Clearing the Tabs June 30, 2025

Here are some things I've read so far this month or will be reading soon. A lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, expect a post on July 15. Also, just because I post something here does not mean I agree with it, it simply means it made me think and I think my readers might enjoy it.

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June 23

The College World Series Which Had (Nearly) Everything

June 29

The Big Beautiful Bill Torpedoes Big Solar & Big Wind
The latest version of the OBBBA contains good news for taxpayers, eagles, and rural Americans.

Clearing the Tabs June 15, 2025

Here are some things I've read so far this month or will be reading soon. A lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, expect a post on June 30. Also, just because I post something here does not mean I agree with it, it simply means it made me think and I think my readers might enjoy it.

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June 3
Disruptive Desalination Technology Comes to California

June 5
Musk’s outbursts reveal a deeper rift in MAGA
Trump is squandering the chance to build a coherent populist programme.

June 6
Book Review: Phil Gramm & Donald Boudreaux's 'The Triumph of Economic Freedom'

June 11
Los Angeles has fallen
How can riot-rocked LA be trusted to host the Olympics?

What’s the matter with Los Angeles?
How ‘the better city’ has gone from bad to worse

Clearing the Tabs May 15, 2025

Here are some things I've read so far this month or will be reading soon. A lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, expect a post on May 31. Also, just because I post something here does not mean I agree with it, it simply means it made me think and I think my readers might enjoy it.

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May 1
The Changing Politics of Oligarchy
Liberal democracies need to restore a climate of entrepreneurial opportunity and competition.

May 2
Bad news for America doomers
Europeans wish-cast US decline

May 5
Chinese influence is leaving California dangerously exposed

Clearing the Tabs April 30, 2025

Here are some things I've read so far this month or will be reading soon. A lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, expect a post on May 15. Also, just because I post something here does not mean I agree with it, it simply means it made me think and I think my readers might enjoy it.

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April 22
Trump’s chaos has brutally exposed the EU’s own fatal flaws
Is the Economist smoking crack? They are deluded if they think Europe has become the ‘land of the free’

April 23
European Commerce Will Suffer EU’s Attacks On Apple And Meta The Most

April 26
Elaine Wynn and Las Vegas Shine Bright Lights On Backward Looking DOJ, FTC

April 27
Trump Vs. Powell: Lots Of Misunderstanding Rooted In Lots Of Myth

April 30
Protectionism Means Cronyism, Sleaze, and Corruption

Clearing the Tabs March 15, 2025

Here are some things I've read so far this month or will be reading soon. A lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, expect a post on March 31. Also, just because I post something here does not mean I agree with it, it simply means it made me think and I think my readers might enjoy it.

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March 5
Here Comes "Tarifflation"

March 6

In Southern L.A., These Cities Are Making a Comeback
The key is governance and a strong local focus.

March 12
Let's Pay a Tariff!

Trump’s Tariffs and the Income Tax

Clearing the Tabs February 28, 2025

Here are some things I've read so far this month or will be reading soon. A lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, expect a post on March 15. Also, just because I post something here does not mean I agree with it, it simply means it made me think and I think my readers might enjoy it.

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February 17
California Governor Newsom has positioned the state to be a national security risk for the entire USA

February 19
Immigration, the American Way
Trump has the opportunity to steer a course between two extremes.

February 27

DOGE is waging a class war on America’s new clerisy
Elon Musk’s department represents a significant challenge to the entitled, well-paid and self-serving bureaucracy.

Clearing the Tabs February 15, 2025

Here are some things I've read so far this month or will be reading soon. A lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, expect a post on February 28. Also, just because I post something here does not mean I agree with it, it simply means it made me think and I think my readers might enjoy it.

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February 1
The return of American class politics
Trump is enabling a new aristocracy

February 4
'America first' can't be 'America alone'
Trump's 'new golden age' will require the U.S. to build bridges, even as they seek to raise tolls

February 6
Foreign Aid Reform: USAID Has a History of Funding Terrorists and Anti-American Organizations
The Biden administration created intentional loopholes that allowed foreign aid to ultimately end up in the hands of terrorist organizations.

February 10
5 of the Worst USAID Scandals in History
The agency's low points, from working with child sex abusers to enabling drug trafficking