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Incredible Corporate Response to BLM

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On October 12, 2020

In BLM/Antifa/Riots, Economics

Harvey’s Introduction

This is an article that appeared in a well known corporate board journal by an attorney who has a very important position in an extremely large and successful law firm. It is purported to be a response to the claims that corporations are not doing enough to remedy the ills of capitalism as defied by groups like BLM. It is well written but is also almost complete and utter nonsense. For example, it urges that corporations encourage better educational outcomes in urban schools by supporting pre-kindergarten programs, enhanced meals, after school activities and adopt a school programs. It is not up to corporations to do these things. Inner city schools around the country are usually pretty bad, but not because there is a lack of these programs. They are bad because enough parents don’t care, because teacher unions prevent firing of incompetent teachers and a thorough lack of sufficient competition with public schools. If corporations supported anything, it should be the dismantling of unions, increased number of charter schools and the institution of voucher programs. The job of corporations is to maximize long term value for its shareholders and do so by providing goods and services that customers want, hiring and retaining a competent workforce and do so by operating in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Nothing else. Asking (requiring) corporations to be responsible for societal problems can only lead to greater government demands, oversight, regulations and fewer job and fewer successful companies.

Hillary Clinton Orchestrated the Russia Collusion Farce

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On October 11, 2020

In Politics, Russian Hoax

Harvey’s Introduction

Andrew McCarthy is a meticulous analyst and researcher who also writes exceedingly well and clearly. In this article, published in National Review, he takes us through the entire beginnings of the Russian/Trump collusion hoax. He shows it wasn’t Trump that colluded with the Russians to help his campaign; it was Clinton who actually colluded with the Russians to hurt his campaign. She had the assistance and support of elements in the State Department, the Intelligence agencies and the FBI. The hoax was known to and supported by then President Obama and key members of staff. its devastating and laid so well than even a dedicated Clintonista can see the light. Devastating

Covid Death Counts

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On October 9, 2020

In Covid-19

Harvey’s Introduction

The media reports over 200,000 Americans have died from Covid 19. However, how causes of deaths are recorded affects the actual number. The only number we know for sure is the total number of deaths, Causes are often complicated, so to isolate the effect of a pandemic, one needs to look at excess deaths, I,e. the number of people who died above what we would have expected. The author reports this number of excess deaths and disaggregates the number to Covid and to the lockdown separately. In the article, he has links to more detailed data, which is very informative. However, I could not transfer those links. You can see where they are as you read, but to actually link, you’ll need to go to the City Journal copy.

Australian Commentator

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On October 7, 2020

In Politics

Harvey’s Introduction

I don’t know this guy, but his commentary on our presidential election is amazing. You must watch it

Biden Can’t Duck Trump’s Court

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On October 6, 2020

In Government, Politics

Harvey’s Introduction

Dan Henninger is one of the best writers on the WSJ editorial staff. In this insightful article he lays out how Conservatives and Liberals take an entirely different approach to thinking about the purpose of the Court. The left wants it to decide based on their policy preferences; the right based on the law. I’m sure my characterization of these views would be challenged by the left, but they would be wrong.

Review of ‘Law and Leviathon”

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On October 6, 2020

In Government

Harvey’s Introduction

Two Harvard professors – one from the left and one from the right -Cass R. Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule, wrote a defense of the Administrative State in Law and the Leviathan. Many Constitutional scholars have long argued that the administrative state has become too much of a legislative body and too divorced from both the people it affects and the public who votes. As the Supreme Court has found, in some cases, this has gone too far. In my opinion, the Court has deferred much to much to Administrative Agencies. Mr. White wrote this review of the book taking on directly the Sunstein/Vermeule argument. For those interested in this subject, its an interesting review and you might even want to understand the argument better by reading the book.

Trump Divided America???

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On October 6, 2020

In Politics

Harvey’s Introduction

I found this email from a friend interesting. It purports to be an open letter to all Democrats from a Democrat. I cannot verify that assertion of authorship as true. I did not write this, but I wish I did. It needs to be shared. It addresses some of the questions about who to vote for as president next month and is in the form of a series of questions.

The Great Barrington Declaration

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On October 6, 2020

In Covid-19

Harvey’s Introduction

This declaration, by thousands of eminent scientists, point out that our focus on reducing the direct effects of Covid 19 – hospitalizations and deaths from the disease – have enormous negative unintended consequences. They outline a much better policy regime. As Joe Biden continually says “Follow the Science”. Our government, with the notable exception of the President, have been following the wrong science. The experts charged with leading the health care response had one criterion at the outset – reduce hospitalizations, followed by a second after the first was reached – defeat the virus. Apparently, they were not charged with considering the health and economic effects of their focus. My guess is they did so because they and the media could measure their results against these criteria and there was no effective way of measuring the negative effects of their draconian policies. The consequences have been enormous. For Heaven’s sake its time to stop this idiocy.

Lockdowns May Have Had Little Effect on COVID-19 Spread

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On October 4, 2020

In Covid-19

Harvey’s Introduction

At the beginning of the pandemic our health experts were concerned that the number of hospitalizations would overwhelm our health care system and people could die by the millions. Remember, the expert models showed a possible death toll of 2 to 3 million people in this country. So, we shut down the economy, threw millions of people out of work to avoid that tragedy. It became clear relatively early on that the hospitalizations would not reach the anticipated numbers and virtually no hospitals were overwhelmed. The question then became, when could we open up again and let people resume more elements of a normal life. It also became clear that the death rate varied enormously by age and co-morbidities, So, how do we balance all that we know to protect the most vulnerable and open up the economy as much as possible. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been two schools of thought on this issue. One was we have to defeat the virus before we open the economy. Joe Biden is the leading political proponent of this position, with many of the Democrat led states agreeing. Incidentally, none of them have ever defined what they mean by the word “defeat”. In any event, those states had a longer and deeper lockdown than other states, largely Republican led. Enough time has passed so that we can begin to understand whether the pain of a longer and deeper lockdown was worth it. The authors here studied the issue and have written a preliminary analysis.

The Big COVID Con Exposed

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On October 3, 2020

In Covid-19, Temporary

Harvey’s Introduction

An interesting take on the reported Covid 19 data. One general point: If you are healthy and have no co-morbitities, the chances of you’re dying is a rounding error of zero. You can have the virus and you may pass it on but you are generally very safe.

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