Authorities in nearly a quarter of all the countries and territories studied (46 out of 198, or 23%) used physical means, such as arrests and prison sentences, to enforce coronavirus-related restrictions on worship services and other religious gatherings. Religious groups filed lawsuits or spoke out against the public health measures in 54 of the 198 countries (27%). A common complaint was that some churches, mosques, synagogues and other houses of...
Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.
Let that sink in for a minute. In that address Eisenhower was mostly concerned with what he called the...
The protests/conflict in China continues to escalate. This has caused Jim Geraghty to wonder if Xi Jinping is dumb. I have no clue concerning Xi’s intelligence; I’ve never met the man. But what I do know is that covid has been a communication nightmare creating massive confusion on multiple levels some of which has resulted in policy without clear objective. When the objective for a policy, particularly a policy as draconian as lockdowns, is not clear and concise and apparent to the...
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