Covid 19, formerly The Corona Virus, is real but that there has been a massive overreaction to it. Back in March and April I predicted that the USA and the world would survive the Corona Virus and wou...Read More
I borrowed this image from a postcard on Postcrossing. The wording was originally borrowed from a British WWII poster and is now ubiquitous on social media and on postcards. Keep Calm and Carry On...Read More
It isn’t enough to sanitize, you also have to leave a physical sign that the area has been sanitized. Thank you Pedro! And so the pandemic response enters the “Security Theater” phas...Read More
“Germ” is an imprecise word used by the unscientific to refer to viruses or harmful bacteria. Microbiologists and epidemiologists do not use the term “Germ” except when needing...Read More
The vast majority of our national wealth isn’t money or gold or real property or personal property. Our wealth is intellectual, intangible capital. We know how to do stuff, and that’s what makes u...Read More
I just finished binge reading Factfulness by Hans Rosling. Even conceding that for me a lot of it is confirmation bias, I found it to be one of the best books I’ve read in years. It taught me no...Read More
On March 4 I predicted that: The Corona Virus is not going to be a terrible world-wide epidemic. The Corona Virus is not going to cause a world-wide depression. And again on March 24 I made some speci...Read More
I’m feeling so good I’m thinking about making some henges. I am definitely symptom free for the second day in a row. But it is a little bit like pins and needles. You know when you got the...Read More
Since many of you are sheltering at home and are already giving up on reading Thackeray or Adam Smith I’d like to recommend The Widow’s Strike by Brad Taylor. It is a thriller that has a m...Read More