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It isn't a recorded vote that's the problem. It's the existence of a quorum. What Massie might do - has he? - is suggest the absence of a quorum. Without 216 members present, the House can't do business. If 216 show up and answer present when the clerk calls the roll, then the Speaker can call...

Ah. Speaking of pork, see: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/business/coronavirus-real-estate-investors-stimulus.html But, of course, that's pork for rich people. And IOKIYAR.

This is beside the point. The whole effort is to stop people from dying before their time by taking the most obvious and effective means to prevent it. By this sort of reasoning we shouldn't treat anyone for the disease; after all, we're all going to die, right? Besides, there is one Hell of a...

A sobering view of what it would take to "get Americans back to work". Without killing just a load more people, that is. See: https://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/returning-to-work-and-the-elderly/ It might be possible to get some of the workforce back on line within another 3 - 6...

His great-grandad (that'd be Fats Waller) did that all the time and performed like a champ at every gig. Maybe it runs in the family. I keed, I keed. I don't know what Fats's habits on this were. But there's no doubt at all that talent runs in that family. Big Time.

Wondering how the rest of the world is getting along? See...

That's why it is important to focus on the 2% that does. Most of the work takes place off the floor, but the floor is where you learn about the true sticking points. The exchange between McConnell and Manchin yesterday was quite instructive on that. What McConnell did was "negotiate" for 3 days...

Yes. It's a myth that children can't get COVID-19. They are less likely to get it or get a severe case, but that's no guarantee. Big problem = if they do have it, they are more likely to be asymptomatic. That's why the schools are being closed all over the place; infected kids can't spread the...

He was a fine young man. His lose was a devastating one for his family and the Atlanta community, which he had just begun to serve. It was equally significant for Tech in terms of both talent and team morale. I was very surprised and saddened when I heard he had died; he was one of my...

It hasn't been litigated (to my knowledge), but a national emergency trumps (no pun intended) this provision of the Constitution. It applies to political gatherings, not sporting events. And even then, as Justice Jackson once said, "The Constitution is not a suicide pact." (Actually, Lincoln...

See: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/infectious-disease-experts-dont-know-how-bad-the-coronavirus-is-going-to-get-either/ Short 538: nobody really knows how bad this is going to be; there isn't enough data yet. However, the consensus for deaths in the next year or so, until we get a...

I think you've just suggested a solution. There might be others. Something as irrelevant as scholarship limitations will not, repeat not, stop cancellation of fall and winter sports without a vaccine to inoculate the spectators and participants. If the NCAA tried to allow schools to go ahead or...

See: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/miscellaneous-updates-1 And watch the film. I had missed the technique for washing the back of my hands included here. Btw, it's in Spanish, but it doesn't need any translation.

I think we had better get ready for cancellation of fall and, perhaps, winter sports this year. I doubt that a vaccine will be ready when September rolls around; we might get it toward the end of the year, if we are lucky. Since the health people expect a resurgence of the virus as fall rolls...

Aaron Carroll strikes again! See: https://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/coronavirus-questions-and-answers-3-18-2020/ Loaded with good advice and good debunking.

Here's a good post on this: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/flu-comes-back-every-year-will-coronavirus/ I usually go to 538 for data-driven political news, but they've been doing a good job on COVID-19 recently. Short 538: The virus might slow down if a whole lot of things we really don't...

Well, sometimes you can. But you shouldn't. I wouldn't reinstate Dr. Lee, despite the good work she has done. If you can't trust her reports of how money was raised and spent, you have to take her report of scientific work with a boulder of salt as well. There would be more resources wasted by...

From Joe Namath's 1969 Playboy interview: Playboy: When was the hardest you ever got hit on a football field? Namath: Well, I hate to give the bastards credit for anything, but when I was in college, Georgia Tech really creamed me in a game. I didn't know one of their guys was coming at me and...

Tech was 3 - 8 last year. But, seriously, that was a great film and I'm glad he did it. That's the way we should all look at this crisis. I'm not sure we'll get to watch football next year, however. The recent Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team Report predicts that, if we succeed in...

Good. Mine hasn't closed yet, but I hear it's pretty lonely down there these days.