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I've read him for years. His general sentiments are usually spot-on, and his underlying premise in most of his pieces on the Church and Truth are correct.

But his omnipresent arrogance is simply too much. The best description I ever read of him was the self-appointed Pope.

Thank you for your very civil and informed response, which I really didn't deserve as I was a bit snarky.

I owe you an apology as I read the article you linked and I haven't a clue what side of the issue in question he is on. Way too convoluted and wordy. You are absolutely correct in your assessment. Forgive my ignorance.

Regards!

FRiend, as I sit here on Holy Thursday, it's all good.

In all candor, I think Ferrera's complaint is with the generally all-in response to 'flatten the curve' vs 'herd immunity' approach. I will admit, there are elements of the vaporize-the-service-sector approach with which I take issue. But I try to get my facts straight when writing; Chris...well....he didn't.

I think that there is a masculine and feminine dimension to the two sides being taken, and that's the crux of Ferrera's tome: flubros are masculine and exponentialbros are feminine, and he's unhappy with America's feminine pathway. Stereotypically, it's a very guy-like thing to sweat it out and push on and let God sort 'em out, and it's a very gal-like thing to shelter-in and wait for the storm to pass. Yes, I know...I'm stereotyping...but the fact is that men don't want to die and women don't want to be isolated. The truth - and America - are somewhere in the middle.

We're in a very weird place nowadays. I think Wayne Allen Root put it best:

I have many great friends and guests on my national TV and radio shows who are medical experts. Half believe this is the pandemic to end all pandemics. They quote Centers for Disease Control and Prevention models that report as many as 1.7 million Americans could die. So people are rightfully scared out of their minds. American business is shutting down. But the other half of my medical friends and expert guests say this is an overreaction. They predict fewer Americans will die than during the flu season of 2017-18 that killed about 80,000 people. They don't believe we need to close down American business and lock ourselves in our homes. The problem is we won't know who's right until it's over.

And so I hope and pray, that God will protect the businesses and unemployed, grant safe passage to the dead, and let our humanity shine through so we don't laugh at an obviously scared person with a mask and gloves on at Wal-Mart while we also don't chastise a person walking around without being bubble-wrapped. Thanks for listening.