The May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd might be likened to a massive geological upheaval —a 9.0 Richter scale earthquake accompanied by volcanic eruptions everywhere. The initial shockwave brought hundreds of destructive riots with aftershocks of black-on-black crime, calls for defunding the police, demands for yet more Critical Race Theory and similar anti-white indoctrination,... Read More

� It is just a coincidence, but the initials NNT are best known to me as Numbers Needed to Treat. This is a measure of the numbers of patients you need to give a drug to in order to get one cure. For example, an NNT of 5 means that you have to treat five... Read More

Aristotle in blue. The consensus among political and economic leaders today is that we must maximize economic growth. This assumption affects virtually the entire political spectrum, with the exception of a radical minority of anti-growth Greens advocating décroissance (“de-growth�). Everybody would like more money in their personal pocketbook, on their company’s balance sheet, and/or the... Read More