ramon Sole Misterioso - Kronos Quartet Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Brad Mehldau Trio OTM correspondent Micah Loewinger speaks with Soren Wheeler and Rachael Piltch-Loeb about why the narrative arc of the COVID-19 pandemic has been deeply unsatisfying.
Paul Offit professor of pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, on why medical progress always carries risk. Wu staff writer at The Atlantic, on the slippery definitions of our pandemic vocabulary. Plus, why a preference for simple stories has made it so hard to keep track of the pandemic. And, why the history of medical progress is filled with so many twists and turns. On this week's On the Media, why the terms we use to talk about the virus obscure as much as they reveal. From boosters to breakthrough infections, pandemic vocabulary is still all over the news.
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