I was about eleven or twelve or perhaps thirteen years old when I first read Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. It made an indelible impression on me, probably greater than it would have if I’d waited till at least college age. I’m … Continue reading →
Polls indicate that Americans are very poorly informed about COVID facts. That doesn’t surprise me, and I don’t think it should surprise anyone. A lot of people have trouble with complex scientific information, especially if there’s math involved. It doesn’t … Continue reading →
Quite a few people have recommended that I read the essay “The Challenge of Marxism” by Yoram Hazony, appearing in Quillette. It’s fascinating and it’s long. I have mixed feelings about it, or at least parts of it. I agree … Continue reading →
Growing, that’s what. He appears to be about 6’5″ or 6’6″ now, at fourteen. This is not a case of regression towards the mean.
Continue reading →Here are the figures. And that’s despite having a semi-captive potential audience of COVID stay-at-homes. The author of the article claims that “this [drop in viewership] could be a giant red flag for Democrats that there is a major enthusiasm … Continue reading →
…and here are some of the things I saw:
Continue reading →Knowingly. But after all, those same leaders – mayors and city council members – were chosen to check off certain identity boxes, as well as for their leftist ideology. DAs were chosen in an Orwellian manner: for their propensity to … Continue reading →
Quietly, quietly: This past week Minnesota became the second state to reject regulations that effectively ban the controversial drug hydroxychloroquine for use by COVID-19 patients. The decision, which comes two weeks after the Ohio Board of Pharmacy reversed an effective … Continue reading →
If so, you have a greater propensity for masochism than I do. I’m already on record many times as saying I don’t like political speeches. So why would I want to subject myself to a parade of pre-recorded statements from … Continue reading →
If you’re as old as I am, you understand the Reginald Denny reference – one of the most horrific and widely-covered moments of the deadly Rodney King riots in 1992: Reginald Oliver Denny (born 1953) is a white former construction … Continue reading →
It’s not pretty. But for the most part it’s been extraordinarily effective at covering up the worst scandal in American history, so that a great many people have no idea what happened or why it matters: A New York Times … Continue reading →
Here’s a comprehensive article on the subject. I think it’s especially good in its critique of the claim that randomized control trials are the best and only valid standard for medical research, particularly with a disease such as COVID. An … Continue reading →