Collecting My Thoughts

Reminder: The pandemic killed nearly 1 million Americans in 2020-2021 according to the CDC. "Tragically and remarkably, a majority of t...

  We’ve recently seen but few have read the Durham Report which is 380 pages of crimes at the highest level of government, especially of an...

Gun deaths among U.S. kids rose 50% from 2019 to 2021 | Pew Research Center A discussion on gun deaths among children under 18 with friends ...

President Donald Trump froze travel from China as too risky when a city with a SARS lab showed an unusual uptick in deaths. Nancy Pelosi and...

"The Weaponization of Loneliness" [book] offers a message of hope. We can resist this psychological warfare if we have strong bond...

Before we talk reparations with California governor Newsom trying to earn points so he can get to the White House with all the crazies, lets...

Do we need more Harvard grads? Ask anyone who owns a company that hires people in the trades. We signed today for a new garage door. It will...

 "School administrators often were more concerned with changing the name of a school rather than ensuring that students would receive a...

When Don Lemon of CNN says he knows Hurricane Ian was caused by climate change because he lived in Florida as a child, he's using the ty...

Sri Lanka used to be a food exporter, had a thriving economy. The government decided they needed to go "green" to save the planet ...

"Did you ever stop to wonder- there was $2.5 Trillion of excess savings due to the pandemic free money? So that money was not needed b...

 Down memory lane with early pandemic essays, but has anything changed? Here are some plain, nonhysterical facts: The U.S. Centers for Disea...

From the Lakeside Blog, https://blog.lakesideohio.com/hoover-shows-are-back/  "Shirley Stary has been instrumental in creating the Lake...

"US life expectancy fell by 1.8 years by the end of 2020. Increased deaths from COVID-19, heart disease, homicide, and diabetes led to ...

From an investment letter: "It is now clear from the data that Sweden, which never shut down other than for the very old and nursing ...

"The number and rate of alcohol-related deaths increased approximately 25% between 2019 and 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandem...

The graph tracks the results of a natural experiment that occurred nationwide during the pandemic. Eleven states never mandated masks, while...

Surgeon General alarmed by rise in child suicides triggered by pandemic – HotAir "U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is shedding som...

I don't often post unsourced material. Emerald Robinson posted this, and she says she can't figure out the author. It's called...

We can say, "China doll." We can say, "dinner China." We can say, "Chinese calligraphy." We can say, " Ch...