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Like most parents, we won’t be giving our kids the COVID vaccine right away

November 5, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Daddy Rants Tagged With: COVID-19

Women more empowered to pursue career aspirations in developed countries

October 29, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: gender

Email from Roger Kerr to Sir Douglas Myers, June 2011

October 27, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

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, […]

Filed Under: Random Rants Tagged With: Douglas Myers, Roger Kerr

Crisis in the Dallas Diocese

September 19, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Random Rants Tagged With: Bishop Burns, COVID-19, Diocese of Dallas, Matt Vereecke, St. Monica School

The perils of COVID-zero—how policymakers should manage endemic COVID-19

August 22, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr 1 Comment

As the COVID-19 pandemic has evolved and we’ve learned more about the virus, the way we manage it should have evolved as well. From a policymaking perspective, step one is acknowledging that it’s one of many risks we face in life; we need to weigh up all of life’s risks as we decide how to tackle […]

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I’m Nicholas, a marketing consultant and dad in Dallas, TX. I like to follow policy debates, chat about parenting and share stories. Read More…

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