I think this post by Ilya Somin, especially if you follow up its many useful links, raises the central question of American politics in our era: How can politics best be conducted in an environment in which so many people don’t care whether what they say is actually true?
It’s just wonderful to me that friends of mine (Erin, Amanda, Alexis, Rob), have been doing this amazing work to track Covid cases in America — and it’s deeply depressing to me that they had to.
In recent weeks I’ve expressed my gratitude to my students, who have been so faithfully disciplined in doing what they needed to do to keep us on campus all term. But here’s another factor in our success: we have 1/3 the students of UT Austin but have administered twice as many Covid tests.
Currently reading: A Promised Land by Barack Obama 📚
Currently reading: The Children of Men by P. D. James 📚
Well, I knew this was coming. And let’s be clear: Krebs was fired for telling the truth. (The unforgivable sin in certain circles.)
That’s right, I’m playing Monument Valley 2 on my Mac.
48º, AKA perfect napping weather for a Sheltie.
