Analyzing pandemic and vaccine data is a highly specialized expertise, a pursuit where amateurs can easily find themselves looking stupid. I learned this lesson the hard way.
Media
How Censorship Fuels Vaccine Skepticism
Social media censors think they are doing God’s work removing content at odds with the Biden Administration’s vaccine narrative. In fact, they are fueling growing vaccine resistance and heightening the anger of many people who are a lot smarter than the media would have you believe.
The Political Defiance of Dr. Marty Makary
I typically avoid predictions, but I’m confident in saying that if America gets through this very dark period, history will judge Dr. Marty Makary very kindly.
My Open Letter to LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky
As best I can tell, LinkedIn’s censors operate with a skeleton team on weekends. Thought I’d post this letter and hopefully slip one by them.
The Frontier Justice of Michigan AG Dana Nessel
I’m not an authority on attorney generals in all 50 states, but it is my hope that none of them are as unfair, unprincipled, and immature as Michigan’s Dana Nessel.
Why Dave Keon Was My Childhood Hero
Reading Megan Rapinoe’s diss of Canada’s soccer team after losing to them Monday made me appreciate growing up in an era when the best athletes were known for their grace and sportsmanship.
The Perilous Censoring of Dr. Peter McCullough
If you can click on this link, there is still hope for free speech in America.
The Racism of Coca-Cola
Don Lemon, CNN’s $4 million a year anchor who says America is fundamentally racist, wants punishments meted out to those who put the health of Americans at risk. If Lemon was true to his convictions, the latest studies linking high-fructose corn syrup to colorectal cancer would prompt him to call for the cancelling of The Coca-Cola Company.
If Dale Carnegie Ran the CDC
If there is any hope of convincing those who fear the Covid vaccines to change their minds, politicians like New York’s Andrew Cuomo and journalists like the Washington Post’s Helaine Olen need to step aside and remain quiet. They are part of the problem, not the solution.
The Martyrdom of Nikole Hannah-Jones
New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones accused the University of North Carolina of racism for failing to offer her a tenured positioned from the get-go and called for “transparency around the tenure debacle that led us here.” As part of that transparency, Howard University should publicly disclose the offer that lured Hannah-Jones to the historically Black college.