We keep reading that COVID-19 kills mostly the old and infirm. Except, from where I sit, a person doesn’t have to be so very old or infirm to be in those categories. Yes, the disease kills a lot of very … Continue reading →
I get several emails every day that chorus, “We’re here for you!” The pharmacy, the grocery store, Walmart, my doctors, the hairdresser I went to briefly ten years ago, ditto a trainer and physical therapist. The universities I attended in … Continue reading →
No surprise here: Additional information released on Wednesday shows exactly when in 2017 the FBI received evidence that Russian intelligence operatives fed Steele with disinformation. The FBI obtained information on Jan. 12, 2017, two days after BuzzFeed News published the … Continue reading →
Some people clearly want draconian forms of social distancing to go on and on and on. Some of them probably say this from fear. Some of them probably say it because of a desire to control people. Some of them … Continue reading →
AOC isn’t cute, despite her youth and looks. And although she’s widely considered by the right to be stupid, I beg to differ. She’s an dedicated ideologue with an attractive demeanor, and to many people on the left (and not … Continue reading →
You may have noticed that I haven’t written much if at all about COVID-19’s origins, despite having written a ton about the disease. Was it from a wet market? Was it from a lab? My opinion was that it was … Continue reading →
There’s been a sudden hike in the NYC death toll from COVID-19: The Big Apple’s new death toll is 10,367. That figures combines the 6,589 victims who tested positive for the virus plus another 3,778 who were never tested, but … Continue reading →
I guess ice cream lovers everywhere. But the “let them eat cake” comparisons are irresistible and inevitable (although you probably won’t see them emanating from the left): We all have found our ways to keep our spirits up during these … Continue reading →
See Ace on this. It’s hard to say whether this is a new low on the part of the Times in recent years (there were even lower lows in the more distant past, such as Duranty), because there’s so much … Continue reading →
Big yawn. Of course he does. The part that made me chuckle in a rather bitter way was this: “I believe Joe has all the qualities we need in a president right now.” “All the qualities we need.” Those qualities? … Continue reading →
Here it is April 14, and I haven’t done my taxes. I could have done them and probably should have done them, but as a procrastinator I’ve put them off because of the delayed deadline. How about you?
Continue reading →[NOTE: Part I can be found here.] Flu (otherwise known as influenza) has been around far longer than COVID. Flu comes every year and it kills a lot of people. So one might think that we know a great deal … Continue reading →