Welcome! This is an unapologetic, agenda-free zone. Just commentaries on current events that’ll move you to think, laugh, rage, and even cry.
And no, I am not referring to Judy, Pirro, or Napolitano! I gather many of you don’t think I have enough professional gravitas or social influence to say whether lockdowns (i.e., shutdown of all non-essential businesses and stay-at-home orders) compose the best strategy for fighting COVID-19. Well, there’s no denying that retired UK Supreme Court… Read more.
This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made a head spinning about-face on wearing masks. For months it insisted that only medics and symptomatic patients needed to wear them; indeed, it even chastised non-medics who did for causing life-threatening shortages. But now, warning that mere breathing can spread the coronavirus, the CDC… Read more.
I feel obliged to begin by reiterating my abiding view that, to fight this virus, our political leaders did not have to destroy the global economy; undermine millions of good-paying jobs; and hunker down billions of people in their homes, indefinitely. It’s only a matter of time before we look back on this period of… Read more.
Much has been made throughout this crisis about the strange hoarding of toilet paper. Indeed, you’d think diarrhea were a signature symptom of the coronavirus. In fact, the CDC has labored to explain that the following symptoms are the surest signs of infection: Fever Cough Shortness of breath Persistent pain or pressure in the chest… Read more.
