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As with JFK’s assassination, the full and verifiable story of the events of Jan. 6 may never be known. As details emerge through litigation, however, the federal role is looking less savory.
It is noteworthy when science validates common sense — in this case that ID requirements do not deter voting. Perhaps now, or soon, we can jettison racial grievance from this topic of political concern.
Proving one’s identity at the polling place is necessary for election integrity. It is not necessary because it confirms you are who you claim to be, but because it validates your record in the registration database.
There are other ways to perform this validation. For example, voters could be required to visit the registration office just prior to an election to have their registration checked, but the procedure at the polls is both sufficient and much easier.
The writer collates several utopian projects. My favorite — because of its porcupine logo — is the Free State Project in which libertarians plan to take over New Hampshire by moving there.
Source: The Wall Street Journal (behind paywall).
Donna Brazile trumpets a cliche:
As we celebrate our precious freedom, it’s important that we use it to look honestly at American history—much of it good, but some of it immoral and horrific. That includes the enslavement of Africans and their descendants and the systemic racism against black people that persists today.
Ms. Brazile seems to believe that critical race theory is essential to looking “honestly at American history.” Regrettably, she doesn’t explain why or how.
I’d like to know what we get from CRT that we do not get from other sources. What is its unique or merely special contribution to understanding American history?
The first paragraph of this article is almost perfect:
Continue reading “Libertarianism”Source: Director of National Intelligence.
As if Covid, climate change and white supremacy were not enough, UFOs are now officially a national security risk. Fear porn has gone extraterrestrial, it would seem.
Is there any existential threat that Stumble Joe can’t mitigate?
The words critical race theory make for an odd phrase. The meaning they are meant to convey is not readily apparent. Also, their literal meaning is not what you might guess, if you were guessing. To understand the phrase requires preparation and a dose of history. You must learn the secrets before you can practice the craft.
Continue reading “Critical theory”This paper documents a statistical analysis that finds (from the abstract): “For three deaths prevented by vaccination we have to accept two inflicted by vaccination.”
You can’t infer Truth with a capital “T” from just one paper, but cautionary studies on the safety of Covid vaccines appear to be multiplying and are worth knowing about.
Here’s the question: If a medication saves three people within a large group while killing two, should employers or schools be allowed to require it? If those are the real conditions, I would say No.
This first-person, insider narrative is hugely informative. I would summarize the major lesson in a single formula: Insurance = socialized economics.
Continue reading “Why Aren’t There More Free Market Surgery Centers and Clinics?”Source: The Wall Street Journal (behind paywall).
WSJ goes out on a limb.
One remarkable aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic has been how often unpopular scientific ideas, from the lab-leak theory to the efficacy of masks, were initially dismissed, even ridiculed, only to resurface later in mainstream thinking. Differences of opinion have sometimes been rooted in disagreement over the underlying science. But the more common motivation has been political.
Another reversal in thinking may be imminent. Some scientists have raised concerns that the safety risks of Covid-19 vaccines have been underestimated. But the politics of vaccination has relegated their concerns to the outskirts of scientific thinking—for now.
The “outskirts” of scientific thinking here refers to two recent discoveries. The first is that Covid-19’s spike protein is a toxin in its own right. (This is important because the mRNA Covid vaccines cause the human body to produce spike protein). The second is that the Covid mRNA vaccine travels throughout the human body, noticeably concentrating in ovaries and bone marrow (this was unexpected when the EUA for the vaccines was given).
There is, at present, no telling what these two observations might mean for public health policy.
My view: Much that we know about Covid-19 and Covid vaccines has been a hoax.
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