It surprised me. But when I thought about it for a moment and read this article, it made perfect sense. After all, Switzerland borders on Italy – specifically, northern Italy, the center of the problem in that country. And tourism … Continue reading →
…to a comment thread beginning here, with some observations from a man living in northern Italy. There’s a lot of additional back-and-forth and worthwhile information after that if you scroll down.
Continue reading →I had a couple of sites bookmarked as my go-to places to find the latest US (state by state) and world (country by country) statistics. The best one seemed to be this, but in the last few days the figures … Continue reading →
First let me say that I find what’s happening in Congress right now over the stimulus bill to be profoundly depressing. Not really surprising, though. When I was young there was a sense and a faith that in a pinch, … Continue reading →
Sorry for posting a bit late today. I find that one of the many things that happens to me lately is that my sleep has been somewhat more disturbed. I either have trouble falling asleep, or I wake up in … Continue reading →
Maybe both. Joe Biden, addled backseat driver of the nation, and The Man Who Would Be President: Joe Biden when the teleprompter stops working is a train wreck pic.twitter.com/6BXFgPNKKa — Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) March 23, 2020 And here’s Biden’s shout-out … Continue reading →
Epidemiologists deal with dry facts and figures, but the subject matter of those facts and figures can be very dramatic: illness and death, and how best to go about minimizing the former and delaying the latter. Usually we don’t pay … Continue reading →
See this. Well, depends.
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Continue reading →I wonder who they think this stalling will please: On the Senate floor shortly after noon on Monday, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell lit into Democrats, specifically alleging they were trying to extract concessions from airlines over their “carbon footprint,” with … Continue reading →
Well, maybe not the first casualty. But the entire concept of globalization is taking a big hit. And rightly so: The question about assigning agency and blame is pretty straightforward to answer: The communist Chinese state, which for more than … Continue reading →
The swearing in of the new Slovak president (hat tip: Tom Grey):
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