This is to announce that the domain for this site will expire in March of next year (a year from next month). It should be renewed for one more year. If anybody wants to preserve any of the content on this site, they will need to do so before March of next year, or they will have to purchase the domain themselves. I’m not sure how that works, someone will need to contact Bluehost. But anyone who wishes to purchase…
This is an introduction to a two part series about an experience I had in Australia involving a car rental scam. It happened a few years ago and I decided to write about it as my previous efforts to bring attention to this matter have not been successful. It’s been a little late coming as I have been sidetracked by other things. I created two separate pages to write about it in parts, as it is rather long. You can…
Many comparisons have been made between the current Covid-19 pandemic and the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918-1919. The ongoing pandemic has been called the most severe to have occurred since then. That may be true, but the comparisons stop there. Making too many comparisons between two things that are in no way comparable to one another makes the lesser seem far worse than it is. Thus, comparing Covid to the Spanish Flu greatly exaggerates its severity. It is just one…
America’s response to the coronavirus has been horrifically bungled. It has been so horrifically bungled it actually makes the Chinese government’s response, or at least certain aspects of it, look reasonable by comparison. The Chinese government’s decision to downplay the extent of the problem and fail to take early actions has been mirrored by Western governments, as has the subsequent panic and lockdown implementations. At least there was no censorship or cover up in the West, and that is significant.…
To all the people out there who keep saying the economy is just a bunch of numbers, I have some news: it’s a lot more than that. The economy is not just about the stock market and 401K’s or how much money is in your wallet. Those who dismiss the economic consequences of this shutdown as insignificant, or accuse those who worry about the economic toll more than the virus of being cold-hearted and indifferent to human life, or think…
*Update: This article was published in March and is based on events at that time. Most of it was actually written in February and was then updated before being published. While I am aware some things have changed since then, the overall message and my overall position, that the coronavirus may be a major public health crisis that should be taken seriously but the public hysteria and lockdowns are outrageous and self-destructive, remains the same. It seems the world is…
Welcome to ML Blog. The name is based on my initials. On this site, I will talk about my views about the world and about life in general. I have spent a lot of time living in and visiting different countries. I hope I can share some interesting opinions, insights and experiences to those willing to receive them. I don’t intend to replicate any non-original point of view, my views are my own.