Charles Andrews

WHAT IS REAL, OR BS? -courtesy photo By CHARLES ANDREWS IN AMERICA An opportunity, a privilege. At the beginning of

GETTY VILLA REOPENS -courtesy photo, LA Opera By CHARLES ANDREWS BRIAN WILSON I wrote last week that I needed more

Share:Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on X (Twitter)Share on TelegramShare on RedditShare on EmailLast month Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old member of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), defeated the disgraced and widely disliked Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City. The morning after the polls closed, Jacobin, the unofficial house organ […]

ARCHITECT OF CRUELTY -courtesy photo ARE WE A CRUEL NATION? IT’S ALREADY TOMORROW You know, that day you’ve been dreading,

COLUMNIST CHARLES ANDREWS BIDS FAREWELL -courtesy photo By CHARLES ANDREWS FORGOTTEN? Gosh, I hope not, not too soon anyway, after

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani held a rally with Bernie Sanders on Sept. 6, 2025. Mamdani took questions from the audience. One woman asked, “Could I ask how you’re going to protect…

Why am I singling out four of our City Council members, especially for my NOTEWORTHY music and arts recommendations calendar?

Of course, that means different things to different people. My family has gathered every year for 75 years at my cousin’s home in Tempe, AZ. Two of the cousins were adopted as children. Since they were born Native Americans, do they have any regrets about how welcoming the first Native Peoples were to those strange strangers from across the ocean? Maybe. I’ve never asked that question. But it clearly did not turn out well, that hospitality, for their ancestors.

Bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (BIC/FTC/TAF) is a highly potent antiretroviral regimen with a high genetic barrier to resistance. Clinical trials have not reported treatment-emergent resistance in treatment-naive individuals. We describe a rare case of virologic failure with an emergent R263K integrase mutation in a treatment-naïve, adherent individual maintained on BIC/FTC/TAF. The patient achieved initial suppression for nearly two years before rebound viremia with R263K and D67N mutations. Following the regimen change and treatment of concurrent syphilis, viral suppression was re-established. This case highlights that emergent bictegravir resistance can occur in adherent, treatment-naïve patients, emphasizing the importance of continued resistance monitoring.

We have the numbers, we have the economic power. We have seen that pushing back, protesting in large numbers, works. Trump and his clowns back off. The billionaire bullies become cautious. But it’s up to us. The cavalry is not coming. We can do it.