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October 2020

October 23, 2020

545 separated kids? Why that’s not what it seems

If Donald Trump was trying to make corruption charges stick on Biden (the media's refusal...

October 23, 2020

It’s debate time!

It's the second presidential debate! And here are my comments, live-blog style. Scroll down to...

October 22, 2020

Covid “Science” Update – two new infuriating reports

Yes, "science" in scare-quotes, because of two events which concern public understanding of science, or...

October 15, 2020

ACB, the ACA, and Constitutionalism

Are you watching the hearings? Here's a rant. Some of this I've likely said before...

September 2020

September 30, 2020

Debate Post-Mortem

You know, it started out being funny, watching the debate turn into a shouting match....

September 27, 2020

Covid vaccines and self-fulfilling prophesies

Will you get vaccinated against covid? According to a variety of polling data, Americans aren't...

September 08, 2020

Seeing what you want to see in Biden

Warning - this is long. I won't take offense if you skip to the bottom,...

September 04, 2020

Some COVID science (and politics) updates

Three items: First, Cycle Thresholds. In the New York Times this past weekend: "Your Coronavirus...

September 02, 2020

Kenosha: questions, opinions, photos

Let's start with the fact that I'm going to assume you've been following the case...

August 2020

August 18, 2020

The Mailbox Hoax

You know what I mean: the claims by the Left that the federal government is,...

August 18, 2020

Let’s talk about natural-born citizens

I have a stake in this, of course. My youngest son was born in Germany....

August 14, 2020

School district 214, school reopenings, transparency, and trust

Let's start with the fact that I've written on the topic of schools re-opening during...

August 03, 2020

Yes, We Must Re-Open (Most) Schools

This has been bothering me for a while, and yet I've hesitated to write about...

August 03, 2020

In which, apparently, the country has completely lost its mind, history-teaching edition

In the news last night: "Chicago-Area Leaders Call for Illinois to Abolish History Classes." Here...

July 2020

July 30, 2020

A brief rant on names and pronunciations

Featured on NBC News on Tuesday: "Rep. Jayapal asks that her name be properly pronounced...

July 28, 2020

“Whiteness” — and the insolvability of multiculturalism

My husband is German. Well, as of two years ago, he is also American, but...

July 19, 2020

How Would Biden Govern? Looking at the “Unity Tast Force Recommendations”

Will Joe Biden govern as the moderate that he presented himself as? Or will he...

July 19, 2020

Revisiting the Great Depression – part one: was it truly global?

So I'm working my way through Amity Shlaes' The Forgotten Man: A New History of...

July 14, 2020

Yes, 2 + 2 still equals 4

"Freedom," Winston writes in George Orwell's 1984, "is the freedom to say that two plus...

July 10, 2020

Actually, The Bostock Supreme Court Ruling Reaffirmed A Biological Definition of “Sex”

Hey, everyone -- the article below might seem outdated, but I had been shopping it...

July 05, 2020

Diversity, inclusion, and Olympia Fields

Chicago is, its civic leaders worry, a place of deep income divides -- from deeply...

June 2020

June 26, 2020

Can we — should we — pray for Trump?

Sometimes I write about politics. Sometimes I have things I want to say that I...

June 23, 2020

Should Oskar Schindler be cancelled?

Should a man who: was a member of the Nazi party, pressured ghetto-confined Jews to...

June 22, 2020

Fact check: “systemic racism” is not racism

Remember when Pluto was demoted from planetary status and given the name "dwarf planet," confusing...

June 16, 2020

American society falling apart, one action at a time

One Cupich. Two weeks ago, Cardinal Blase Cupich announced that the Catholic schools of the...

June 12, 2020

A sewing-machine metaphor (and people aren’t machines)

Here’s a bit of an anecdote from the life of Jane the Actuary: I own...

June 03, 2020

“SMART” goals, police reform, and protest marches

Have you had to write goals as a part of your company's performance review process? ...

June 01, 2020

Protests, riots, justice – the Jane the Actuary take

Author Megan McArdle is fond of saying, "the existence of a problem does not imply...

May 2020

May 29, 2020

Let’s talk about Malice Green

Yes, I reveal my age. Reader, imagine that I was a very precocious child, rather...

May 08, 2020

What do we do when coronavirus lockdowns destroy our community life?

If I had a nickel for every time I've seen a pseudo-inspirational report of someone...