How Many Years of Life Does the Average Covid-19 Victim Lose?
A few weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal reported on a study suggesting that the average person who dies of Covid-19 loses tens years of life. I looked up the …
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Robert E. Lee Becomes Roberto Eduardo Leon: An Affirmative Action Controversy from 1979
From People Magazine, April 17, 1979: Anyone saddled with a name as fraught with history as Robert E. Lee might be forgiven the impulse to change it. But when retired …
It’s Time To Leave Your City. Come to West Virginia With Me.
I am leaving the District of Columbia to work remotely in free, beautiful, inexpensive, friendly, practical West Virginia. I invite you to join me. You can live an urban life …
Today in Supreme Court History: May 25, 1861
8/25/1861: John Merryman arrested. Chief Justice Taney ruled that his detention was unconstitutional in Ex Parte Merryman. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfbi6MP3w7c?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free …
In Praise of Pointy Things
To judge by conversations with friends and acquaintances over the years, my family isn’t the only one to treat the gifting of a knife as a rite of passage. It’s …
Brickbat: Burn It Down
The German parliament has voted to make burning the flag of the European Union or of foreign nations a hate crime. It was already illegal to burn the German flag. …
A Supreme Court Term Without Any Dissents Read From the Bench
The Supreme Court has now experimented with broadcasting oral arguments. It was no longer feasible to hold proceedings in the Court. For at least 10 cases, the Justices allowed advocates …
My New Eight-Monitor Display
Since December 2016, I have used the same seven-monitor display (six external monitors, plus my laptop’s screen). It has worked fairly well for me. I long thought I reached the …
The CDC’s New ‘Best Estimate’ Implies a COVID-19 Infection Fatality Rate Below 0.3%
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the current “best estimate” for the fatality rate among Americans with COVID-19 symptoms is 0.4 percent. The CDC also estimates …
Libertarian Party Picks Spike Cohen as Its Vice-Presidential Candidate
Spike Cohen, who runs Muddied Waters Media, won the Libertarian Party’s nomination for vice-president today. On the online convention’s third ballot, Cohen got 533 votes—52 percent of the total—narrowly edging …