It’s with heavy hearts that my wife and I have made the unexpected decision to leave Seattle for Texas. We’ve each called this city home for 15+ years. Here we met, married, bought our first home, and have been raising two kids. While we have heavy hearts and hadn’t seriously contemplated this move until a […]
Reopen schools for the sake of our children
<This was first published in the Washington Examiner on June 3, 2020> No one should fault our leadership for closing schools in March, given the uncertainty and limited information about COVID-19 available then. Three months later, we now have ample evidence about the risks of the virus to weigh against the short- and long-term harm […]
Seattle exemplifies the fast-growing private-public school pandemic gap
<This op-ed first appeared in the Washington Examiner on May 19, 2020> COVID-19 has thrust parents across the country into the unexpected role of primary hands-on educators. While we all know that the private model of schooling differs from that of public schools, this outbreak has put those differences in stark relief, nowhere more so […]
Reflections on a Life Well Lived—Tribute to Sir Ron Trotter
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 […]
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 […]
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