Children under 5 can carry way more COVID-19 virus than adults, according to a JAMA Pediatrics study. Older children carry it as much as adults. So absolutely, let’s open all the schools. And have few or no guidelines. Nothing could…
COVID-19 is clobbering low income people. This isn’t just due to COVID-19 illnesses. The really devastating problems is services they rely on like health clinics, food stamps, subsidized internet, etc. are often barely functioning. The services are overwhelmed by unprecedented…
Taxes can be confusing. The process can indeed be stressful. Here are some tax thoughts based on my just-completed first year doing taxes at H&R Block. Make sure you withhold enough Some may think it’s very clever to not withhold…
So much winning. Other countries are dealing with COVID-19 in a responsible manner and now have closed borders with us. By contrast, the Trump Administration is beyond irresponsible. After pondering it all week, desperately trying to get a new message…
L.A. City Councilmember Jose Huizar has been charged by federal authorities for taking bribes from a Chinese billionaire to facilitate real estate development. This includes cashing in $259,000 in chips at Las Vegas casinos that the billionaire gave him. Huizar…
A while back WordPress realized its post editing capabilities were getting old, tired, and weren’t ready for the future. Many companies would have tried to graft on kludgy fixes, in hopes of cobbling together something workable, at least for a…
New cases of COVID-19 are spiking in multiple states. These California and North Carolina charts are particularly worrisome because they show a steady rise, even during lockdown. Why is this? What’s different about those states and how authorities handled it…
It appears the public is finally realizing police can get brutish and way out of control, like at the George Floyd protests. Well, jeez, it’s about dang time. I thought everyone knew this. Guess not. But then I was a…
Let’s be clear. These violent nihilists have nothing to do with justice for George Floyd. They just want to see the world burn. Horseshoe theory is relevant here. At the fringes, far left and far right begin to resemble each…
Oh noes. Mean Twitter fact-checked two tweets by the Orange Toddler, who then had a tantrum. Trump huffed and puffed, then issued a meaningless unenforceable executive order trying to repeal Section 230. However, the presidency does not have the authority…
