Author Archives: Steven Damron

Yesterday afternoon I learned the phrase Me gustaría. I’ve spent too much time since then trying to understand how that phrase differs from Yo quisiera. Brad had the best answer so far: “If a doctor recommends a colonoscopy because you might have cancer, you might say yo lo quisiera if you want to avoid cancer,Continue reading “20 May 2020 – Wednesday – #66”

Wall Street is dying for good Covid-19 news. Yesterday, Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine trial results pushed up the Dow Jones Industrial Average 912 points, or nearly 4%. Can we relax now? Watching the hydroxychloroquine birthers, I worry that everyone could jump on the wrong Covid-19 bandwagon again. Trump’s strange revelation that he’s been taking hydroxychloroquine forContinue reading “19 May 2020 – Tuesday – #65”

We’re wearing masks in Spain! Actually, we’re waiting for the rules, but it’s inevitable. I wrote a lot about masks nearly two weeks ago. Since then, Austria has noted a 90% drop in Covid-19 after instituting a mandatory mask program (standard correlation-is-not-causation disclaimer applies) and UC Berkeley research Dekai Wu has released a model showingContinue reading “18 May 2020 – Monday – #64”