From Andy Kessler’s column in today’s (March 20, 2020) Wall Street Journal: By now you may have read about how Isaac Newton, while sheltering in place during the 1665 closure of the University of Cambridge for the bubonic plague, used his free time to discover gravity and invent calculus. And [continue reading . . . ]
Somewhere in the past I remember a quote that goes something like this: “My idea of a good conversation is to find someone who will listen to me.” I had thought it was Oscar Wilde or perhaps George Bernard Shaw. But I can’t seem to nail down proper attribution. Can [continue reading . . . ]
Thoughts on sheltering in place from Donald G. McNeil Jr., the New York Times reporter who has been covering epidemics for two decades: It’s very, very inconvenient. It destroys your vacation plans. My niece’s wedding is off. People are heartbroken over this, but it beats being dead, or having somebody [continue reading . . . ]