Processing Ellen to Elliot

I’ve been thinking about Juno star Ellen Page becoming Elliot Page. Usually I pay scant attention to celebrity news. By and large, I don’t follow celebrity gossip or drama. I need actors to do good work on screen so I can enjoy whatever it is I’m...

How the Self-Esteem Craze Took Over America

The self-esteem movement of the ‘80s and ‘90s meant well, which is probably the best one can say about it.  But it was based on the falsehood that everyone is special and should feel great about themselves regardless of character or effort. Decoupling...

Living Matthew 4:7

The OHA spent months saying that indoor restaurants and bars weren’t a major source for Covid transmission. This is, of course, completely wrong. (OHA didn’t even track outbreaks from restaurants and bars, but there have been plenty in other states and...

Opening schools

[For reasons that surpass understanding, this post was banned from Facebook on November 22, 2020.] The case being made here is that schools should not generally be closed. Schools, the author argues, statistically match the spread in the surrounding community, so we...