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What Good Comes from this Tragedy?
Many millions have spent the last four months in sadness and depression. It’s hard to watch the world shattered by…
Smallpox Ravaged the Soldiers but They Still Fought and Won a Revolution
One of the most marvelous books I’ve read this year is Donald Henderson’s personal story of the eradication of smallpox.…
The Dubious Origins of the Lockdown Idea (podcast)
Peter R. Quinones interviewed me on his podcast on the topic: the origin of the lockdown idea. This was the…
Why Election Markets are Betting Against Trump
The betting markets judge Trump’s prospects for keeping the presidency with more negativity each day. As of this writing, there…
Broadway Closed but Porcfest Stayed Open
It was the 17th year for the Porcupine Freedom Festival in Lancaster, New Hampshire, held at the Rogers Campground. It…
Small Convertibles are Safer? Why?
It’s some kind of intuition we have. We see a little convertible with the top down, buzzing here and there.…
Smart Society, Stupid People
We’ve lived through the most bizarre experience of human folly in my lifetime, and perhaps in generations. Among the most…
At Least Some Politicians Admit Error (Sort of)
We live in the age of pretend. Governments have behaved more regrettably, ignorantly, arbitrarily, and capriciously than in a generation…