Clearing the Tabs 8-31-2018

Some things I've read this week or will be reading over the weekend.

August 26

The 19th amendment granting women the right to vote was adopted 98 years ago today. 68 days later on November 2, 1920, Grace Coolidge cast her first vote at #NorthamptonMA city hall w/ former mayor, then-governor and soon to be vice president, Calvin Coolidge. #WomensEqualityDay pic.twitter.com/GRQSw2jEmt

— David Narkewicz (@MayorNarkewicz) August 26, 2018

August 29
Poll finds blue collar workers optimistic about their jobs, dour about politics

August 30
Please be sensitive to our snowflake president's need for safe space

August 31

Not every paper is lucky enough to have billionaire support. Hopefully Rampell and other redistributionists remember this next time they write in favor of more taxes on those w/means. WaPo was saved by a billionaire, same with LAT/NYT. We need more billionaires, not higher tax https://t.co/ZBXT4ZCywl

— John Tamny (@johntamny) August 31, 2018

Clearing the Tabs 8-24-2018

Some things I've read this week or will be reading over the weekend.

August 23
Myths of the SALT Deduction

As Companies Offer 'Paid Pet Leave,' Politicians Search For a Purpose

Arthur Brooks' Newest Podcast Episode

August 24
Alternative minimum tax a casualty of tax reform nobody will miss
Last year's overhaul is expected to slash the number of taxpayers subject to the AMT

Millennials May Love Socialism, But Socialism Won't Love Them Back

Leftists Get Hallway Quote Removed at HISD School

Devout Leftists have won against a school in Houston Independent School District (HISD). The Houston Chronicle reports that HISD has backed down from a quote they have painted in the hallways of a school. As you can see below, the quote that so offended the Left read like this, "The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman."

Wrapped in devout Leftist prose like "victim-blaming" and "perpetuating," the Left went all out against a concept that actual could make lives better and could actually make students think twice about decisions in life. The Leftists who opposed this must have thought this was an all girl school, it is not. Boys and girls alike would see this sign. If you start making young men think about what they face in the real world, I don't see how that is a bad thing, but I'm also not a Leftist.

One word that really frightens the Left is responsibility. No one is ever at fault, well, except for men. But no one wants to take responsibility.

This outrageous victim-blaming message is painted on the wall of a MIDDLE SCHOOL in @HoustonISD, blatantly perpetuating the horrific myth that girls are to blame for sexual violence against them. Absolutely disgusting. Paint over it now. pic.twitter.com/p9D5EhkSqH

— Stephanie Wittels Wachs (@wittelstephanie) August 17, 2018

This is the wall at Gregory-Lincoln Middle School in Houston ISD.
It's perpetuating horrible gender stereotypes, shaming women, and relinquishing boys of all responsibility. It's sexist, mysogonistic, and discriminatory!

I'm horrified. @shannonrwatts #MeToo #HISD pic.twitter.com/UqjaDlI0ys

— lbeckman (@lbeckman) August 17, 2018

The Democrats and Progressives just never quit. If you really have a problem with this quote, re-evaluate yourself and your values. "The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman" indeed.

Clearing the Tabs 8-17-2018

Some things I've read this week or will be reading over the weekend.

August 12
Dinesh D’Souza and the Decline of Conservatism
Under President Trump, the most outrageous and aggrieved polemicists are thriving.

August 15
Did I Join a Movement That Naturally Attracts Extremists and Kooks?

Back to School Needs Back to Civic Education

August 16
Who Pays Tariffs?

August 17
Tariffs and America’s Early Economic History: A Primer for President Trump

The Mets, Yankees, and the Absurdity of Economic 'Contagion'

Clearing the Tabs 8-10-2018

Some things I've read this week or will be reading over the weekend.

August 4
The new-McCarthyism of our censorious age

August 6
Portman Praises Economic Rebound, but says Recovery is not yet Complete

August 7
As Venezuela Dollarizes, Monetarism's Conceit Collapses

August 8
Memories of Paul Laxalt, Conservative Champion

I know Quin Hillyer as a Jack Kemp guy, and his words on Paul Laxalt are worth reading.

Why THIS must happen next in Trump’s economic revolution

August 9
Extending Last Year's Tax Cuts Without Massive Spending Reductions Would Be a Fiscal Disaster
New CBO analysis shows debt could exceed 200 percent (!!!) of GDP by mid-century without changes.

Kris Kobach's Primary Fight Shows a GOP Still Obsessed With Immigration Fantasies
The two major parties continue their sorting into democratic socialists on the left and Mercantilist nativists to the right.

August 10
Everyone Loses from Trade Wars
In the long run, a closed economy would be disastrous for us all.

Clearing the Tabs 8-3-2018

Some things I've read this week or will be reading over the weekend.

Frost Bank is leading something for 30 days starting August 6 called The 30-Day Optimism Challenge. I'm participating and I would encourage you to take a look and also consider participating. Check it out and see how simple it is, and use #OptForOptimism if you discuss it or take up the challenge.

July 31
Should Spain Reject Rich Venezuelan Refugees of Socialism?

Facebook has a climate-denial problem

August 1
What Will Convince Trump on Trade?
Deals passed under President Bush increased bilateral U.S. trade surpluses.

August 2
I have really been enjoying Arthur Brooks' podcast, here is this week's new episode.



This was also a good and important podcast.



August 3
Liberal media never tells us when Congress does something right – Here's what you're missing

A Trade "Imbalance" Doesn't Imply A Currency Problem

Sorry, Gov. Brown — Global Warming Not To Blame For Deadly California Fires