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Do Lockdowns Save Many Lives? In Most Places, the Data Say No – WSJ

April 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Coronavirus, Economics

Do quick shutdowns work to fight the spread of Covid-19? Joe Malchow, Yinon Weiss and I wanted to find out. We set out to quantify how many deaths were caused by delayed shutdown orders on a state-by-state basis. To normalize for an unambiguous comparison of deaths between... Read more

Coronavirus Truths, and Lies

April 29 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, American Thought, Coronavirus, Democrat Party, Liberal Press, The Left

This is MUST READ. Don’t be lazy [any more]. Make sure you read it all and pass it on. mrossol Primary Author: David Williams, MDRevised April 23 with updates to section regarding COVID-19 deaths and the addendum. https://600wrec.iheart.com/content/2020-04-23-coronavirus-truths-and-lies/ This is being written on April 19, 2020. Although there is a central author, it is being written on behalf of multiple physicians in West... Read more

Joke Becames Federal Case? – WSJ

April 29 | Posted by mrossol | Uncategorized

4/29/2020  WSJ I’m under federal investigation for making a joke on Twitter. In June 2019, employees at the left-liberal Vox Media Inc. walked off the job demanding a new collective bargaining agreement. As the publisher of a conservative website, the Federalist, I found the clash ironic. I tweeted: “FYI @fdrlst first one of you tries to unionize I swear I’ll send you... Read more

Communists in Brooks Brothers – WSJ

April 28 | Posted by mrossol | Communism, The Left

WSJ 4/29/2020 In those halcyon years before the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong were small, quiet affairs that were lucky to attract a dozen or two people. After one such rally on a sleepy Sunday, the leader of the city’s fledgling democracy movement, legislator Martin Lee, offered me a lift back to my office. The conversation turned to... Read more

Why Walking Matters—Now More Than Ever – WSJ

April 18 | Posted by mrossol | Health, Interesting

I share just FYI. I have not way to verify the proposition. mrossol

Why does walking make us feel good? We all know that a satisfying stroll changes our outlook. Perhaps we realize it all the more today, when so many of us are hunkered down and this simple... Read more

Thoughts on the Current Crisis – Imprimis

April 16 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, American Thought, Big Govt, Coronavirus, Losing Freedom, The Left, US Constitution

This is rather long, but it may be one of the more important pieces I post. I just finished Hillsdale’s online course The US Constitution 101. In the course you learn how the USA has gotten from the founders to today and how the Constitution is thought about, to how our government functions today. The current COVID-19 “crisis”... Read more

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