Michael Moore Tries to Rescue Us From Guns
The gun control debate has been raging lately, and now filmmaker Michael Moore has arrived to save the day with his proposal to repeal and replace the 2nd Amendment. I read it over, and of course it would be very bad for gun owners. That’s tempered by the fact that it is also very stupid.… Read more
A Libertarian Watches “Narcos”
My wife and I had been pretty much ignoring Netflix’s Narcos series because it didn’t quite interest us enough to justify expending our valuable TV-watching time. And as a long-time opponent of the war on drugs, I wasn’t sure I was ready for a series where DEA agents were the heroes. A few weeks ago,… Read more
COVID-19 is Not Endemic and the Fight is Not Over
I just saw an article at Reason arguing that the government should stop making COVID-19 tests free. It begins with this dubious statement: The consensus among scientists and lawmakers after two years of pandemic mayhem is that COVID-19 is officially endemic. That’s good news for those of us looking to move on with our lives,… Read more
Covid Stats Dump – 2022-01-29
I usually tweet out Chicago-area Covid stats, but I thought I’d try something different today and post the information here on my blog. Most of the charts and maps are pulled from the wonderful Covid Act Now website. They take a lot of data and make it easy to understand. The national picture is looking… Read more
Ghostbusters: Afterlife — Review
My wife and I just watched Ghostbusters: Afterlife. I thought it was worth seeing, but you might want to wait for the price to drop. My wife liked it more than I did. As should be clear from the trailers, Ghostbusters: Afterlife is not a traditional sequel to the original Ghostbusters movie. It’s not the… Read more
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