Six Founding Principles Of Good Government
Or, Public Policy 101: Tax “Bads”, Not Goods Public policy, or government policy, should reflect certain basic principles. Let’s set out a few. Not everyone will agree, but polls repeatedly…
April 2020
Straight Talk From Italy
Perhaps more people would obey the mandate to self-isolate if more politicians spoke like this: Recommend this Post
What Is Online Learning?
I have a lot of sympathy for those working in educational technology positions at schools and universities today because they have been thrust into the unenviable position of converting a…
Thank you, Philo T. Farnsworth
Cast of The Shield In this time of the Coronapocalypse, let us pause for a moment to salute one of the greatest men of history, a man who made this…
streaming follow-up: we need a universal watchlist app
On my recent post about streaming — five reasons streaming is still better than cable and etc. — I alluded to something towards the end of the post that I…
Why The Left Is Once Again Wrong
Also happening now, and further showing the continued failure of the left: the left is shouting in defence of payroll taxes – which kill jobs, as they are a…
Eating in quarantine: Chicken tacos with homemade flour tortillas
In the before times I didn’t do that much cooking outside the weekends. But now, with nothing but time on my hands I’m cooking all the time and trying some…
Cadet Bone Spurs
Donald Trump now refers to himself as a “wartime president.” That claim rings astonishingly hollow. Maureen Dowd writes: Donald Trump is trying to build a campaign message around his image…
Palm Sunday
Won’t be getting to Mass, for some reason, so I will do so right here at 10:00.
What was left under the rug?
There always comes that time when we have to look under the rug. Maybe we were just sending the rug out for cleaning but we can hardly ignore the detritus…
Some Perspective….
The current average world wide population increase is estimated at 81 million people per year, without COVID-19, we would expect 60 million global deaths in 2020, with a third or…
Waffle Manifesto Co-Author Mel Watkins Has DIed.
Melville Henry Watkins (May 15, 1932 — April 2, 2020) was a Canadian political economist and activist and professor emeritus of economics and political science at the University of Toronto.He…
Preparedness Is a Choice. To Remain Unprepared Is Also a Choice.
Many Americans must die over the next year thanks for their president’s refusal to fight the Covid-19 virus for the critical two months, mid-January to mid-March, that allowed the virus…
April 4 COVID News
The following COVID-19 resources may be useful to many of you; if you know of similar resources not on this list, send me an email and let me know. i…
Waiting For The Crazed Clown Show To End – Or, Welcome To The Brave New World
I don’t know when I will be able to go to the gym or library again, or a park, or my favourite local bookstore or record store – or whether…
Faith, Hope & Love, During Difficult Times
Now is a time for faith. Or if you prefer, and perhaps more important yet: for perseverance, for patience, for forbearance, for resolve, for courage, for confidence, for…
With Allies Like These: An Ugly Watershed Moment
Okay everyone, we’re in dangerous times right now, that’s very clear to everyone. We’re seeing the number of cases of Covid-19 and deaths from it continue to grow. We’re seeing…
Part 2 of All Extracts from Silent Lips about a virus in New York City – just for you!
Part 2 of All 43 extracts from my novel Silent Lips, which deals with a deadlly virus that leads to New York City being quarantined (available as an eBook for…
This Evil Bastard has Inflicted More Loss and Death on The United States than Radical Islamists Could Ever Dream Of
It’s said a fish rots from the head first. So does America. Donald J. Trump has consigned hundreds of thousands of Americans to ugly and unnecessary deaths. Many more will…