I’m pretty sure I predicted months ago that this pandemic was going to give us new tools that would be useful far beyond Covid. Like telework, telemedicine, and telelearning, it’s one of the silver linings.
Golden State Republicans should be making hay out of this energy insanity. I shudder to think what our heating (and water heating, and laundry, and dishwasher) bills would be if we had to do it with electricity.
Our experience has been quite similar to Virginia Postrel’s, and we feel very fortunate. I can’t imagine how terrible it must be to be cramped in an apartment with too many people, or what a nightmare this has been for parents with children. I haven’t seen divorce statistics for the year, but I’m sure they must be record level.
They’re still pushing grains, low-fat dairy and protein, and seed oils. And they still think that counting calories isn’t junk science. There is no science whatsoever to justify this.