Category Archives: Social Commentary
K-12 Education
Rethinking accountability in the wake of the pandemic.
This event has exposed a lot of shibboleths.
The Woke Crowd
…can’t shut Louis C. K. up, and they don’t like it.
I like it.
[Update a while later]
Louis C. K. still exists; women, libs hardest hit.
It’s Not A Choice
…between living and the economy.
And no one gets out of here alive.
The Suburban Stasi
Yes, this makes me want to go out for a drive just as a big FU to der Staat.
[Update a few minutes later]
Related: I’m glad I don’t live in the new police state of Los Angeles.
These businesses should file suit on Constitutional grounds: There is no law against doing business, even in Los Angeles.
[Update while later]
Everyone jumps off bridges after following government guidelines to jump off bridges.
Your Recyclables
…are going to the dump.
It’s a pointless uneconomic ritual, and civic religion.
Crisis
Real and imagined.
Data And Numbers
Where are we really with the virus?
Note that (as is often the case with healthcare statistics) different countries are keeping books differently, making it difficult to compare. I continue to believe that the fatality rate will ultimately end up being far below one percent.
[Update early afternoon]
A lot of links from Instapundit. Things are looking better than the models. One I found of interest is that if we can believe Chinese data, four out of five cases are asymptomatic.
Bill Withers
I was never a huge fan, but it sounds like his was a life well lived.
[Afternoon update]
Sorry, link is fixed now.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Fingernails
They harbor the virus; keep them short. Makes sense, though it will affect women’s fashion considerably.