A Closer Look, and other links

The posting of links does not constitute an endorsement of the sites linked, and not necessarily even agreement with the specific posts linked.

• A Closer Look at ‘White Fragility’ Theory -- “The organizers opened by telling participants—which included white, black, and multi-racial people—that they were creating a safe space to discuss difficult topics. However, white attendees were then informed...”
• Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Steve Sisolak, Governor of Nevada, et al. -- “In Nevada, it seems, it is better to be in entertainment than religion. Maybe that is nothing new. But the First Amendment prohibits such obvious discrimination against the exercise of religion.”
• Duration of Isolation and Precautions for Adults with COVID-19 -- “Accumulating evidence supports ending isolation and precautions for persons with COVID-19 using a symptom-based strategy.”
• Epidemic Mask Theatre, Past and Present -- “The symbolic and useless mask-pageantry in which we Americans are now engaging, on the other hand, is less forgivable.”
• Five Reasons The Bible Is True -- “Dr. Peter Stoner, PhD astrophysics, Cornel University, in his book Science Speaks says that "the probability of someone fulfilling just 8 of the messianic prophecies is 1 in 1 in 1017.”
• It’s Getting Harder and Harder to Distinguish Satire from Earnest Wokeness -- “If you’ve seen the Smithsonian American History Museum’s ‘white culture’ graphic, you know what I mean.”
• It’s Getting Harder and Harder to Distinguish Satire from Earnest Wokeness, II -- “Rutgers English Department says grammar is racist.”
• J.K. Rowling returns to transgender debate as she predicts 'medical scandal' over gender identity clinics -- “The bleak truth is that if and when the scandal does erupt, nobody currently cheering this movement on will be able to credibly claim ‘we couldn’t have known.’”
• Masks Don’t Work: A Review of Science Relevant to COVID-19 Social Policy -- “No RCT study with verified outcome shows a benefit for HCW or community members in households to wearing a mask or respirator. There is no such study. There are no exceptions. Likewise, no study exists that shows a benefit from a broad policy to wear masks in public.”
• Masks-for-all for COVID-19 not based on sound data -- “There is no scientific evidence they are effective in reducing the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Their use may result in those wearing the masks to relax other distancing efforts because they have a sense of protection.”
• My Family’s Slave -- “She lived with us for 56 years. She raised me and my siblings without pay. I was 11, a typical American kid, before I realized who she was.”
• My views on cloth face coverings for the public for preventing COVID-19 -- “If we fail to assess studies on cloth face coverings critically, we fall prey to confirmation bias and risk developing policy not based on sound scientific evidence...”
• Planned Parenthood in N.Y. Disavows Margaret Sanger Over Eugenics -- “Too bad they will not repudiate and disavow the practice of aborting babies!”
• Supreme Court again rejects church challenge to virus restriction -- “That Nevada would discriminate in favor of the powerful gaming industry and its employees may not come as a surprise, but this Court’s willingness to allow such discrimination is disappointing.”
• The Lies of the 1619 Project -- “Contrary to what the 1619 Project would have you believe, slavery and racism do not define what America was in 1619 or what it is today.”