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July 2020

July 14, 2020
"Freedom," Winston writes in George Orwell's 1984, "is the freedom to say that two plus...
July 10, 2020
Hey, everyone -- the article below might seem outdated, but I had been shopping it...
July 05, 2020
Chicago is, its civic leaders worry, a place of deep income divides -- from deeply...

June 2020

June 26, 2020
Sometimes I write about politics. Sometimes I have things I want to say that I...
June 23, 2020
Should a man who: was a member of the Nazi party, pressured ghetto-confined Jews to...
June 22, 2020
Remember when Pluto was demoted from planetary status and given the name "dwarf planet," confusing...
June 16, 2020
One Cupich. Two weeks ago, Cardinal Blase Cupich announced that the Catholic schools of the...
June 12, 2020
Here’s a bit of an anecdote from the life of Jane the Actuary: I own...
June 03, 2020
Have you had to write goals as a part of your company's performance review process? ...
June 01, 2020
Author Megan McArdle is fond of saying, "the existence of a problem does not imply...

May 2020

May 29, 2020
Yes, I reveal my age. Reader, imagine that I was a very precocious child, rather...
May 08, 2020
If I had a nickel for every time I've seen a pseudo-inspirational report of someone...
May 06, 2020
Last night, I wrote a little piece at JaneTheActuary.com (my personal website which I mostly...
May 05, 2020
These are not "free face masks," nor are they 'face masks for sale"; instead, I...
May 04, 2020
On twitter over the weekend, following a Chicago "re-open Illinois" protest, a photo circulated with...

April 2020

April 29, 2020
First, a person face mask update:  I have now given away 117 face masks --...
April 26, 2020
On boating: From CapitolFax, reporting on Pritzker's latest briefing, Saturday afternoon, April 25th: Q: We...
April 25, 2020
In the news/media recently: "Out of pandemic crisis, what could a new New Deal look...
April 24, 2020
In the local news:  Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has extended the stay-at-home order from its...
April 16, 2020
So here's a bit of what I'm up to lately, or, rather, what the Actuary...
April 10, 2020
Is hydroxychloroquine an effective treatment for COVID-19*? Are ventilators effective in treating patients as the...
April 09, 2020
Schools are closed. Depending on what part of the country you're in, they're closed 'til...
April 07, 2020
So when I last visited this blogging editor, I complained about people making accusations of...

March 2020

March 27, 2020
So earlier today, I dropped off my first batch of fabric face masks to the...
March 27, 2020
"A conservative is a liberal who has been mugged by reality" -- Irving Kristol. "If...
March 24, 2020
Here's the latest on the stimulus/relief bill making its way through Congress: Democratic lawmakers are...
March 21, 2020
Just a couple thoughts and an invitation to discussion: First, the first "relief" bill has...
March 20, 2020
Folks, I am now convinced that we should all be making -- and wearing --...
March 16, 2020
I have a sewing machine. Regular readers will know that I lament not being able...
March 16, 2020
So yesterday I ranted (and I've temporarily removed the post as it was a bit...
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