The Iron Rules of Covid Lag
Time and again, with wave after wave of COVID-19, certain observations seem eternal: You can’t test positive for COVID-19 until after you catch COVID-19, therefore Covid testing always lags behind the actual Covid infections, typically about 2 weeks. All other things being equal — masking, distancing, lockdowns — the more people that have COVID-19, the… Read more
Prohibitionists’ Hollow Remembrance of Sex Workers
June 2nd was International Whores’ Day (or International Sex Workers’ Day, if you prefer) and Mistress Matisse was pissed: International Whores’ Day commemorates the occupation of Église Saint-Nizier church in Lyon, France by a bunch of sex workers who were even more pissed off than Mistress Matisse. Forced to work in secrecy by the police,… Read more
A Libertarian Responds to Policy Proposals
Hi, My name is Mark and I’m a libertarian. I’ve been seeing a lot of policy ideas coming from politicians lately, and I thought it might be an interesting exercise to give my libertarian-inspired analysis of a few of them. President Joseph Biden The American Jobs Plan is going to create millions of good-paying jobs… Read more
Workin’ From Home at the Washingtonian
In an op-ed at the Washington Post, Washingtonian Media CEO Cathy Merrill expresses concern about employees not wanting to return to the office: In several group calls with chief executives, I’ve found a great sense of pride in how well our teams have done during the past year. However, we all started at a place… Read more
Fuck Off, You Spiky-Protein Asshole!
Today is Immunity Day. It’s been 14 days since my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. As a general rule, that’s long enough for my body to have had its full immune response. Based on vaccine trial data, I should now be about 95% protected from Covid. And even if I do catch it, the… Read more
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