Everybody’s saying it, but I’ll add my voice. These are some of the heroes of this coronavirus crisis (not meant to be a complete list): doctors, nurses, EMTs, grocery store workers, truckers, delivery people, mail carriers. And although we might … Continue reading →
All you math people out there, correct me if I’m wrong – as I’m sure you will. Arithmetic or linear growth means that a number increases by addition. Here’s an example in which the number 2 is added to a … Continue reading →
I can’t read Nancy Pelosi’s mind in the best of times, and this is not the best of times. But her actions lately have been inscrutable, in addition to the usual adjectives we could apply to them. Why is Nancy … Continue reading →
Sad. And scary: Joe Biden: "We have to take care of the cure. That will make the problem worse no matter what — no matter what." WHAT??????????????????? pic.twitter.com/ao2IGDr6x9 — Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) March 24, 2020 Much more here.
Continue reading →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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