Deutschland Rising?
The optics are not good when Germans start polishing helmets and carry torches at night.
The Drifter
1776 by David McCullough
Enjoyable easy read about the critical year that Washington led a ragtag army of 'rabbles' that miraculously defeated the greatest military machine that the world had ever seen - to date.
Infinity Lies Ahead of Us
There is only one way of thinking that is capable of making progress or of
surviving in the long run and that is the way of seeking good explanations
through creativity and criticism.
What lies ahead of us in any case - is infinity.
All we can choose is whether
Omicron Journal
A short daily journal about the Omicron Variant as it unfolds.
Raskolnikov's Dream
Raskolnikov's dream of a plague "...from the depths of Asia" in Dostoevsky's
Crime and Punishment, 1866
> He dreamt that the whole world was condemned to a terrible new strange plague
that had come to Europe from the depths of Asia. All were to be destroyed except
a very few chosen.
Why I Write (George Orwell)
From a very early age, perhaps the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer.
Points of Interest (Early Dec 2020)
Interesting thread that graphs the growth of COVID cases correlative to
lockdowns.
The point is that lockdowns don't work in America. Perhaps they should - but
they don't. They don't work here for a bunch of reasons that don't matter
(because it doesn't change the reality of the situation). Further,
How the Quarantine is Changing You
The quarantine is changing us - physiologically, emotionally, mentally and psychologically.
It Can't Happen Here
9/11 "didn't happen here" for most of the country but the impact was still immense and profound.
Where Are We Today?
I'll add charts as time progresses and do a retrospective at the end of this year to see how we fared against comparisons with the Great Depression, Great Recession and 2001 crash.