I love thought experiments: they cost nothing but time, involve no complex instruments, can be run in a variety of permutations, virtually instantaneously. Here’s one: Let’s say Seattle is home to a very large and restive group of businesspersons. Call them the “John Galt Society.” One Sunday (they’re busy working every other day of the …
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Do Black Lives Really Matter?
Do all black lives really matter? Before the indignation causes an embolism, consider the following: Most of us attending to the news have heard the name David Dorn, and remember that he was a 77-year-old black police captain gunned down on Martin Luther King boulevard in St. Louis in late May by a looter wanting …
The Floyd Riots
God, I hate to repeat myself. But in view of the utter lunacy of last night’s nationwide riots, supposedly provoked by the death of George Floyd, there isn’t any choice. So here goes. I’ll begin with a question: before George Floyd, an unarmed black man, died at the hands of the police, who was the …
