Don’t do it, but don’t force parents to pay for closed schools, either.
“Fund students, not systems.” Yes.
Barbados
Is planning to let visitors stay and work remotely for a year.
That’s worth considering. It’s a very interesting place, with good diving.
Academia
This is a great opportunity to destroy it.
Honestly, it has been committing slow suicide for years, but yes, time to put it out of its (and our) misery.
The Far Side
Gary Larson is baaaaaack.
Wow, it’s been decades since his last one.
The Cultural Revolution Continues
Thoughts from Jonathan Turley on canceling Steven Pinker.
[Update a while later]
The Woke mob’s “reign of terror” moment.
[Afternoon update]
Bob Zimmerman is genuinely concerned that genocide is coming to America.
There are still a few people alive who remember what happened in Germany in the thirties, and no one in the twenties could have imagined it could happen. The irony, of course, is that the people most likely to do this think that Trump is Hitler.
Boeing’s Spaceship
…it still really, really sucks.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Sorry, link is fixed.
I’m starting to wonder if Boeing will ever fly crew on Starliner. It’s clearly not going to happen this year, and Starship work continues apace.
Scamocracy In America
Thoughts on our corrupt ruling class.
Heterogeneity, And Covid
Some thoughts from Tyler Cowen.
We really need to get a better understanding of how our genetics interact with the disease.
[Update a while later]
The benefits of pooled testing.
I don’t understand why they haven’t been doing this. Other than, of course, continued incompetence at the CDC.
Iran’s Nuclear Program
It’s been set back by two years. It’s only two years, but a lot can happen in two years. In addition to these Israeli actions, with his pressure, Trump is doing to the Mullahs what Reagan did to the Soviets.
Our Space Future
This is an excellent overview.