I had an epiphany. People object to the phrase “All Lives Matter” because they want to protect the BLM brand. Here’s my proposal. Not quite as catchy as their phrase but they can hardly complain about the sentiment. If they do then they’re racist. 🙂
The Washington Post maintains a database of all police-related shootings. It’s the database nearly everyone uses when quoting statistics about police violence. However, it only contains shootings. So, for example, George Floyd isn’t in their database. According to their data, there have been two instances since May 25th (George Floyd’s
All life isn’t precious. Maybe a more accurate statement is that all lives aren’t equally precious. Don’t get mad at me. I came to that conclusion by watching you. I’ll explain. The argument is that we should all wear masks and social distance because we need to prevent the spread
The argument I keep hearing about why we should wear masks goes something like this: “You don’t wear a mask to protect yourself. You wear a mask to protect others.” Consider this:According to the CDC, between 24,000 and 62,000 people are estimated to have died from the flu in the
I woke up this morning with a realization. I believe weather forecasts more than I believe news reports. Think about that for a bit. I trust someone to predict the future more than I trust someone to tell me about the past. But why is this? It’s simple. Meteorologists have
They say that art imitates life, but the reverse is also true. On September 11th, 2001 I was in Seattle. The south tower had just collapsed when I turned on the TV in the hotel room. As I watched the video of the planes crashing into the towers, I immediately
In the early 90’s I was working at the South Florida branch of a large telecommunications company. One day, the HR people were seen walking around looking at everyone’s offices and cubes and taking notes. When they reached the cube of a good friend of mine, they pointed to a
When my son was 3 or 4 years old, we decided to paint his bedroom. He was watching us paint and said, “I hope we don’t do this very often”. I asked why. His reply, “Because every time we paint the room, it gets a little bit smaller.” Wow. That’s
As you all know, I like things to make sense. Recently, I’ve been trying to understand why people would vote for any Democrat this fall. I couldn’t understand why seemingly smart people would abandon fact, logic and reason to blindly support the Democratic Party. I spent a long time pondering
There are five black families that live on my street. I know because I counted them. A couple of days ago, I was talking with one of my neighbors and she mentioned that she didn’t really get what people mean when they talk about being color blind to race. I