On Libertarianism & China: Two Perspectives
Is there a libertarian case for hawkishness against China?
Monthly Archive: April 2020
Thursday Throughput: Great Debate Edition
The Great Debate illustrates the scientific method so beautifully. Shapley was wrong. But he won the debate because the evidence was on his side.
Antigen Testing Debate As Approval Sought For Faster Coronavirus Testing
The push to “re-open” economies is intensifying the need for more, and faster, testing for Coronavirus.
Non-Doomsday Prepping: No Yeast? No Problem
No yeast, no bread. No bread, no sandwiches..But I have some good news. You can make bread without yeast.
Justin Amash Tilts the Presidential Windmill
You can become president by building a winning coalition or catch lightning in a bottle and short-circuit the system. Justin Amash isn’t doing either.
COVID Clue
Too soon? Insensitive? Maybe. But imagining what COVID Clue might be like has got to better than watching another one of Trump’s insane press conferences from between my fingers.
Contact Tracing: There’s An App for That, But Should There Be?
The debate on information security and data privacy has only intensified with the current need to conduct “contact tracing” of potential Coronavirus patients.
A Letter From COVID-19 Exile
We know full well that we’re asking our fellow citizens to take on a huge burden, but the answer isn’t to shrug it off and let millions of us die.
Italy Looks to Ease Lockdown As Others Debate Next Steps
From the BBC, Italy is looking to start easing it’s nation-wide lockdown after that country has suffered the highest death toll of any European nation at 26K+ and counting:
9 Months Later, Another Victim of the El Paso Walmart Shooting Has Died
Horrible reminder that mass shootings don’t end when the media coverage fades away
Sunday Morning! “Fantastic Night” by Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig perhaps wrote so well about reversals of fortune because he suffered one himself.
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 4: The 1950s
The 1950s, an era in which Hollywood’s golden age began to slowly fade away, it seems my favorite movies from this decade tend to be human dramas
Saturday Morning Gaming: An X-Com Game from Out of Nowhere
X-Com Chimera Squad was only announced a couple of weeks ago. And now it’s out already!
I’m not ready!
Unbreakable Bonds
The last time the U.S. faced a global threat, Batman and Superman did their part—by becoming national pitchmen.
