Thoughts on taking it seriously.
This would have a huge impact on policy.
Category Archives: Social Commentary
The Social-Distancing Experiment
…has failed.
This reminds me of the old Soviet joke about the kid in a classroom, asking if Marx was the greatest scientist in history. After being assured by the teacher that that was the case, he asked “Well, why didn’t he try this crap on rats first?”
[Update a while later]
Policy and punditry must adapt to new data.
LGBT What
No, there is no such thing as an LGBT person.
Sorry, New York Times
…but America began in 1776.
That Pulitzer is as disgraceful as Duranty’s.
The Second Amendment
Is a day of reckoning about to dawn for those who want to make it a second-class right?
Let’s hope.
Postmodernism
It’s the latest victim of the plague.
As the old saying goes, it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
The Wuhan Cover Up
The Masque Of Red Death
Thoughts from Lileks on web advertising, the history of miracle cures, and China.
Pandemic Reading
David Harsanyi finally read Moby Dick. I read it when I was young. I don’t feel like I have time to reread it, though I hope to continue to live for a long time.
Overmothered Men
America is awash in them. Not just “overmothered” but, more importantly, underfathered. This is also a key part of the sociocultural dysfunction in the black community, because welfare policies encouraged so many black women to marry the government instead of the fathers of their children.