February 4, 2022

COVID: The after times

The COVIDian orthodoxy is beginning to crumble.  Some governments have discovered that their approach did not improve anything.  On the contrary, at least one study shows that the myriad restrictions on normal life have ...

June 24, 2020

The Activist Never Sleeps

In the wake of last week’s Supreme Court ruling on gay rights in the workplace, Andrew Sullivan asked what sounded like a reasonable question -- when can proponents of a cause claim victory? This, of course, is a rhetorical question, as Sulliva...

June 12, 2020

Race Isn’t Going Away

If there is a next life, I want a job in which there are no consequences for making horrible decisions that harm other people. Which, of course, means a life in politics and elected office. In what other line of work is mentioning the bad outcomes of...

June 5, 2020

The Black and White of 'Systemic Racism'

If you’re going to champion a cause, have the good grace or basic intelligence to push one that is not so easily undermined by reality... like “systemic racism.” At last check, we’re more than 50 years removed from “colo...