If it gets a bailout, it should only be under these conditions.
The loan program needs a complete overhaul, beyond these suggestions.
First Fire
The Obama Administration Hit On Flynn
A guide to what we now know.
Viral Load
Thoughts on taking it seriously.
This would have a huge impact on policy.
The Artemis Accords
I haven’t talked much about this, but Bob Zimmerman has thoughts.
I’ve been working on this behind the scenes for a couple years, in both DC and London, and some of the ideas in the accords may be based on my IAC paper from last fall, but these are much more limited than my proposals there. They don’t really “supercede” the OST; the administration’s position is that they are not in violation of it, and that it is “permissive” in that regard.
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.