Saturday, February 29

Clearing the Tabs February 2020

Some things I've read this month or will be reading soon.

February 3
"Yield Caps": The Latest Stab at Elusive Relevance From the Federal Reserve

February 4
Dear "Forgotten America" Hand Wringers, Please Meet Mirza Hussain Haidiri

Feburary 8
Trump and Jobs: An Unbiased Analysis

Feburary 9
Will Somebody Please Hate My Enemies for Me?
Donald Trump is making it even harder for Christians to defend him, and yet they still do.

February 10
The Next Economy: Following The Trail Of U.S. Job Growth

February 13
What a Republican Climate-Change Agenda Might Look Like

A 21st-Century Spending Cap Would Have Turned Deficits into Surpluses

February 15
How different generations are influencing our politics

February 16
The Luxury City Is Going Bust
Mike Bloomberg’s vision proved to be a cul de sac. The future gentry liberals want is grim. A new urban paradigm is needed that focuses on core services for regular people.

February 22
Why can’t California create viable national leaders anymore?

February 25
The West Turns Red?

Studying the wrong cities will lead to repeating their mistakes

February 27
Surprise Leads to Market Corrections. Coronavirus Wasn't a Surprise

The Two Middle Classes

February 29
Democrats risk blowback with leftward turn

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On February 6th, one of the greatest, perhaps THE greatest baseball writer ever, Roger Kahn, passed away at 92 years of age. The tributes have been tasteful and informative, here are a few worth your time if you care about “old school” journalism and the way baseball writing took place in the 1950s.

Roger Kahn, Who Lifted Sportswriting With ‘Boys of Summer,’ Dies at 92
His 1972 book about his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers, acknowledged as a classic, was, like many of his 20 or so other books, steeped in memories of his boyhood.

Roger Kahn’s Legacy Goes Beyond The Boys of Summer
The late author forever changed how sports writers could portray athletes.

‘Boys of Summer’ author Roger Kahn dies at 92

Sunday, February 16

Bernice King on Social Justice and Love

Ms. King makes a good point here:
And she is right of course. Most of what passes for "social justice" today has been hijacked from its original meaning. Read the late Michael Novak's book, Social Justice Isn't What You Think It Is.