20200910

Going Postal — Book review with one of the best opening paragraphs Ive ever read.  Really captured the mood of the COVID lockdown.

Bonfires of Reason — Book review of the upcoming Burning of the Books by Richard Ovenden.  Ive pre-ordered my copy.

The Sturgis Statistical Misfire — “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”  Phrase popularized by Mark Twain.  This Wall Street Journal OpEd exemplifies the hidden wisdom of this phrase.