Academic- and government-sponsored misinformation based on “the science” may have become a focal point during the COVID pandemic, but it is nothing new. Like Ptolemy needing extremely complex models to explain the observed movements of the sun and the planets…
A few years ago, when hard lockdowns were still in place, I took a road trip along the Ohio side of Lake Erie. I skipped the highway and instead rolled through town after town until I hit Port Clinton, where…
The would-be monkacolypse isn’t panning out as some would like — no deaths have been reported outside of Africa — and apparently 99 percent of U.S. victims are gay men having sex with gay men. And, while acute COVID-19 is…
One of the recurring themes after the election of Joe Biden to the presidency has been that it would bring a radical change from Donald Trump’s presidency. To be sure, these men have very different backgrounds and personalities. However, when…
America’s economy must reopen. Closures and job loss due to COVID-19 have had deleterious effects in every business sector and devastated individual citizens in myriad ways. We can only reopen when we are no longer scared. Eliminating fear lands directly…
The coronavirus pandemic has, by historical standards, not been very impressive. Despite the wildly implausible projections promulgated by the World Health Organization (WHO), the consistently inaccurate forecasts of our government “experts,” and the absurd predictions of the “news” media, COVID-19…
How are we spending our time during the shutdown? We are so grateful that you’ve asked. My wife, Amy, and I are spending more hours together, really together. We read to one another, sing out loud together (mostly 1980s favorites),…
Accidents happen. We often say this to reassure someone after a mistake. It comforts them, because it treats the error as an exception, not the rule. In a world of accidents, competence, reason, and thus self-control can still comprise the…
A pandemic is not the time for imprudent public policies. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 crisis, like many earlier ones, has resuscitated some seriously flawed ideas. I fear we may see two such notions implemented within the next few days or weeks….
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