Newport Beach mayor Will O’Neill is livid. On Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom shut down 43 miles of Orange County beaches, in spite of just 50 Coronavirus deaths in a county of more than 3 million people. “This has nothing to do with data, and it has everything to do with politics,” said[…] Read On
We keep hearing from the media that governors who want to reopen the economy are prioritizing money over lives. What they’re really doing is putting the long-term health and prosperity of the nation ahead of virtue signaling and political talking points. Let me tell you, that takes guts and smart[…] Read On
Right now I’m relishing the last glass of a bottle of Petit Verdot from Steve Kent Winery in Livermore. I’m not likely to enjoy another anytime soon. Or ever. The varietal is almost exclusively used for blending with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and other Bordeaux grapes, not on its own. And[…] Read On
Much of the information you’ve been hearing about coronavirus has been wrong. Not just a little wrong. A lot wrong. Take Covid-19’s mortality rate for example. Mortality rate is the percentage of people infected with a disease that die from it. Why is that important? Because the “experts” use mortality[…] Read On
Now that the stock market has soared like a gazillion points and officially mocked my foolish attempts at hedging against a market collapse I’m thinking it’s safe to return to my natural pre-viral state of cynical mockery. Some people are doing some very good work to lighten the mood in[…] Read On
Watching last week’s democratic debate between two old white guys I was struck by how often the word crisis came up. I counted at least six different times: there was Trump, climate and, of course, coronavirus. Also student loan debt, women’s rights and authoritarianism. Had the debate gone longer, I’m[…] Read On
Sick of hearing about coronavirus 24×7? Join the club. I mean, how can you not panic with wall-to-wall news coverage telling you not to panic while inundating you with countless doomsday scenarios and obsessive routines to remind you that, should you happen to let just one lousy microbe live and[…] Read On