“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” Voltaire

The Russia Hoax Unraveled

  By: George Perry   Special Counsel John Durham’s indictment of Democrat lawyer Michael Sussmann for making false statements to the FBI alleges in revealing and damning detail how the Trump-Russia collusion fraud was fabricated and disseminated on the eve of the 2016 presidential election. Far from being a […]

The George Floyd Incident: How Did it Happen?

NOTE: “Full body camera videos are included at the end of this article – Thao, Kueng, Lane” It was a warm spring night, Memorial Day May 25, 2020, when George Floyd arrived at the corner of East 38th St and Chicago Ave in Minneapolis in what is called the […]

Corona Virus Reality Check

Data are coming in, and their import is clear. The coronavirus pandemic is not and never was a threat to society. COVID-19 poses a danger to the elderly and the medically compromised. Otherwise, for most who present symptoms, it can be nasty and persistent, but is not life-threatening. A […]

The Diamond Princess, a Corona Virus palace, Provides Suggestive Data

What’s frightening about the COVID-19 corona virus is the overwhelming amount of inconclusive data we have about it. We are inundated with media speculation and hyperventilation, Chinese disinformation, and data that changes daily thanks to the treatment and quarantine initiatives governments are trying around the world. The fact that […]

Some Corona Virus Humility

There are two well-known themes, or topoi, in classical literature. One concerns the graphic descriptions in Thucydides, Sophocles, and Procopius of plagues—especially the human misery and despair that accompanies outbreaks that killed large numbers. The unknown plague at Athens (430–429 bc) killed one-quarter of the Athenian population during the […]

The Corona Virus Pandemic

We are in the midst of an annual event – the flu season. While seasonal influenza (flu) viruses infect year-round in the United States, flu viruses are most common during the fall and winter. The exact timing and duration of flu seasons can vary, but influenza activity often begins […]

Most Of The Rise In CO2 Likely Comes From Natural Sources

It is ten times as likely that atmospheric CO2 is coming from natural sources, namely the warming ocean surface, as it is likely that it is coming from anthropogenic sources. The changes in CO2 track ocean surface temperature, not global carbon emissions. Burning fossil fuels is not increasing atmospheric […]

How did the Affordable Care Act Become Unaffordable

While the debate proceeds over some details of the American Health Care Act, it’s worth pausing to take another look at how awfully misnamed the so-called “Affordable” Care Act has turned out to be, especially for people who buy their health plans on their own, rather than obtain it […]

The Curious Life of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar

A state probe of campaign finance violations showed that Rep. Ilhan Omar filed federal taxes in 2014 and 2015 with her current husband, Ahmed Hirsi, while legally married to but separated from Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. New investigative documents released by a state agency have given fresh life to […]

Confessions of a Public Defender

I am a public defender in a large southern metropolitan area. Fewer than ten percent of the people in the area I serve are black but over 90 per cent of my clients are black. The remaining ten percent are mainly Hispanics but there are a few whites.