Optimistic Skeptic

 How has Covid affected the US? It looks like the US has turned the corner of the third wave but we are still loosing too many lifes.  The o...

Everyone is richer.   Recent buzz from London is that a study shows that trickle down didn't work.  However, if one reads the paper, wha...

As scary and obtrusive as it may sound, Google is able to "track mobility" of it's users: " We aggregated, anonymized dat...

I am always amazed at what people can get away with saying. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is practicing her capitalistic rights by selling merch ...

  US cases and deaths have started to decline and let's hope hospitalizations are starting to flatten soon. Illinois' cases, hospita...

  Thoughts on the Census – Only use citizens count for allocating Representatives. The Constitution, simply, as amended, requires the enume...

 My "Woke" Niece Thinks I am a Racist   Why? When I saw the video of the Minneapolis police building burning during the initial ...

They say it never rains in Southern California....that's good because you won't be able to eat inside. It seems like California may ...

Could a groundhog do a better job?  Based on data shared by Steven J Miller PhD Mathematics (Princeton), now at Williams College,  there wer...

  Elderly and people with significant health conditions should be extra careful, but the rest of us can take reasonable social distancing an...

  (Updated 11/24/20 Originally Published 11/19/20) Now that the Independent Safety Panel has released the data for Moderna and Pfizer it app...

The increased mitigation beginning October 23rd and/or the public's behavior as cases increased appear to be having the needed/intended ...

Democrats and Liberal Media. STOP the Excuses!  This is ruining our country This weekend I had heard of and then saw clips of Trump supporte...

Recent article by John Cochrane “The danger the US faces, the danger we should repeat and keep in mind, is a debt crisis. We print our own m...

Voter Fraud - The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. I “think” Biden won but it sure is opaque. After hearing claims ranging fr...