Atlanta, GA September 19, 2020 This year has been generous. It’s given us plenty to complain about, and I’ve taken full advantage. I’ve drunk from every half-empty glass, and found the cloud within each silver lining. Dazed and confused, groping in the dark as the ground shifts beneath our feet, it’s hard each day not […]
Atlanta, GA September 14, 2020 Maybe resistance is finally starting to build. Tom Woods relayed a few comments over the weekend, including these from physician, academic, and stem cell biologist Dr. Victoria Fox: “I’m sorry, it’s time for public health officials to implement evidence-based pandemic mitigation solutions that are logistically feasible, sustainable and target the problem while […]
Auburn, AL August 30, 2020 Last week Auburn students received a thinly veiled threat from Auburn administrators. The head of student affairs informed the little deviants that if they didn’t avoid crowds, conceal their faces, and cower in their corners, the semester would not continue on campus. I’m surprised they weren’t ordered to duck and […]
Atlanta, GA August 7, 2020 After almost ten days beside Lake Michigan, enjoying some normalcy and ignoring the news, we returned this week to the ongoing inanity. Like the bunny who sat near me each morning nibbling on his blade of grass, something the last several months has been gnawing at me. But as with […]
Atlanta , GAMay 30, 2020 Last Monday politicians plied the usual platitudes honoring those who “gave their lives so we can be free”, even as they ordered us to cower in our homes, keep away from others, or hide under a mask. As Pat Buchanan put it, we are treated like children awaiting permission to […]
Atlanta, GA May 23, 2020 This week I endured a doctor visit and enjoyed a graduation ceremony in ways I never had before. They were the same morning, so I had to rush from one to the other. I arrived at the parking lot at 8:30 for my 8:45 physical…and waited in the car. Within […]
Atlanta, GAMay 15, 2020 Georgia was freed from house arrest several weeks ago. But school is basically done, and our companies have retained work-from-home policies for at least a couple more months. Of course, one of us works for a company based in Ohio, where terms of surrender have been more unconditional. But here, residents […]
Atlanta, GA May 9, 2020 “Happy Friday!”, came the contrived cheer to start another all-day conga line of Zoom meetings. “I’ll take your word for it that it’s Friday”, I replied. Like an extended vacation…but staying home to work rather than traveling for fun…weekdays now run together, each indistinguishable from the last. Weekends provide some […]
Atlanta, GA May 2, 2020 My wife is marvelous in many ways. She is beautiful, intelligent, benevolent…and diplomatic. She can lift her husband’s ego, while keeping his feet on the ground. Earlier this week, she did both at the same time. “You should start a blog,” she told him, as his chest expanded and his […]
Atlanta, GA April 25, 2020 The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. – H.L. Mencken “Are you insane?” Uh oh… “What?”, I winced, looking up from my book. “Did you really […]