Roundup
(1) Roger L. Simon on the SCOTUS decision that limits the power of the EPA. (2) A Texas court says that the state’s 1925 abortion law can go into effect. The 1925 law criminalized abortion in that practitioners could be … Continue reading →
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The story of my left eye – so far: Part IV
[Part I can be found here. Part II can be found here. Part III can be found here.] Part III ended with my discovery – just a few days before my scheduled Boston surgery with a doctor whose prognostications for … Continue reading →
Can Congress pass a national abortion bill?
Now that The Great SCOTUS Leak has occurred, there’s even more talk than before about Congress passing some sort of national abortion bill. But if that were to happen, would such a bill be constitutional? “Constitutional” seems to be a … Continue reading →
The story of my left eye – so far: Part III
[Part I can be found here. Part II can be found here.] “It’s very possible we won’t be able to remove your cataract,” the renowned cataract surgeon at Mass Eye and Ear repeated, and went on for many minutes in … Continue reading →
Roundup time again
(1) There’s been a study of anomalies in the 2020 election, by John Lott. Here’s a summary of some of the main points, and here’s the paper itself. It points out many of the inherent problem with increased absentee voting. … Continue reading →
Putin’s goals
Angelo M. Codevilla wrote this piece in 2014. That’s quite a while ago, but it gave me some insight on the question of why Putin has decided to attack the entirety of Ukraine. I already felt I knew the “why … Continue reading →
Those Texas synagogue hostages apparently freed themselves
The initial articles’ descriptions of the end of the Texas synagogue standoff were so murky that I wondered what really happened. Had law enforcement been instrumental in freeing the hostages, or not? Had they been let go? Had they escaped? … Continue reading →
Chile: As it will be in the future…
…it was at the birth of Man There are only four things certain since Social Progress began. That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire, And the burnt Fool’s bandaged finger goes wabbling back … Continue reading →
Happy day-before-Thanksgiving to you!
[NOTE: This is a slightly-edited reprint of a previous post.] I happen to like Thanksgiving. Always have. It’s a holiday for anyone and everyone in this country—except, of course, people who hate turkey. There are quite a few of those … Continue reading →
New England stone walls
[NOTE: Yesterday I noticed a discussion in the open thread about stone walls in New England and elsewhere. I thought I’d link to a post I wrote about stone walls, but – as sometimes happens – I discovered there was … Continue reading →
Jan Morris and Conundrum
The name of Jan Morris came up in yesterdays trans thread. For example, commenter “PA Cat” wrote this: Jan Morris (born James Morris; served in the British Army in the last years of WWII, and was the journalist who accompanied … Continue reading →
On the failure to apply a cost/benefit analysis to COVID policy
Here are some excellent observations from Glenn Greenwald: The quickest and most guaranteed way to save hundreds of thousands of lives with policy changes would be to ban the use of automobiles, or severely restrict their usage to those authorized … Continue reading →