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Mandate Madness
My grandparents and parents experienced two great wars, an economic depression, and several tragic global pandemics. No wonder, they treated their children like children. Something about enduring calamitous ordeals, toughens the strong or destroys the weak. My parents were among … Continue reading
Posted in Human Behavior, Media, Politics, The Constitution
Tagged Dysfunctional Government, lock downs, mandates, mask mandate, Media Bias, Politics, vaccination passports
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A Harsh Assessment
This website allows me to express my opinions about any number of subjects. Here, I have freedom of expression without much fear of censorship. Fortunately, in that regard, those who read my articles do so of their own free will. … Continue reading
Posted in Human Behavior, Media, Musings, Politics
Tagged Election 2020, Media Bias, Politics, President
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Why People Disagree
Way back before the Pandemic (BP), I wrote Why Intelligent People Disagree in an attempt to understand why otherwise smart people could come to completely different conclusions about important issues of the day. Now I’m thinking I should attempt to … Continue reading
Posted in health, Human Behavior, Musings, Politics
Tagged Censoring, Disagreement, eternal problem, Politics, Science, Silencing, Truth, Vaccines
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Ridiculous Assumption: Tragic Consequences
How can one ridiculous assumption lead to millions of irrational decisions. It happened! It’s still happening! I’m talking about a pandemic, specifically, the global response to a seriously infectious virus known as SARS-CoV-2. It causes a disease called COVID-19 or … Continue reading
Posted in health, Human Behavior, Politics
Tagged Asymptomatic Spread, China, Covid-19, CV19, Dysfunctional Government, Education, SARS-CoV-2, Schools, Science, Wuhan
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Finding Explanations in the Game of Life
Those who know me understand my passion, perhaps a pathology, for sports and particularly for my teams. One of the many reasons I love my wife derives from her tolerance for this among many peccadillos. Sporting events, and entire seasons, … Continue reading
Posted in Human Behavior, Musings
Tagged blame, Football, Gator football, Marco Willson, Oversimplification, scapegoat, shoe, Sports, unsportsmanlike penalty
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The Hubris of Fact-Checking
Among my morning news stories, I found a thorough fact-checking of a fact-checking. In truth, neither was all that factual. The issue related to the surveillance video of election workers in Fulton County, Georgia. One side argues the video is … Continue reading
You Can’t Fix Stupid – California!
My wife and I have this running commentary about stupidity. She often says, “You can’t fix stupid.” I say you can, but I admit that sometimes stupid gets fixed through Darwinian evolution, or stupid gets replaced by other stupid. Nevertheless, … Continue reading
Closed Schools: Be Careful What You Wish For
The late Harvard Biologist, Stephen J. Gould, Ph.D., was known for his theory of punctuated evolution, the idea that significant changes occur following significant events rather than gradually and somewhat uniformly over time. Highly respected best-selling British author, Matt Ridley, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Human Behavior, Politics
Tagged Closed Schools, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Dysfunctional Government, Open Schools, Politics, School Choice, Schools
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Masks in a Sarcasm Free Zone
A few days ago, I offered a sarcastic post entitled “The Belt Order”. Most got it, a few thought it was real. In this hysterical environment, that’s understandable. Now, I feel some responsibility to explain. I object to cities, counties, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, health, Human Behavior, Politics
Tagged Chinese Virus, Cloth Masks, Coronavirus, Covid, Covid-19, executive orders, mandate, mandates, Masks, N95, orders, pandemic, Wuhan Virus
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How Do We Decide About Schools?
Should we open our schools this fall? That is the question thousands of school boards and fifty state governments face as we struggle to return to normalcy. The question begs different answers in different communities and in each state. I … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Human Behavior, Media, Politics
Tagged CDC, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Dysfunctional Government, Education, epidemic, Media Bias, pandemic, viruses
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