Eulogy by Roger Kerr, Old St. Paul’s, Wellington, 17 August 2010 Margaret and the family have asked me to reflect on Sir Ron’s role in business and public affairs and I’m honoured to do so. I loved Ron like a father. So it was with a heavy heart that I sat down to write these […]
Archives for March 2020
Free to create, labs out-innovate each other
With Abbott Labs today announcing a new COVID-19 test capable of producing results in five minutes, we’ve witnessed the remarkable pace of innovation that can be unleashed when government monopolies are torn down. Here’s a rough timeline since flawed tests were released and the federal government removed the monopoly on kit production: Feb 5: CDC […]
Coronavirus contemplations
Sensible grocery stores in the United States and Canada are protecting workers by banning the use of reusable bags. This is hardly surprising. As I wrote in National Review in 2018, research has found that the use of these grocery bags, which users almost never clean, can “cause a wide range of serious health problems […]