<A post I wrote for Facebook on 12/14/2025> The events at Bondi Beach this week are horrifying — an act of antisemitic terror in a place synonymous with openness, celebration, and public life. Like many, I’ve been sitting with the question of what, if anything, can be meaningfully said in the aftermath. I lived in […]
Wartime heroine was treasured
Helene (Mimi) Hotte Marple: B Amsterdam, February 3, 1912; m (1) 1937 Wim Hotte : (dec 1945) 1s, (2) 1966 Rex Marple; d Nelson, May 12, 2001. [Article about my dear godmother, by Peter Kitchin and originally published in The Evening Post, Wellington, New Zealand, May 24, 2001] Helene Marple, an unlikely treasure of New […]
Why CEOs who believe in free markets must defend them
David Harsanyi wrote today that a key takeaway from the Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings is that the late Justice Antonin Scalia won the debate over constitutional originalism. Whether or not Brown believes in it, her answers supported the case for it. In concluding, Harsanyi made a critical point that is highly relevant outside these hearings […]
The case for COVID-19 vaccines for healthy kids falls apart
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at this headline: Pfizer’s COVID shot far less effective in ages 5-11 than in older kids It certainly makes one question why it was rushed out for kids, given everything else we knew at the time about the risks of COVID for this age group. Surely it […]
Articles that caught my eye – February 2022
How the CDC Abandoned Science – Tablet Magazine “The CDC is, in part, a scientific agency—they use facts and principles of science to guide policy—but they are also fundamentally a political agency… “Throughout this pandemic, the CDC has been a poor steward of that balance, pushing a series of scientific results that are severely deficient. […]
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