Newmark's Door

I enjoyed it, though the middle section could have been condensed a lot. It's by a bariatric surgeon who realized that what he had been taught in med school was inconsistent with the experience of hundreds of patients he had treated. Conflict between received theory and observation frequently prompts excellent research and I think it does here. While I don't think much of what he has to say is novel, he has used other pieces of theory to explain his observations. And it's very well written.

Related:

"Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong".

"Death of the Calorie".

And see also "Groundbreaking New Intermittent Fasting Study". (15 minute video.)

A 2.5 minute video of some of climate change's greatest hits.

A few more recent links on climate change:

"Plausible Scenarios for Global Warming" (Hinderaker at Powerline summarizes recent research by Judith Curry. Highly recommended.)

            "Global Warming in a Few Charts".

"Beware the Boogeyman Alarm".

"Good News from the Apocalypse Desk".

"The Incredible Story Of How Climate Change Became Apocalyptic".

"Alex Epstein’s Clear Thinking on Climate and Energy".

And finally, a recently recommended fix:

"Want to Stop Climate Change? Kill Yourself!"

"It is tempting to call out the contrast between [Mayor] Breed and [District Attorney] Boudin as a continuation of San Francisco’s unique left-vs.-left politics, a battle that has raged for years. Yet the city’s squabbles lay bare bigger problems. San Francisco’s crises are getting worse, with no end in sight and little indication its leaders plan to work together to solve them. . . .

"The city has become a punch line—and a punching bag. Official San Francisco takes umbrage at the scrutiny of outsiders who have weighed in on its dystopian cityscape: Trump, Fox News, and attendees at a ­JPMorgan health care conference, to name a few. Yet in the next breath these same boosters typically acknowledge, if quietly, that the criticism is valid."

(Fortune magazine, 2/17/20, may require registration.)

Both political parties are guilty of this and Kevin Williamson criticizes both. But he directs his tougher words toward the Sanders/Warren plan to forgive college student loan debt. 

. . . if you were trying to design a program that would concentrate its benefits on those who are the least well-off and most in need of help, then people with big debts resulting from an expensive university education probably would be somewhere near the bottom of your list.

Steven Hayward finds the surprising connection.

34-minute video that nicely explains the conflict between Tesla bulls and bears. Listen and it's easy to pick a side. (For more search on Twitter for #TSLAQ.)

One of the keys to Liverpool's (so far) magnificent season.

Some information on Liverpool's (so far) brilliant manager, Jürgen Klopp:

"Pundits & Players Discuss The Brilliance of Jurgen Klopp".

"How Jurgen Klopp Transformed Liverpool".

"Lessons in LEADERSHIP from Jürgen Klopp".

Jürgen Klopp sounds like such a mensch.

Simply beautiful.

And in a different way so is this: "The letter my mum left for us - moments before she was killed at Auschwitz".

. . . of the Miracle on Ice.

See also Joe Posnanski's "10 interesting facts you may not know about the Miracle on Ice".

From The Babylon Bee, of course. (Or, as Instapundit frequently refers to it now, the new "paper of record".)

(A couple of months old, but still good.)

The "Favorite Overall," Everything but the Bagel Seasoning, is quite good. 

Made me laugh.

"Mild Heart Attack Symptoms To Watch Out For".

"9 Things Your Feet Can Tell About Your Liver".

Sounds like a terrific idea to me. (Link via Marginal Revolution.)

If he were available I'd want him to be my dog.

My family likes them a lot, but at least in my little corner of the world they seem to have a tough time staying in business.

Sure. But if in doubt, listen to Chris Rock (starting at 1:32):

A bunch of girls be like, "You don't need no man to help you raise no child."

. . . 

Yeah, you could do it without a man, but that don't mean it's to be done. Shit, you could drive a car with your feet if you want to, that don't make it a good fuckin' idea!

The overall conclusion is no surprise: it ain't easy. But here are some details.

"The sun never sets . . . "

Good question.

Self-paced, at home, $44/credit hour.

No economics yet, but you can't have everything.

Not necessarily "largely," but there is a whole lot of regression to the mean going on.

"Bitecofer’s theory, when you boil it down, is that modern American elections are rarely shaped by voters changing their minds, but rather by shifts in who decides to vote in the first place."

Includes this tidbit:

In 2016, the pollsters had the race largely wrong, but the academic forecasters got it mostly right, even though many ended up doubting their formulas after they spat out a likely victory for Trump, since such an outcome seemed impossible.

1.4 nanometers! That's really small, dude.

It does seem to me that Roe v. Wade is a strange hill to fight and die on.