The Simple Heart

1 week ago | blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung

Donald Trump made headlines today when he seemed to indicate in an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press that he would not be inclined to “uphold the Constitution” and give all persons, including non-citizens, due process as required by the Fifth Amendment. This made front page headlines across the nation, and commentators explained they were shocked by his audacity.

2 weeks ago | blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung

Yesterday, the NIH issued a statement that could be the beginning of the end for the use of animals in experiments: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is adopting a new initiative to expand innovative, human-based science while reducing animal use in research.

2 weeks ago | blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung

Yesterday, Spain and Portugal had what was possibly the largest blackout in the history of the Western world. Millions of people were stranded, trapped in underground trains or traffic jams, and while the body count has not yet come in, large numbers almost certainly died. This comes despite many decades of efforts to make power grids more robust. One day later, there’s no still no explanation as to what happened, and official accounts have cited atmospheric phenomena that apparently do not exist.

2 weeks ago | blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung

Last year, I made an unpopular prediction: Donald Trump would win the Presidential election. Despite record fund-raising totals and a seeming social media wave for Kamala Harris, it seemed to me that the best indicators of the election – polling data and prediction markets – suggested a Trump victory was likely. Progressives were angry at me for this prediction, but that prediction proved correct. But I made another prediction that was even more important.

2 weeks ago | blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung

COVID-19 is over. But we are still suffering through a pandemic — but of mental rather than physical illness. The most obvious illustration of this is the . A civilization that drives its citizens to end their own lives is not one that is functioning. What has been mostly ignored in this discussion, however, is the impact of mental health issues on other people — not just the person who’s suffering illness. It’s that hurt people hurt people.