Clearing the Tabs December 31, 2021

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 January 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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December 16

That's An Ugly CPI Number. Thank Goodness It's Not Inflation.

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A real rural future

December 17
What Will 'Build Back Better' Buy? Inflation.
Deficit spending and debt are out of control, and dragging down the purchasing power of the dollar.

Western greed fuels China’s domination
Our oligarchs prostrate themselves for profit

December 18
How inflation is squeezing working American families at Christmas

Decarbonization cannot manufacture the products demanded by civilization

December 19
Paul Volcker, the Fed, and ‘Tight Credit.’ The Myth That Won’t Die.

December 20
The Pandemic as an Employment Shell Game

December 22
The Carpetbagger’s Guide to Home Ownership

December 23
The Ghost of Christmas Inflation

December 26
Staying home and turning the town around

New U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates: A New World?

California’s keenest competition for innovation sector jobs? Other bluish Western states

December 29
The left doesn’t own minority voters
Unless left-wing parties drop their woke dogmas, they’ll struggle in the increasingly diverse West.

December 30
Give Your Money. Give Your Time. Don’t Tell Anyone.
You can find deep, lasting happiness in a good deed that no one knows you did.

Year in review

Vehicle Miles Traveled vs. Pay-at-the-Pump Gas Tax

December 31
Here’s Why California Is Losing Population for the First Time

Clearing the Tabs December 15, 2021

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 December 31 as well to round out the year. 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.

December 1

Own Nothing and Love It
An unholy alliance of planners, financiers, and leftists wants everyone to live in mass social housing developments.

December 2
The great nudge
Government, Big Tech and the media are all trying to nudge us into adopting the ‘right’ behaviour.

When You Can’t Change the World, Change Your Feelings
Adjusting your attitude is easier than you think.

December 3
Do Sidewalks Make Us More Social?

December 4
IRS data prove 2017 tax cuts benefited middle class the most

December 5
3 Questions about Regeneration

Horses, bourbon and a lot of luck

December 6
Work or Welfare?

Divesting in Crude Oil Guarantees Shortages and Inflation

December 7
A Conflict of Visions within Conservatism

Manchin and Sinema Hold the Key for Democrats: Respecting Regional Difference

December 10
The Way Out

Unicorns Can Grow Here, But Are There Enough Tech Workers?

December 11
This small town likes it that way

December 12
What Are the Real Third Places?
Civil society depends on places that are neither workplaces nor homes. New research on how they’ve fared during the pandemic shows which ones matter most to people.

December 13
Our Neo-Feudal Future

December 15
The new Dark Ages
The woke assault on Western civilisation is taking us backwards.

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Clearing the Tabs November 30, 2021

Ending November with some things I've read so far in the second half of 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, and will probably keep doing this for a while. Also, just because I share something on here does not mean I agree with it, but I think opposing ideas are good for the mind on occasion.

November 16

The Economy-Sapping Impact of the $15B Elon Musk Tax Will Be Largely Unseen

Mobility Principles for a Prosperous World

November 17
We need more families
Rising numbers of single people and plummeting birth rates are bad news for civilisation.

November 19

Greenlining is Remedy for Redlining and Bluelining

November 20
Wake up, progressives: You’re lucky to have Kyrsten Sinema

November 21
The Reshoring Imperative

Cambria County fights population loss in little, big ways

November 23
Revisionist History: Renowned Civil Rights Leader Savages the Anti-America '1619 Project'

The socialism America needs
The Left's agenda is more feudal than Marxist

Spending Restraint Is a Necessary Ingredient for Good Tax Policy

November 24
Why the 'Old North' States Have Been Economic Laggards
Hint: It’s not politics or failed strategy. But we have a 23-state region spanning the Great Plains, Midwest and Northeast, as well as some border states, that have consistently trailed the rest of the country.

November 29
Dot's, Rivian, Kohl's: Homegrown Successes Get Coastal Boosts

November 30
Minorities Monopolize California’s Suburban and Exurban Growth

The comic cries of climate apocalypse — 50 years of spurious scaremongering

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Clearing the Tabs November 15, 2021

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 November 30 as well. 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.

November 1
Serfing the planet
Green policies will accelerate the immiseration of the global working and middle class.

November 3
Crude Oil is seldom used for electricity, so why tinker with the supply chain?

November 4

Did critical race theory lose Virginia?
The Republicans' shock win proves Bidenism is dead

Henry Kissinger Writes With Worry About a Future That Will Be Brilliant

November 5
Without fossil fuel infrastructure we’re supposed to have an ENERGY CRISIS!

November 6
Virginia election proves voters are sick of hearing about Donald Trump

November 7
The voters revolt against our cultural curators, again

New congressional districts could spell trouble for Democrats

You Don’t Hate Jeff Bezos And Elon Musk, Rather You Hate Big Government

November 9
Shortage Economy: Will We Go Marching?

November 11
The Next Environmental Crisis

November 11
No One Cares!
Our fears about what other people think of us are overblown and rarely worth fretting over.

November 12
California Dreamin’

November 14
It Would Help If the Neo ‘Inflation’ Hawks Understood What Inflation Is

America Is Built on a Great Culture. Progressives Want to Abandon It

November 15
The GND has no plan to replace crude oil products

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Clearing the Tabs October 31, 2021

Ending October with some things I've read so far in the second half of 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, and will probably keep doing this for a while. Also, just because I share something on here does not mean I agree with it, but I think opposing ideas are good for the mind on occasion.

The view of Mt. Rushmore from Canada

October 16
Rod Dreher: Hungary's Viktor Orban is a model for American Conservatives
"Orban seems to have taken an accurate measure of what he's up against, what conservatives are up against, with the system, with the institutionalized wokeness, and globalism..."

October 20
Have we reached the high water mark of woke?
American progressives are provoking a furious backlash.

October 26
The Affordable-Housing Industrial Complex

The Poor Places That Made Our Cities Richer
Dense, often dilapidated neighborhoods were routes to prosperity for an earlier generation of low-income urbanites. Their destruction has hurt us all.

October 27
Slow Boat from China
What happens when the weakest link in the chain is you?

October 28
One Boondoggle Down, Hundreds to Go

October 29
Elites Are Using Climate Hysteria to Immiserate the Working Class

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My Two Reviews of No Time To Die on James Bond Radio

The best, and perhaps longest running, podcast devoted to 007 films, James Bond Radio, has a cool way of leaving 90-second audio messages via their website. They asked their listeners to leave 90-second reviews about No Time To Die as part of their "30 Days of No Time To Die" coverage since the U.K. release of the film.

When I first saw the movie, I wanted to talk to someone about it, someone who had not yet seen it. Knowing no one like that, I left the fellas at James Bond Radio a message with my instant thoughts about the movie, not knowing they would use it. When they finally got around to their final of the "30 Days" episodes, they asked their listeners to leave their messages, so I complied and left another review.

Well, as luck would have it, both of my messages made the cut, and at different points in the episode. There are over 150 reviews, and it's a long episode, but it is really cool to hear over 150 different opinions about No Time To Die. I commend the entire episode to you, but if you just wish to hear my brilliant takes, you can skip to 4:34 (the overall second review) and 3:06:02.

   

No Time To Die Music Stories

James Bond Radio has an episode out today that discusses the music of No Time To Die. One of the guests hosting the music episode is Chris Wood, who is a great follow on Instagram (@BondOnVinyl), a great music mind and a great Bond music aficionado. Listen below, and see the other podcast as well. 

As a result of hearing Chris Wood mention Mike Lovatt, who played trumpet on the No Time To Die soundtrack, being a recent guest on the Scorey Time podcast, I listened to that episode as well and really enjoyed it, listen to it here.

Ranking the First 25 James Bond Songs

I have seen the 25th film in the James Bond franchise, No Time To Die. I thought I would share with the world, since everyone wants to know, how I rank the 25 songs in order from favorite to least favorite, just as I did with the films recently.

In the near future, I plan to post 5 posts, each ranking the sequential 5 songs, and explaining a bit about why that song is where it is on my list.

Here is my ranking, from favorite to least favorite, of all the 007 songs to date. I will update the list again at the 50 movie mark.

Until then…

1. James Bond Theme (Dr. No) by Monty Norman
2. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service by John Barry
3. You Know My Name by Chris Cornell
4. A View To A Kill by Duran Duran
5. All Time High by Rita Coolidge
6. Nobody Does It Better by Carly Simon
7. For Your Eyes Only by Sheena Easton
8. Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey
9. Thunderball by Tom Jones
10. You Only Live Twice by Nancy Sinatra
11. Diamonds are Forever by Shirley Bassey
12. Skyfall by Adele
13. Tomorrow Never Dies by Sheryl Crow
14. From Russia With Love by Matt Monro
15. The Man With the Golden Gun by Lulu
16. The World Is Not Enough by Garbage
17. No Time To Die by Billie Eilish
18. Die Another Day by Madonna
19. Moonraker by Shirley Bassey
20. Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney
21. The Living Daylights by A-ha
22. Licence to Kill by Gladys Knight
23. Goldeneye by Tina Turner
24. Another Way To Die by Alicia Keys and Jack White
25. Writing's on the Wall by Sam Smith

Clearing the Tabs October 15, 2021

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 October 31 as well. 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.

October 1
The Failure of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society

This Might Be a Good Time for Creative Zoning

October 3
The unbreakable will of a Cumberland County town

October 4
Where the wave begins

Can the South escape its demons?
To save America, the old Confederacy must adapt to progressive politics

October 5
The Great Office Refusal
Executives say workers are ‘pining’ to return to in-person work. Migration patterns say otherwise.

October 7
Harm from War on Hydrocarbons Exceeds Harm from Climate Change

Joe Biden’s class war
He cannot be an ally of oligarchs and blue-collar workers. Time to pick a side.

October 10
The New Face of Autocracy

October 11

My Ranking of the First 25 James Bond Films

October 12

 

October 13
Confronting the Supply Chain Crisis

October 14
Trump's Tariffs Didn't Work. Biden's Won't Work Either.
They favor special interests, hurt consumers, and have utterly failed to rein in China.

Ranking the First 25 James Bond Films

I have seen the 25th film in the James Bond franchise, No Time To Die. I thought I would share with the world, since everyone wants to know, how I rank the 25 films in order from favorite to least favorite.

In the near future, I plan to post 5 posts, each ranking the sequential 5 films, and explaining a bit about why that films is where it is on my list. I also plan a list for my ranking of the James Bond songs, also ranked 1 to 25.

Here is my ranking, from favorite to least favorite, of all the 007 films to date. I will update the list again at the 50 movie mark.

Until then...

1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
2. You Only Live Twice
3. Thunderball
4. Casino Royale
5. From Russia with Love
6. Quantum of Solace
7. Goldfinger
8. The Spy Who Loved Me
9. Dr. No
10. For Your Eyes Only
11. Skyfall
12. Tomorrow Never Dies
13. Octopussy
14. Diamonds are Forever
15. A View to a Kill
16. No Time To Die
17. The World is Not Enough
18. Goldeneye
19. Spectre
20. The Man With The Golden Gun
21. Die Another Day
22. Live and Let Die
23. Moonraker
24. License to Kill
25. Living Daylights

Clearing the Tabs September 30, 2021

September 16
Political Alchemy, Part II: Turning Spending Increases into Tax Cuts

September 17
Critical Race Theory Distracts from Widespread Academic Underachievement

September 19
Reagan, Biden, and the Facts on Government Spending

Survival of the City: The Need to Reopen the Metropolitan Frontier (Review)

September 20
Building on Jacobs: The City Emergent; Beyond Streets and Buildings
A science of cities reveals the way cities grow, and why.

September 21
What Happens When a Country Depends on Russia for Natural Gas?

Who Bears The Burden Of Taxes on Business?

Robert Woodson retires after 40 years of empowering communities

September 22
Eliminating crude oil is like jumping out of a plane without a chute

September 23
Even With Climate Change, the World Isn’t Doomed
Humanity has overcome far greater problems before and can do so again.

September 24
Congress can’t keep spending without consequences
Modern monetary theory says government overspending doesn’t matter. That’s wrong. The debt ceiling vote is an opportunity to address this problem.

September 25
The Enduring Relevance of Mises and Hayek’s Critique of Socialism

September 26
Here’s The List Of 317 Wind Energy Rejections The Sierra Club Doesn’t Want You To See

September 27
Never Going Back
What if they opened the office and nobody came?

September 30
A Profession Is Not a Personality
Reducing yourself to any single characteristic, whether it be your title or your job performance, is a deeply damaging act.

Joe Biden, Nowhere Man

Clearing the Tabs September 15, 2021

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 September 30 as well. 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.

September 1

The Real (and Growing) Problem with Social Security

Teach That Man Some Geography

September 2
The Secret to Happiness at Work
Your job doesn’t have to represent the most prestigious use of your potential. It just needs to be rewarding.

For these Marines, a constant rush to zero hour to rescue stranded Americans

Peter Meijer: A dark moment for our country

September 3
Hurricane Ida Isn’t the Whole Story on Climate
The number of landfall hurricanes isn’t rising and the world is getting better at mitigating their destruction.

Our bargain for normal is failing

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September 7

Cancel culture in climate change

The Fading Family
The world's major economies face a serious demographic crunch.

September 9
Flight 93 crash in Shanksville on 9/11: ‘The first Americans to fight back against terrorists happened here’

September 10
Mag-Lev May Be Dead; TX HSR on Life Support

September 13
Energy Prices in Europe Hit Records After Wind Stops Blowing
Heavy reliance on wind power, coupled with a shortage of natural gas, has led to a spike in energy prices

September 14

Dubious climate science about the Texas cold disaster

Information Wanted for David Hart Scott

David Hart Scott was a book editor at Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. In 1980 (not sure for how long exactly), Mr. Scott lived in Blue Hill, Maine. David Scott died in March of 2000 at the age of 89.

I am hoping, and wondering, if any family members still have any of the papers, correspondence, artifacts from Mr. Scott’s days as a book editor, especially as they relate to Fred(erick) Lieb. I am not interested in owning such items, but researching and looking for information.

Here is an obituary for Mr. Scott’s wife from 1984, perhaps some of these details might find a living relative.

Katherine Gorton Scott '31, Blue Hill, 
Maine; June 19. Sigma Xi, Phi Beta 
Kappa. Survivors include her husband, 
David H. Scott '32, Box 141, Blue Hill 
04614; a daughter; and a sister, Emma 
Gorton Peirce '33.

Mr. Scott had a brother named Robert Litchfield Scott. Maybe someone might find this post online and know someone from the family.

Please email me at SteveParkhurst @ Gmail if you can help.

Clearing the Tabs August 31, 2021

Ending August with some things I've read so far in the second half of 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, and will probably keep doing this for a while. Also, just because I share something on here does not mean I agree with it, but I think opposing ideas are good for the mind on occasion.

August 18
America the Indispensable

August 19
Biden Tax Proposals Reward Blue States, Punish Red States

Fake Forgiveness Is Toxic for Relationships
Accepting an apology or brushing off a slight can benefit the offender and the offended alike—but only if you really commit to it.

Uncovering the Tao of C.S. Lewis

August 20
A Biblical Perspective on Salaries from a High School Economics Teacher

After a trip 1,200 feet underground, Biden's labor secretary has a new appreciation for coal miners

August 22
What Biden doesn't understand

August 23
Powering Down the Developing World

August 24
California Business Headquarters Now Leaving Twice As Fast, With No End In Sight

August 25
When Scarcity of CEO Love Is a Bullish Signal for Stocks

Progressives have ruined California
Governor Gavin Newsom's hapless reign exposes the rot at the heart of America's liberal elite.

August 26
Ignore the Monday Morning Hype, No Government Could 'Cover Up' a Virus

The Real Reason Kids Don’t Like School
Loneliness is a far bigger problem than a distaste for hard work.

August 29
The restorative power of the American people

August 31
Jim Crow returns to California
The Golden State's climate policies have enforced racial segregation

Old Infrastructure, New Infrastructure

Information Wanted for Robert Wolfe Riley

 I am trying to find family members that might still have personal effects of the late Robert W. Riley, who passed away in 1987. Here is his obituary:

ROBERT WOLFE RILEY, 75, 203 Bella Coola Drive, Indian Harbour Beach, died Friday. Born in Winchester, Va., he moved to Indian Harbour Beach from St. Petersburg in 1976. He was a retired photographer and a member of Unity Church, Melbourne. He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of the China Burma India Veterans Association. Survivors: wife. Fran A.; stepdaughter, Mrs. Cecilia H. Cummins. Tampa; sister, Mrs. Betty Hall, Baltimore; two stepgrandchildren. No calling hours. Memorial service 2 p.m. today at Unity Church of Melbourne.

The survivors at the time, seem to be gone now. His stepdaughter, Ceclia, passed away in 2017, and some of her family might be helpful. The family of Betty Hall might also be helpful and/or knowledgeable about the subject.

Here is the obituary for Cecilia Cummins from 2017:

CUMMINS, Cecilia Huckeba, 73, passed away Sunday, October 1, 2017 from cancer in a hospice facility. She was preceded in death by her son, Michael, (widow, Michelle) and parents, Francis and Cecil Huckeba. She is survived by her son, Richard and his wife, Kristen; grandson, Garrett Cummins; granddaughters, Kaeli Cummins, Brittany Cristiano, and Alyssa Heidemann. Cecilia spent her school years in Indian Harbor Beach, FL, before relocating to Tampa, FL, where she lived until her death. She embraced the church and served her lord; she also lived her life as as true christian should.

Here’s why I am looking for the information:

Robert Riley was a photographer and he and his wife Fran were friends in St. Petersburg, Florida with Fred and Mary Lieb. Robert personally corresponded with Fred, and after Fred’s passing, with the remaining family. I have received some of the items from the Lieb family, but I am curious to see if somewhere in the Riley/Cummins family the letters from the Lieb’s are still in someone’s collection.

Mr. Lieb wrote a book about baseball in 1977, and the image on the back cover of the book, was taken by Robert Riley. In one of the letters from Mr. Riley to Mr. Lieb’s family after the passing of Mr. Lieb, mentions a personally signed copy of this photo from Mr. Lieb to Mr. Riley, that is something I would love to see.

Please reach out to me at SteveParkhurst@gmail.com if you have any items, any questions, or any tips on where I might look next or if you can help answer some questions. I am not interested in taking ownership of any materials, I would just be interested in seeing the items.

Clearing the Tabs August 15, 2021

August 3

NYC’s new vaccine policy erases kids from public life

August 5
Proper Lockdown History Will Accentuate Left-Wing Disdain for Poor

August 7
Promoting Upward Mobility Is a Better Goal than Pushing Class Warfare in Hopes of Reducing Inequality

Comparing the world before 1900 to today

Taking Tax Breaks with a Grain of SALT
A Federalist Case for State and Local Deductions

August 8
Modern Economics: Mystical Academics Critiquing Mystical Academics

In South Dakota, the road signs lead to the Wall

Why G. K. Chesterton Liked America

August 10
Why I Am Not A Progressive
And Why, From Climate Change to Homelessness, Liberal People Are Giving Up

August 12

Mitch Daniels, risk-taker

The working poor need workhorse vehicles

Video: Vaccine Evolution

This is indeed brilliant, hilarious, and well done.

@jlmock

The Gov, the Skeptic, & the Pleaser….Anyone else just…exhausted? 😵‍💫

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Clearing the Tabs July 31, 2021

Ending July with some things I've read so far in the second half of 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, and will probably keep doing this for a while. Also, just because I share something on here does not mean I agree with it, but I think opposing ideas are good for the mind on occasion.

July 7

Historians Should Be Better Than This

July 13
Transit’s Dead End

California Fleeing

Some deny the Golden State’s demographic decline, but data make it hard to ignore.

July 15
Why California Housing Is So Expensive

July 27
$9 Reading Glasses, $16 Sunscreen, and the Genius of Economic Growth

July 29
To Advance the Climate Agenda: Never Waste Bad Weather

July 30

Gender Ideology Run Amok

Clearing the Tabs June 30, 2021

June 17
Dads Just Want to Help
Sacrificing for their kids makes fathers happier. Acknowledging that sacrifice will make everyone happier.

American Cincinnatus
A new biography of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. reminds us of a bygone model of the public servant.

June 20
The Importance of Low Marginal Tax Rates

June 21
The Toxic Progressive Left
How the 'Baizuo' Hurt Asian Americans

Homeschool parents and others are turning to hands-on educational experiences

June 22
The battle between the two Americas
The United States has never been so divided

Jane Jacobs and the Mid-Rise Mania

Will Progressives Learn from the Cities?

June 23
The Right and Left Are Both Wrong on Immigration. Here's What We Need

Clearing the Tabs June 15, 2021

June 1
All This for 1.8 Percent Growth?

June 3
A Middle Class Rebellion Against Progressives Is Gaining Steam

Joe Biden's Plan for a Fatter, Meaner IRS (Podcast)

June 8
Suburbs are not less social than cities

How to fight climate change and put pressure on China

June 10
The 1980s Called, And It Wants Its Industrial Paranoia Back

June 12
Why America's Oligarchs Are Moving Left

June 15
The Killing of Kern County

Clearing the Tabs May 31, 2021

Happy Memorial Day!

May 20
Inflation Is the Most Miserable Tax of All

May 21

Follow The Money: How Texas Squandered $66 Billion on Unreliable Wind & Solar

May 23

‘Big Tech’ Risks Going Down A Path Of Decline Paved By ‘Big Rail’

May 25
Capitalism Can't Fix An Artificial Labor Shortage

$85 Billion for Empty Buses and Railcars

May 26
What ‘I, Pencil’ Could Teach Joe Biden About Supply Chains

May 27
Joe Biden’s Imaginary America

His policies seem designed for coastal enclaves that do not represent most of the country

Clearing the Tab May 15, 2021

Here you go!

May 1
Our Post-Pandemic Institutions: A Conversation with Yuval Levin

May 9
The Decline of American Manners

May 10
Pete du Pont, great governor and conservative idea man, RIP

May 11
Funds Flood OZs As Program Faces Possible Rule Changes

Biden’s Not-So-Clean Energy Transition
The International Energy Agency exposes the hidden environmental costs and infeasibility of going green.

Clearing the Tabs April 30, 2021

Enjoy!

April 16
Who Will Control the 21st Century? Whoever Controls Space

April 22
GDP, GDI, and Economic Analysis

Clearing the Tabs April 15, 2021

April 6
U.S. pursues expensive electricity while much of world lives in energy poverty

April 7
What Happened to Social Democracy?

April 12
The real reason Biden and the swamp want higher corporate tax rates

April 13
Where all bicycles go to heaven

Clearing the Tabs March 31, 2021

 

March 15
Biden Pushes Green Energy As Informed Environmentalists Abandon It

March 21
A California wealth tax would do major harm

March 22
Battlefield ‘Burbs
America's political future turns on our last contestable places

March 31
The National Academy of Wishful Thinking

A Cult of Victimhood 

Clearing the Tabs March 15, 2021

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 as well. 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. 

March 2
The Dark Side of Japan’s Bullet Trains

March 4
Biden’s Actions Are Encouraging Supply Chain Dependencies From Foreign Sources

March 9
Climate Policy: Covid on Steroids?

A Closer Look at What Happened in Texas During the Deep Freeze

March 11

Stop Trying To Create a Zero-Risk Society
We will likely grapple with the consequences of ill-advised COVID-19 policies for years to come.

March 15
Humanity Survived Previous Warming Cycles

Clearing the Tabs February 28, 2021

Ending January with some things I've read so far in the second half of 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, and will probably keep doing this for a while. Also, just because I share something on here does not mean I agree with it, but I think opposing ideas are good for the mind on occasion.

February 19

Government Has a Trust Problem. It Will Take Time to Restore
The route to trust in our institutions is through candor, competence and a clear sense of mission. Two examples, from Indiana and West Virginia, show how trust can be rebuilt one careful step at a time.

February 21
The American City’s Long Road to Recovery

February 23
Economic Civil War
Inside the bitter battle over America’s new geography.

Clearing the Tabs February 15, 2021

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 as well. 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.

February 4
Strong Communities Need Public Spaces—and Private Enterprise
We need parks and libraries and town squares for gathering. We also need shops, restaurants, and other commercial amenities.

Febuary 8
Nor’easters would be disastrous to a Green America

February 9
Government Spending Is Becoming One Big Fraud-Fest

Homeless, but dying with dignity

Despite wishful thinking, cities won’t come back without major reform

February 10
The Other California
After Covid-19, the Inland Empire offers a way forward for the Golden State.

February 13

Ben Sasse’s Conviction: Trump’s Lies Caused This

In a series of interviews leading up to Saturday’s impeachment vote, the GOP senator described the stakes as he sees them: nothing less than the integrity of the Constitution.

February 14
COVID-19 and the Ongoing Global Workplace Revolution

February 15

Gina Carano and Crowd-Sourced McCarthyism
Talking with the Star Wars actress about her cancellation and a meme.

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Clearing the Tabs January 31, 2021

Ending January with some things I've read so far in the second half of 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, and will probably keep doing this for a while. Also, just because I share something on here does not mean I agree with it, but I think opposing ideas are good for the mind on occasion.

January 16
A Reaganesque Scheme for a GOP Reboot
If the party is going to survive Trump, it needs to cut the extremists loose and craft a broader message. Here's how that succeeded before.

January 17

Worried about the country? Try tending your garden

This motor court is still in session

The Late Sheldon Adelson’s Billions Show the Folly Of Biden’s Plan To Waste Trillions

January 22

Three Key Bible Passages About Stewardship

January 24
The relationship between unity and geography is complicated

January 25
Making America California
The Biden administration seems determined to run the country on the ruinous model of the Golden State.

Woke Politics are a Disaster for Minorities
The Biden Administration is on track to stiff our desperate working class.

January 26
The U.S. Trade Deficit Grew 'Big League' Under Trump

January 30
Biden’s climate executive orders devastated these US workers in a day

Clearing the Tabs January 15, 2021

Happy New Year!

Here are some things I've read so far this month or will be reading soon. It appears the month will be a long one, and 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 January 31 as well. 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.

May 2021 be the year of commerce.

— 𝔸𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕊𝕙𝕝𝕒𝕖𝕤 (@AmityShlaes) January 2, 2021

January 3

Can California stop Big Tech from decamping for cheaper places?

January 4

The Return of Reckless Keynesian Economic Policy

Beyond Economic Populism

January 5
Amazon Failed at Health Care Because It Wasn't a 'Disrupter'

What Biden's Rich Supporters Won't Tell Him About Taxes

January 10
The Lesson We Should Learn from 2020

Mind on Money: The American idea is superior to politics

January 11
Will 2021 Bring Positive Change for Working-Class People?

Seven New Books on Faith, Work & Economics

January 12
Is Civility Futile in the Face of Injustice?

The Missing Piece of the D.B. Cooper Story
Many saw flight attendant Tina Mucklow as the key to the mysterious skyjacking. But does her story hold the answers?

A New Localism Can Heal, Advance Flyover Country

The big ‘cancel’

January 13
Who Wants to Cut Taxes for the Rich? Democrats!

January 14
In the World of Business, 'Unimaginable Power' Doesn't Exist

Find the Place You Love. Then Move There.
If where you live isn’t truly your home, and you have the resources to make a change, it could do wonders for your happiness.

January 15
We must take a stand against the insurrectionists
If you are a principled centrist or principled conservative, now is not the time to remain silent.

When Pragmatic Politics Goes Bad: An Apology to the Never Trumpers
I have awakened on too many days with gratitude on my lips for the blessing of living in a peaceful, orderly, democratic, and free society to see such hard-won advances thrown away for political ambition. Those who realized our inheritance was at risk saw more clearly than I did.

The $25 Billion Theft