Do We Deserve Freedom?
You probably know people who are concerned about a “surveillance state” developing. Maybe you’re one of them. I know I am.
It’s a reasonable fear.
Some police departments are using drones to spy on people …
Last week, I pointed out that the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus is a meaningless number. The media is all atwitter about it, but the media are mostly idiots. (Never trust a reporter.)
Bloomberg now cites many “experts” who agree …
If you’re looking for a silver lining in the coronavirus pandemic, you don’t have to look far. Several bad ideas have become institutionalized in America in recent decades. These bad ideas have served the virus well, made it more deadly, an…
Hysterical headlines scream about the number of new coronavirus infections every hour. This is a mistake. Ignore those headlines. Number of confirmed cases will rise as number of people tested rises. If we tested everyone for the flu, the number of con…
Just in case you thought that our Govt was thinking about helping you with their $2 Trillion Stimulus Package, here’s some fun facts. There are about 330 million people in America, but lets round that up 20 mil to a nice even 350 million, just to allow…
“Conservatism is the tacit acknowledgement that all that is finally important in human experience is behind us; that the crucial explorations have been undertaken, and that it is given to man to know what are the great truths that emerged from them.”
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Here’s a fun word: Ideology. You may not be interested in it, but Ideologies are extremely interested in everything that has an interest in you, from Climate Change, to COVID-19, to ‘Free Trade!’, no matter what your particular position on them is. App…
Do calendars get irony? Today is the same date, March 23rd, of a very different year…245 years different, 1775, that Patrick Henry gave his “Give me Liberty, or give me death!” speech. No doubt there are several pointed contrasts that folks might lik…
Newspapers are lying to you. They’re feeding you ads pretending it’s news.
The headlines are not only false, they’re dangerous. And wrong.
The most common such lie goes like this: “Best Streaming Service For Shelter in Place&rdq…
When you hear “coronavirus” or “COVID-19,” you probably think of words like fear, disruption, recession, sick, death, inconvenient, and maybe even China.
What if every time you hear “coronavirus,” you automatically t…
You might have heard mention of the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918 to 1919. Being the great-grandson of a doctor who came out of retirement to assist with St. Louis’s response to that epidemic, I thought I’d should share a little information …
This last week was a classic case of “Didn’t see that one coming!'”, eh? Global Pandemic, travel options being shut down, panicked shortages over what were considered the most trivial of products just a week ago, schools, concerts & conventions bei…
Horses are prey to many species. Their behavior, their physiology, is that of a beast under constant threat from, usually, smaller, less beautiful organisms.
Yet, wild horses capture our imaginations. Their grace and beauty, their power, and their gent…
If the world has listened to Trump in 2015, the coronavirus pandemic might have happened, but it would have been a lot less severe. I say this with absolutely no fear of error.
President Trump become an enemy of the left for just one policy proposal: c…
Several friends tell me we are overreacting to the Coronavirus pandemic. Others say we are too complacent. So, which is it?
When dealing with an epidemic, we need to consider two things:
Current numbers are not very useful. Effects are non-linear. Bewa…