Gov. Walz is expected to issue a mask mandate this week. I’ve said very little about masks on De Civitate, because I’ve been unsure of the benefits. I think it’s quite ridiculous how masks have been turned into a culture … Continue reading
As we stop having earthshaking revelations every week and ease into watchful-waiting mode, I think a low-intensity summary of Where Things Are At might be a helpful thing to have periodically. I don’t know whether these will become weekly or … Continue reading
Everything about this picture seems great, except that we don’t have gorgeous ocean beaches in Minnesota. In Minnesota, covid is slowing down. This is not true everywhere. If the virus gets opportunities and good luck or both, it may not … Continue reading
Last time we talked about the covid epidemic in Minnesota, I was trying to figure out why so few people were dying. Don’t get me wrong, 357 Minnesotans died in the back half of May, in a state where the … Continue reading
I did not come up with this title. Jonah Goldberg did: We spent the last couple of months being hectored by public health experts and earnestly righteous media personalities who insisted that easing lockdown policies was immoral, that refusing to … Continue reading
I know we’ve all been distracted by the riots (I know I have), but a lot more people died of covid-19 during the riots than were killed in the rioting. The new coronavirus remains our state’s biggest problem (albeit no … Continue reading
America does not always *admit* that it’s surrendering. In mid-April, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said this: “The plan to re-open is very, very clear: Test, trace, isolate and then open back up, and continue this until we get a vaccine.” … Continue reading
Shot: R.R. Reno, “Phobos and Deimos,” First Things, June 2020. Chaser: David A Graham, “The Class War Over Social Distancing,” The Atlantic, 15 May 2020. This has been your occasional reminder — helpful to all of us, no doubt — … Continue reading
A good friend of mine sent me an article this morning asking for my opinion on it. The article, from DeplorableHouseWives.news, is called “Walz Relies on Students to Determine Minnesota Lock Down Model and Wrecks the Economy.” Feel free to … Continue reading
I wrote this post on a discussion forum back April 12th, but I never published it here. Even with the stay-at-home orders ending nationwide, I still get plenty of questions about how I stack up their benefits — lots of … Continue reading