Pliny seeks advice from the Emperor Trajan on how to persecute Christians.
To stop locust plagues, we must copy locusts . This provides some context. Skies go black in Africa’s worst locust plague in decades
Sino-African Architecture; A Look at the Rise of Chinese-Built Projects Across the African Continent
How Blue Apron Became a Massive $2 Billion Disaster
This would be justice if true: Coronavirus may have started in Xinjiang’s prison camps Related: New Chinese study indicates novel coronavirus did not originate in Huanan seafood market
Coming soon to a country near you: Coronavirus: Italy towns in lockdown after COVID-19 deaths and Coronavirus: South Korea confirms huge rise in cases
U.S. Higher Education Has a Foreign Money Problem
This sentence explains why attempts to control health care costs invariable devolve into controlling the wages of health care providers. “As real incomes rise, the relative price of goods falls while the relative price of services increases. This is likely a consequence rich countries increasing productivity in goods substantially more rapidly than that of services” Don’t be fooled by the headlines. The biggest cost in health care is not drug prices (no matter how unreasonable they are) but labor costs. Cost savings in health care will invariable focus on controlling wages, substituting more low skilled labor, and generally ensuring less human to human interaction. If you don’t have time to read the longer essay linked above, this post gives you some excerpts.
Coronavirus: How the outbreak is testing China’s vaunted surveillance technology
I don’t agree with this but throwing it out there for the sake of balance. Coronavirus Is Bad. Comparing It to the Flu Is Worse
Schiff: ‘We did.’
Sekulow: ‘Well then I don’t think we need any witnesses.’