Falling Short

The new Pew Study on religion and the pandemic is out.  It’s a disappointment.  Here are Pew’s self-described highlights:

Authorities in nearly a quarter of all the countries and territories studied (46 out of 198, or 23%) used physical means, such as arrests and prison sentences, to enforce coronavirus-related restrictions on worship services and other religious gatherings. Religious groups filed lawsuits or spoke out against the public health measures in 54 of the 198 countries (27%). A common complaint was that some churches, mosques, synagogues and other houses of...

Hitting The Mark On The Wrong Target

A quote from Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell address was recently called to my attention:

Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.

Let that sink in for a minute.  In that address Eisenhower was mostly concerned with what he called the...

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Covid Confusion

The protests/conflict in China continues to escalate.  This has caused Jim Geraghty to wonder if Xi Jinping is dumb.  I have no clue concerning Xi’s intelligence; I’ve never met the man.  But what I do know is that covid has been a communication nightmare creating massive confusion on multiple levels some of which has resulted in policy without clear objective.  When the objective for a policy, particularly a policy as draconian as lockdowns, is not clear and concise and apparent to the...

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