An Egregious Statistical Horror Story Suffused with Incense and Lugubrious Accents
With the latest reports of plummeting death rates from all causes, this crisis is over. The pandemic of doom erupted…
The World Will Backlash, In Mostly Good Ways
Two months ago, it had been mandatory in my local grocery to use only shopping bags brought from home. Plastic…
That Time Jesus Was Quarantined
Most of us didn’t realize, until very recently, what a remarkable stain is put upon a person (or whole people)…
Well, That Unraveled Fast
Thinking back to February 28, 2020, and the New England Journal of Medicine. It published an article called “Covid-19 —…
Virtual Seminars on the World Crisis (Video)
I’ve been busy almost daily with talks on the continuing crisis in our economic lives. There is so much to…
Why Is This Texas Hospital Furloughing Nurses?
If you watch the national news, you hear nonstop and correct reports of crowded hospitals and morgues, exhausted overworked doctors…
Our Ten Days that Shook the World
Jack Reed, the American communist who was buried in the Kremlin, is the author of the extremely exciting book Ten…
With Knowledge Comes Calm, Rationality, and, Possibly, Openness
Thinking back to the information chaos of six weeks ago, we might be able to make some sense of the…
You Are Conserving Toilet Paper, Aren’t You?
You are indeed conserving toilet paper. You have never had such an appreciation for it. It’s “white gold.” There it…
Coronavirus as Ideology
Like you, I try to get out once a day to keep clarity of mind, whether out for a walk…