Update on US & Texas COVID Stats – Omicron Peak?
There is a growing consensus that the Omicron wave has peaked and will usher in the endemic phase of COVID. ...
Voter Suppression and Fraud are Partisan Talking Points
When a political party claims it represents a majority of Americans but cannot consistently win elections it must come up ...
It is Time to Start Talking About Obesity
Although comparisons on how countries fared during the COVID pandemic is fraught with data problems, most metrics seem to indicate ...
Primary Cesspool
The story I am about to relate to you just occurred in the Republican primary election for County Judge. But ...
Update on US & Texas COVID Stats – Omicron: Scourge or Savior?
I apologize for the length of this post but there is a lot to unpack. For the last month, the ...
City’s 2021 Pension Reports
In the last few weeks, the City and two of its pension plans (Police & Fire) have issued their annual ...
At This Table
A few years ago, I was reading a National Geographic article about gravesites in the Sahara that dated from over ...
CBO Now Says Build Back Better Could Increase National Debt by $3 Trillion
A few weeks ago, I shared with you that the Congressional Budget Office had estimated that the Democrats’ Build Back ...
A 15-Week Ban Would Not Significantly Reduce the Number of Abortions
There has been ubiquitous media coverage of the Supreme Court’s consideration of a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after ...
Update on US & Texas COVID Stats – The November Plateau
It seems I am not destined to lay down my COVID pen just yet. After a very rapid decline in ...
How Much Will the Build Back Better Bill Cost?
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the effect of the Democrats’ proposed “human infrastructure” bill, referred to ...
Mitch McConnell is a Communist?
In rare moment, most House Democrats and a handful of House Republicans voted together to pass a bill to spend ...
Update on US & Texas COVID Stats for October – Delta’s Long Goodbye
Throughout the month of October, COVID was in retreat throughout the country and most of the world. Hospitalizations US hospitalizations ...
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