Best Thing I’ve Read Today

Best Thing I’ve Read Today

Derek Thompson writes about why you don’t have to worry about wiping down your mail or touching surfaces others have touched, and that businesses that promote how well they’re cleaning are offering nothing more than “hygiene theater.”

Grant Imahara

Grant Imahara

I was saddened to hear of the sudden death of former “Mythbusters” co-star Grant Imahara at age 49. Here’s a conversation I had with him a few years ago about that show and a new project he did with Kari and Tory for Netflix.

Still Not In It Together

Still Not In It Together

Here’s another in my series of pieces on how, when it comes to the coronavirus, we are not all in it together, thanks to the deniers, liars, and other covidiots.

The Swedish Lie

The Swedish Lie

Next time someone says the US should have followed Sweden’s lead in allowing COVID-19 to run its course, infecting a lot of people who would then build up antibodies to fight it and moving the country towards herd immunity faster, share this to explain why they are wrong.

Time To Reboot “Meteor”

Time To Reboot “Meteor”

A recent newspaper story about NASA’s plans to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid to change its course reminds me of a real stinker from the era of all-star, big-budget disaster movies.

A Herd Already Immune

A Herd Already Immune

Our society won’t be able to return to anything approaching normalcy until enough people are inoculated with an effective vaccine for COVID-19. But I have serious doubts we can count on enough of our fellow citizens to get the shot. Read on.

As I Tweeted

As I Tweeted

It’s extremely improbable that there’s a parallel universe where positive is negative, left is right, and time runs backwards. But if there is, in that universe, every movie is “Memento.” Except “Memento.”

No Ventilator For You!

No Ventilator For You!

This op-ed agrees with my earlier pieces saying people who protest against lockdowns have a moral duty to forgo medical care in favor of those who followed the rules.

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