Crises have a way of separating the leaderlike wheat from the opportunistic chaff. Coronavirus is the crisis of our time, and the political winnowing is something to behold. Example: The Trump administration spent this week distributing ventilators, standing up small-business loans, dispatching hospital ships, erecting alternate care facilities, explaining virus modeling, revamping regulations to keep truckers on the road, and plastering... Read more
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the virus kills red and blue alike
April 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Party Politics, Strassel, The LeftTesting Is Our Way Out – WSJ
April 3 | Posted by mrossol | Coronavirus, CreativeFor now, social distancing is the best America can do to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. But if the U.S. truly mobilizes, it can soon deploy better weapons—advanced tests—that will allow the country to shift gradually to a protocol less disruptive and more effective than a lockdown. Instead of ricocheting between an unsustainable shutdown and a dangerous, uncertain return to normalcy, the... Read more
Lessons from what didn't happen
April 2 | Posted by mrossol | Coronavirus, ScienceHard to know what to include or comment on. There is a ton of learning going on in real time. mrossol WSJ 4/2/2020
By Benny Peiser And Andrew Montford
London
The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically demonstrated the limits of scientific modeling to predict the future. The most consequential coronavirus model, produced by a team at Imperial College London, tipped the...
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protect who?
April 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Coronavirus, UnionsThe disease can’t be that deadly if the ODE is taking this position, can it? WSJ 4/1/2020
Oregon has cancelled public-school classes amid the pandemic, but political self-interest never sleeps. The Oregon Education Association and its labor allies are now blocking hundreds of children from continuing their education at virtual public charter schools.
As of Oct. 1, more than 14,000...
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SHould I try to get Covid-19?
April 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, CoronavirusWSJ 4/1/2020
In pursuit of something called Q rating, TV presenters and others with public images prefer to talk about ideal outcomes rather than optimal ones.
This is a problem I have alluded to more than once in the Covid-19 crisis. Then it was all thrown out the window when a noted stock picker on CNBC asked Mike Pence a...
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What Victory looks like
March 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, HealthAs I have said before, it is good to have alternative views to consider. And this is one. mrossol ====== WSJ 3/20/2020 A telling moment came on CNBC Thursday. A host gently shushed the learned Jim Grant, editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, saying discussion of tradeoffs was not encouraged. On TV, delivering up unpleasant choices is bad for the brand. Unfortunately policy... Read more
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