Rochelle Walensky, the head of the CDC, at a press briefing. Fully vaccinated people can start following the looser guidelines about two weeks after their final shot, the agency said. The guidance says that those who’ve received their shots can also gather indoors with others who have the jab without […]
There is a problem in the functioning of our political system. Politics, especially from the high liberal or «woke» perspective, is a call, something close to an actual order, to agree with a set of opinions on certain subjects that are handed down from above. On these matters, politics is […]
A cascade of government failures ensured Canada will be gripped by COVID-19 long after the rest of the G7 has reopened Canada is now so far behind the rest of the developed world in its vaccination rollout that it’s generatinginternationalheadlines. As you might have noticed if you’re a Canadian, not many […]
In a new paper published in the International Journal of Global Warming, Carnegie Mellon University’s David Rode and Paul Fischbeck argue that making such forecasts can be counterproductive. Rode and Fischbeck, professor of Social & Decision Sciences and Engineering & Public Policy, collected 79 predictions of climate-caused apocalypse going back […]
No one could have predicted how online public shaming would mutate into the ubiquitous and toxic cancel culture that has become so powerful today. «A medieval mob, roaming the streets looking for someone to burn» — ROWAN ATKINSON Cancel culture doesn’t just come for celebrities and politicians. As an employment lawyer, […]
The province’s top doctor for most of the ’90s says the Ford government’s COVID-19 response is ‘misguided’ Richard Schabas held the senior position from 1987 to 1997 and served as chief of staff at York Central Hospital during the 2003 SARS crisis. «Lockdown was never part of our planned pandemic […]
«I do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump, or how we got here,» Dorsey began a lengthy Twitter thread. Offline harm as a result of online speech is demonstrably real, and what drives our policy and enforcement above all. « While there are clear and obvious […]
Dorsey and his plutocratic allies may have the ‘right’ to strip-mine all opposing views from their platforms, but they should not simultaneously be allowed to preach that they are speaking truth to power A palace guard: Sire, the peasants are revolting. The King: You can say that again. It’s an […]
Louis-Vincent Gave, CEO and co-founder of Gavekal Research, sees a dramatic paradigm shift playing out in the world economy. In this in-depth conversation, he explains how investors should position themselves for the future. Louis-Vincent Gave is a master of the big picture. The co-founder of Hong Kong-based research boutique Gavekal is […]
I write under a pseudonym because, if my colleagues were to find out about my criticisms of this field, I would be unable to find any employment in academia. That someone who critiques the axioms of a field of study feels compelled to write under an assumed name tells you […]