COVID 11/28/21 Update. Some info, some comparisons. As of today; Japan with 126 million people-1.73 million infected, 18,354 dead to date (a rate of .000146 dead per inhabitant) US- 330 Continue Reading →
Here’s the COVID cases per million for the highest 13 US states again, updated from my previous blog on Feb 21, 2021: 120 day COVID Followup on Red (and Blue) Continue Reading →
This JAXNEWS4 article says it all: Vaccinated older female from Jacksonville Fla. gets COVID and recovers, her 2 sons both un-vaccinated 30-40 year-olds, die of it in a matter of Continue Reading →
MCFH (McHenry County Freethinkers and Humanists) booth at the McHenry County Fairgrounds August 3-8 2021. Representing the 25% of Americans who are not religious.-the Freethinkers. As Humanists we promote human Continue Reading →
I am an unabashed scientismist. Scientism is often derogatorally described as an overuse, over confidence in science, and an arrogant refusal to see there are other “ways of knowing” usually Continue Reading →
6/22/2021: Israel with 9 million citizens, 55% of whom are fully vaccinated, is experiencing a COVID “surge” of 125 new cases/day – and they’re jumping into action against the new Continue Reading →
Florida has a bit over 21 million people, Texas about just about 30 and California almost 40 million residents as of 2019. Texas and Florida’s Republican governors (Greg Abbot and Continue Reading →
The End of Science (1996) -by the science journalist John Horgan. Mr. Horgan, reflecting on his controversial characterization of the state of modern science, 20 years later from its first Continue Reading →
The 18-29 year olds, the folks I mostly teach, GEN Z, born 1990- to early 2010’s literally shocked the pollster reporting his findings on a recent segment of MORNING JOE. Continue Reading →
I wrote back in July comparing Arizona and Florida to Vietnam, and how badly our US states fared in coronavirus response to Vietnam and other Asian countries. Then in September, Continue Reading →
