America does not always *admit* that it’s surrendering. In mid-April, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said this: “The plan to re-open is very, very clear: Test, trace, isolate and then open back up, and continue this until we get a vaccine.” … Continue reading
Shot: R.R. Reno, “Phobos and Deimos,” First Things, June 2020. Chaser: David A Graham, “The Class War Over Social Distancing,” The Atlantic, 15 May 2020. This has been your occasional reminder — helpful to all of us, no doubt — … Continue reading
A good friend of mine sent me an article this morning asking for my opinion on it. The article, from DeplorableHouseWives.news, is called “Walz Relies on Students to Determine Minnesota Lock Down Model and Wrecks the Economy.” Feel free to … Continue reading
I wrote this post on a discussion forum back April 12th, but I never published it here. Even with the stay-at-home orders ending nationwide, I still get plenty of questions about how I stack up their benefits — lots of … Continue reading
Version 3 of the Minnesota Model was released a few days ago. The model immediately drew skeptical reactions for its prediction that Minnesota would have roughly 1,440 deaths by the end of May: [S]ome say the numbers just aren’t plausible… … Continue reading
Some very odd (but potentially relieving?) information in Friday’s Minnesota covid presser. The thing that worries me most about Minnesota right now, the thing that keeps me up at night, the thing that makes me confused and frustrated and worried … Continue reading
I have taken a pretty strong position on covid-19: it will kill a ludicrous number of Minnesotans/Americans unless we shut things down pretty hard until we have the ability to suppress it (either through treatments or through testing and contact … Continue reading
I haven’t been able to find very much time to blog this week. I keep meaning to spend a night on it, and then something comes up in real life. However, after how hard I have been on Gov. Walz, … Continue reading
On Friday, Minnesota unveiled a lot of details about its disease model for covid to the world. That press conference featured a number of bombshells, most of which seem to have received little or no follow-up from the media. (Are … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: At the time Tulsi Gabbard dropped out, Anne Maloney was in the hospital. This, therefore, is our series’ swan song. A Bye-Ku for Tulsi Gabbard A 2020 guest series by Anne Maloney, inspired by James Taranto. Dems choose old white guyLast girl … Continue reading