David Brooks wrote a piece in the Atlantic last month entitled, ‘Whatever happened to American Conservatism‘. It started out well, but it seemed to me it lost the plot as it concluded. I’ve had a love/hate relationship with Brooks over the years, so wasn’t surprised. The following are some observations I shared in December with […]
Coronavirus contemplations III
Some more thoughts on the pandemic from recent articles and op-eds in the press. In his Wall Street Journal column, Holman Jenkins hits the nail on the head in examining where governments failed from the start of the pandemic—not distinguishing between high risk and low risk populations, and focusing efforts on those at highest risk. […]
Email from Roger Kerr to Sir Douglas Myers, June 2011
From: Roger Kerr Sent: Friday, 3 June 2011 3:58 p.m. To: Sir Douglas Myers Subject: Honours Attachments: Letter from the Prime Minister.pdf; Letter from the Governor-General.pdf Dear Douglas See the attached letters. I have a suspicion you were in the loop. The plotters got together a pretty solid line up of supporters – Bill Gallagher, […]
Crisis in the Dallas Diocese
The unexpected move by Bishop Burns to take local control away from schools and impose a mask mandate the night before most schools reopened in August has resulted in a crisis of confidence in the Dallas Diocese. This has been exacerbated by the manner in which the bishop and the school superintendent, Matt Vereecke, have […]
No, children with COVID-19 aren’t filling up Texas intensive care units
Headlines such as “Dallas-Fort Worth out of ICU beds for children as surge in COVID-19 cases continues” have left many with the impression that in addition to being more contagious, the Delta variant is hitting kids harder than previous versions of the virus. It’s especially puzzling to those of us who’ve followed the science closely. […]
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