Sounds like an interesting book: In his latest book, “A Plague Upon Our House: My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America,” Atlas wrote, “The American people need to know the level of incompetence, the … Continue reading →
As usual, we are given virtually no context by which to understand the meaning of the news. And that is obviously by design, since authorities must have more details than the bare bones they’re giving out, details they could release … Continue reading →
No more, though [hat tip: Gerard Vanderleun at American Digest]. This video is about 20 minutes long, but if you’re pressed for time you can pretty much get the gist of it in the first five minutes: The accompanying article … Continue reading →
Yesterday the Court heard arguments on a Mississippi abortion law in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, but the decision won’t be handed down till this spring. I don’t often write about SCOTUS oral arguments and make … Continue reading →
…and the phenomenon has been present from the start. In my opinion, it’s done intentionally, and it continues with each new variant that has taken hold to any marked degree. I’m not a scientist, but very early on in the … Continue reading →
As expected, a new COVID variant has emerged. This time it seems to have come from South Africa, and it’s been named Omicron (I wonder – should Greek people feel insulted that the variants are designated by Greek letters?). I’ve … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Instapundit.] This sounds extraordinary: Samuel Stupp at Northwestern University in Chicago and his colleagues created a material made of protein units, called monomers, that self-assemble into long chains, called supramolecular fibrils, in water. When they were injected into … Continue reading →
We’ve known for a long time that the COVID death figures are iffy because anyone who has COVID and dies is counted as a COVID-caused death. And yet that’s the way the numbers continue to be reported, which certainly gives … Continue reading →
The rush to vaccine mandates isn’t really about COVID science. It masks little sense in those terms. If vaccines are protective, then those who are vaccinated are in no danger from the unvaccinated. And if vaccines aren’t protective, then why … Continue reading →
The vaccine mandates in New York for police and firefighters mean that the city stands to lose about 20% of its firefighter first responders and some unknown number of its police too: New York City’s first responders are grappling with … Continue reading →
On how COVID restrictions have transformed the UK – not COVID itself, mind you, but the response to it: What was once the land of “keep calm and carry on” could now be the “most frightened nation in the world.” … Continue reading →
Yesterday we were discussing how a disease like multiple myeloma almost certainly made Colin Powell susceptible to dying from COVID despite having been vaccinated. Now I see there’s even more to it: Patients with active chronic lymphocytic leukemia or multiple … Continue reading →