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. […]
Like most parents, we won’t be giving our kids the COVID vaccine right away
An overwhelming and increasing majority of parents are choosing not to vaccinate their kids from COVID. While my wife and I were at the front of the line to get ourselves vaccinated, we’re in good company with the more than 70% of parents who are in no rush to get shots for their 5 to […]
Women more empowered to pursue career aspirations in developed countries
Fascinating study across 80 countries that both confirms a finding from many previous studies (more boys than girls aspire to a things-oriented or STEM occupation and more girls than boys to a people-oriented occupation) and has an important counterintuitive finding: Women’s empowerment is associated with relatively high levels of national wealth and this wealth allows […]
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 […]
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