Trump’s got good “hunches.” Apparently, this was one of them: …[B]ack in March, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated a 3.4 percent [case] fatality rate and Dr. Anthony Fauci estimated that the [case] fatality rate of the coronavirus was about … Continue reading →
I like some of Steven Pinker’s work. His book The Better Angels of Our Nature, for example (which I wrote about here) presents a fascinating thesis that is quite persuasive, although it sounds absurd when you first hear it: that … Continue reading →
I think his instincts are correct on this: “People say that’s a very distinct possibility. It’s standard. And we’re going to put out the fires. We’re not going to close the country. We’re going to put out the fires,” Trump … Continue reading →
The MSM has it backwards, of course: A couple of months ago, the media, almost as one, decided that Governor Ron DeSantis was a public menace who was going to get Floridians killed with his lax response to the coronavirus … Continue reading →
From Stephen Green at Instapundit: See also this: In March, as Cuomo and his braintrust were running about like beheaded chickens shouting about models and Italy, his administration issued an order that required nursing homes to accept hospital patients recovering … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Ed Driscoll at Instapundit.] In Singapore: From the YouTube comments: We’ve watched him grow from a puppy now he’s got a job soon he’ll be killing us As we go off into the weekend, I’ll add something more … Continue reading →
This ties into an earlier post of mine today on liberty. Funny stuff, but grim: While we’re at it, I’ll add this interview with Sidney Powell. Not funny, but insightful:
Continue reading →Liberals may be into freedom in the sense of throwing off what they consider the shackles of tradition in sexual, cultural, and religious matters, but they don’t seem to be into liberty anymore, and haven’t been for quite some time. … Continue reading →
This is extremely encouraging: We were told that states ending their lockdowns and freeing the people were going to see widespread infections and increased deaths. We were told that bringing quarantines to an end would bring doom. We were told … Continue reading →
I have gotten to the point where I no longer put any trust in the prognostications of scientists about COVID-19 and the comparison of various social policy tactics for dealing with it. These people have lost credibility – and I … Continue reading →
From Richard Fernandez: If all this Chinese espionage, hacking and secrets theft is so widespread, how come it never came to prominence before? It's like it sprang fully formed from Zeus' forehead. If it is real the scandal is why … Continue reading →
Governor Cuomo of New York has announced the following, and asks some questions I’d like answered: With everything we’ve done – closed schools, closed businesses, everybody shelter at home, all the precautions about where a mask, where gloves, etc. – … Continue reading →