[See UPDATE below.] Here it is: “Reports Fly That Unity Government Is Imminent: Earlier Reports Indicated Collapse.” That makes it all crystal clear, doesn’t it? Contradicting earlier reports that coalition talks had collapsed, Israeli media now reporting that an agreement … Continue reading →
Aside from a crash course in Epidemiology 101 and terms like “flatten the curve”? Here’s a list: Top Ten Surprising Consequences of Covid-19 Hysteria: 1: Democrat governors rediscover federalism. 2: Wanna-be totalitarians can’t help but unmask themselves. 3: Trump gets … Continue reading →
Memoir is a strange genre of writing. It’s not always good, but when it’s good, it’s very very good. Two examples of which I’m very fond are Nabokov’s magnificently written Speak, Memory and Updike’s remarkable Self-Conciousness. They may not be … Continue reading →
That is the question – or at least a question, and a big one – that doctors treating COVID-19 face. Some say the usual protocols for ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome) should be followed. Some say no. And some say … Continue reading →
I made this soup a while back and ate it day after day for almost a week. That sounds terrible, but the thing that was so great was that I didn’t tire of it. The challenge of what to eat … Continue reading →
…but I’m here. I had a couple of long talks with family and friends. Now, to work.
Continue reading →I’d already been due for a haircut when the whole COVID thing hit – in fact, overdue. I have the sort of hair that’s hard to cut well, and so I’d been putting it off. Turns out that wasn’t the … Continue reading →
…in Hokkaido. It stands to reason that there would be a second wave. This is especially true if the first one was clamped down so quickly – as in Hokkaido – that few people gained immunity. I trust the figures … Continue reading →
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 →