To Skate on Thin Ice
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People should be allowed to assess and assume more of their own risks and accept the consequences of doing so. The pendulum of “public health” paternalism, given... Read more.
Same Pig, Different Lipstick: Covid and the Green Revolution
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In agriculture, public health, and medicine, we should stop envisioning magic technological bullets that empower governments more than they benefit their purported... Read more.
The Media Slowly Backpedals
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I derive little satisfaction from watching their pro-vaxx/NPI case crumble. Firstly, unlike in a courtroom, where judges and juries are, at least in theory, focused... Read more.
The Black Hole of Public Broadcasting
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But these two factions are very well-capitalized. Pharma can bankroll private and public media outlets in perpetuity. And taxpayers will continue to subsidize public... Read more.
On the Eve of Our Turning Point
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After millennia of human history and broad improvements in living conditions had enabled the world population to grow to 7.6 billion, why would anyone expect a virus... Read more.
The Big Fail…Failed: A Review
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Ultimately, the authors properly observe that the lockdowns made no sense and that closing schools hurt kids badly. But this should have been foreseen from Day 1.... Read more.
Are School Smarts Enough to Reject Coronamania?
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I wonder if Marty supported the lockdowns, school closures, masks, testing, and tracing. And if he vaxxed. Because…Science! I hope Marty’s Physics aptitude... Read more.
The Grateful Dead Succumbed to Coronamania, but We Didn’t Conform
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Throughout, my unimpaired eyes and ears told me that the Covid response was an extreme overreaction that was causing widespread harm. Instead of following a gullibly... Read more.
Can Thanksgiving Traditions Survive a Four-Year Pause?
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On Thanksgiving, we’re supposed to disregard that which hasn’t gone well and focus on that which has; even if the list of what has gone well is much shorter... Read more.
Looking for Trouble that Doesn’t Exist
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I’ve hated the Scamdemic because, like much of what passes for modern medicine, it centered on looking for trouble that didn’t exist in order to sell products:... Read more.
Bearing Eternal Witness to a Scam
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After having been so deeply, consequentially, predictably wrong, the Coronamaniacs deserve not only to be metaphorically beaten down but to be chased as they run... Read more.
On Broken Friendships
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No matter what their basis or origin, friendships—and close relationships with selected kin—entail exchanging perceptions of the world and life. In so doing,... Read more.