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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
The collateral damage of lockdowns is well documented. Their benefits, however, remain murky.
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from The Guardian (UK)
LEFT-CENTER, HIGH, British daily newspaper published in London UK
Stunning dark ages mosaic found at Roman villa in Cotswolds
Stunning dark ages mosaic found at Roman villa in Cotswolds
Life at the start of the dark ages in Britain is generally thought of as a pretty uncomfortable time, an era of trouble and strife with the departure of Roman rulers resulting in economic hardship and cultural stagnation. But a stunning discovery at the Chedworth Roman villa in the Cotswolds suggests that some people at least managed to maintain a rich and sophisticated lifestyle. National Trust archaeologists have established that a mosaic at the Gloucestershire villa was probably laid in the middle of the fifth century, years after such homes were thought to have been abandoned and fallen into ruin.
A key that opened the doors of an 11th-century tower has been returned almost 50 years after it disappeared. The brass key was sent by post to English Heritage, with an anonymous note admitting it had been “borrowed”. The mystery sender apologised for the delay in returning the large object. The key still fits in the keyhole of the doors to St Leonard’s Tower, a Norman tower in Kent, although it no longer rotates. New locks were built into the tower, constructed between 1077 and 1108, some time after the key‘s disappearance.
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from Hoover Institution
Nonprofit Organization in Stanford, California
Erdogan Will Play Biden, But Stick To Putin
A key foreign policy challenge for President-elect Joe Biden is going to be getting along with Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and managing Washington’s ties with Ankara. To this end, Biden needs to understand the dynamics and fears that inform the decisions of Erdogan, Turkey’s powerful president, including the latter’s view of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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from Hoover Institution
Nonprofit Organization in Stanford, California
Erdogan Will Play Biden, But Stick To Putin
A key foreign policy challenge for President-elect Joe Biden is going to be getting along with Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and managing Washington’s ties with Ankara. To this end, Biden needs to understand the dynamics and fears that inform the decisions of Erdogan, Turkey’s powerful president, including the latter’s view of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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from KOMO News (ABC Seattle)
Burglars taped the back-door window of the Matthew Steele barber shop in Ballard before they shattered the glass with a slingshot. In the six minutes the thieves were inside, they stole $4,000 worth of goods, owner Matthew Humphrey said. He figured they would sell the stolen high-end jackets and hair products online to make some money. But when he heard that Seattle lawmakers were considering a proposal that would allow people to steal and then re-sell the items in order to generate money to meet a basic need, like food or rent, he couldn’t believe it. “I think it’s absolutely insane,” Humphrey said. The Seattle City Council is discussing adding a poverty defense to the city code that municipal court judges must consider when a case comes before them. The council is expected to continue its deliberation of the proposal in January.
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from Los Angeles Times
Dr. Lee Ju-hyung has largely avoided restaurants in recent months, but on the few occasions he’s dined out, he’s developed a strange, if sensible, habit: whipping out a small anemometer to check the airflow. It’s a precaution he has been taking since a June experiment in which he and colleagues re-created the conditions at a restaurant in Jeonju, a city in southwestern South Korea, where diners contracted the coronavirus from an out-of-town visitor. Among them was a high school student who became infected after five minutes of exposure from more than 20 feet away.
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from Reason Magazine
Magazine in Los Angeles, California
San Mateo County, California, was one of the first jurisdictions in the United States to fight the COVID-19 epidemic with sweeping restrictions on social and economic activity. It joined five other San Francisco Bay Area counties in issuing "shelter in place" orders on March 16, three days before Gov. Gavin Newsom made California the first state to impose a COVID-19 lockdown. San Mateo County Health Officer Scott Morrow's misgivings about reviving that policy are therefore especially striking. "I'm not sure we know what we're doing," Morrow confesses in a remarkable statement he posted on the San Mateo County health department's website this week.
from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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Part One of “Safety First or Safety Third” (Dec. 3) described safety as a priority, but not the highest priority. So what are the highest priorities? There are no risk-free choices in life. If safety is third, what’s first and second? Getting the job done and finding joy, according to a 2018 Journal of Emergency Medical Services article.
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