Clearing the Tabs December 31, 2022

Happy New Year!

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 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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December 16
The Case for Free Trade

The reparations trap
Elite guilt about the past will do nothing to help the world’s poorest.

December 18
It’s time to tell the story of Black success, not Black victimhood

December 19
A Working-Class Christmas Story Christmas

December 20
Free Trade Theory Must Be Tempered by Trade Realism

Edward Hopper’s America
The popular perception of the loneliness in the painter’s work could not be more wrong

December 22
Why Sen. Josh Hawley Telling Young Men to Man Up Won't Work

December 23
Prisoners of Ideology
A more reasoned politics is critical to the future of society.

December 27
The faux urgency of the climate crisis is giving us no time or space to build a secure energy future

December 31
The 2023 transition

Clearing the Tabs December 15, 2022

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.

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December 4
MIT Climate Scientist Dr. Richard Lindzen Rejects ‘Climate Change’ As ‘A Quasi-Religious Movement Predicated on An Absurd ‘Scientific’ Narrative’

December 6
The ‘green leap’ forward

December 8
Applauding Governor Ducey of Arizona

American Christmas, American New Year

The absurdity of California’s reparations proposal
Activists are focusing on past injustice at the expense of present inequality

The Coming Crash Of The Climate Cult

December 9
A cold winter undercuts the warming narrative

Are we finally reaching peak climate hysteria?
The eco-derangement of the elites is a threat to reason, freedom and jobs.

December 11
Low Speed Fail
California's Solar Powered Rail Moondoggle

December 12
The Elite’s Plan For A No-Car Society

December 13
Misperception and amplification of climate risk

Electric car demand falls for first time since pandemic as electricity prices soar
Interest wanes amid falling petrol prices fall and surging energy bills

December 14
The Threat – and Soon Reality – of Climate Protectionism

How New York can survive
The city's decay is not inevitable

Clearing the Tabs November 30, 2022

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 15. And note that 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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November 18
My Friend, Mike Gerson
A beautiful writer with an even more beautiful soul

November 20
After Intersectionalism
As ideology takes a back seat to intergroup competition, the future of ethnic conflict in America is going to look more like the past

November 22
The Global Warming Shakedown, Part V

November 29
COP 27 Has No Backup Plan to Replace Products from Oil

November 30
The new global class war

Western elites' climate obsession is impoverishing the world's poorest.

Welcome to the New Era of Environmental Colonialism

Clearing the Tabs November 15, 2022

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. And note that 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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November 2
Is America entering a new age of democratic capitalism?
The contours of a post-pandemic economy are becoming clear

November 5
How You can Derail the Climate Agenda

November 7
West Coast Blues
Progressives in California, Oregon, and Washington confront the political consequences of bad governance.

November 9

A tale of two Americas
Red states are growing, while blue states are mired in lawlessness and decline.

November 10

Now watch Biden and Trudeau escalate their extreme progressivism
After midterms, don’t expect the common sense calvary, or Mounties, to come to the rescue

November 11
A Better Future
America doesn’t need to cram everyone into little boxes; we need to build new cities.

Living Up to the Name
West Coast voters reinforce their region’s commitment to progressivism.

Clearing the Tabs October 31, 2022

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 15. And note that 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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October 18
Ohio and the battle for populist America
Trump and Biden are both liabilities here

October 25
Finding Third Places Across America

October 30
The real American divide
Most Americans are moderate and pragmatic, but politics is dominated by cranks.

October 31
Biden, Trudeau choose green war on oil and gas over working class
In the U.S. midterm elections, green obsessions could help the Republicans beat even attractive Democratic candidates

Clearing the Tabs October 15, 2022

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. And note that 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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October 3
What really divides America
The Midterms aren't a battle between good and evil

Do Cities Have a Future?
With many office jobs not coming back, living preferences changing, and crime on the rise, cities must adapt and reform.

The Coming Green Electricity Nightmare
Hundreds of billions in new subsidies will bring expensive, unreliable, eco-destructive power

October 5
Tax Competition Works

October 8
Three Paths to Despotism
To halt the rise of authoritarianism, liberal democracies must restore hope of economic improvement, particularly among the young.

October 11
There is nothing progressive about a universal basic income
A ‘post-work’ society would strip workers of their agency and put them out to pasture.

October 14
Our Mad Aristos
Today’s billionaires fund the engine of their own destruction.

Clearing the Tabs September 30, 2022

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 15. And note that 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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September 16
Census Data Show Transit’s Devastation

September 19
Environmentalism Is a Fundamentalist Religion

September 22
Don’t Objectify Yourself
Thinking of yourself as an observer is better for your happiness than obsessing over being observed.

September 23
The revenge of the material economy
The future belongs to manufacturers, energy suppliers and farmers.

September 29
Technology Can Make Your Relationships Shallower
But it’s all in how you use it.

Clearing the Tabs September 15, 2022

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. And note that 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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September 1

Electric Car Mandates: The Latest Frontier in the Elites' War on the Middle Class

From Sri Lanka to Salinas
Will California - and the Nation - Learn Anything from Sri Lanka's Green Apocalypse?

Pandemic Reversal?

September 4

Can space save Earth?

ESG and Corporate Totalitarianism

September 6

Is the Automobile Industry Being Mandated Toward a Death Spiral?

September 7
Class Homicide
Massive inequality and the rise of a new feudal system have nearly destroyed the chances of social mobility.

September 10
The fall of Los Angeles
The ‘progressive’ elites have run the city of the future into the dirt.

September 12
Washington DC’s Energy Colonialism

Clearing the Tabs August 31, 2022

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 15. And note that 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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August 16

How Managerial Aesthetics Explain Why Cities Can't Authentically Market Themselves

August 17
If Global Warming Is Real, Capitalism Will Vanquish It

Collapse or Evolution?

August 19
Where Did Wokeness Come From?
Evaluating the theories

August 20
The Unexpected Future
We need to consider ways to reverse or at least slow rapid depopulation

How America is Failing Its Young Men

August 23
America has an Oedipus complex
Trust-fund radicals want to marry Mother Earth

August 24
“Inflation Reduction” Act will hinder EV growth

Rent Forever and Love It
The globalized commodification of housing will destroy democracy.

August 26
The revenge of the analog economy
Digital fantasies have collided with analog reality

August 27
Last WH polar bears ashore even later than 2009 as Hudson Bay finally becomes ice-free

Don’t be fooled by Sunak and the rest and their about face – their pretence that they were with us all along. Covid and lockdown carried them only so far – but they plan to go much further

August 30

The “Energy Transition” Delusion: A Reality Reset

President Newsom?
Conservatives should not dismiss the potential national appeal of California’s governor.

August 31

Energy transition: The land use conundrum

Clearing the Tabs August 15, 2022

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 August 31. And note that 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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August 1

Free Trade’s Heavy Cost
How globalization became sinicization

Irvine: A National Role Model

August 4
The biggest threat to the CHIPS Act? The Green Left
Environmental policies could undermine Biden's domestic agenda

August 5
The Importance of Fare Enforcement

August 6
Why suburbia will decide the future
As millions of Americans migrate to the suburbs, a huge political shift is underway.

August 7
The What and Why of Mentoring

August 8
The Democrats' New Climate Bill Abandons Green Zealotry—For Reason

August 9
Newsom is like Biden

August 11
Tim Allen Loves It Here, and He's Always Happy To Show It

To Get Out of Your Head, Get Out of Your House
Spending time in nature can help relieve stress and anxiety.

Americans mourn the dead in Afghanistan, even as the media move on

August 15
The Great Barrier Reef Is Doing Great; People Should Know

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Clearing the Tabs July 31, 2022

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 August 15. And note that 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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July 16
Local messages, not partisan propaganda, will win over voters

July 19
Why America needs churches

Gavin Newsom won’t save the Democrats
Reality will catch up with America's Great White Hope

July 20

The Case for Entitlement Reform

How Do We Cure Poverty Worldwide?

Google: whatever happened to ‘Don’t be evil’?
The Big Tech giants are behaving like neo-feudal overlords.

July 27
Green Dreams, Inflationary Realities
We must find ways to combat climate change without incurring devastating inflation, greater class division, the immiseration of the middle class, and the destitution of the poor.

July 29
Transit’s Existential Crisis

July 31
Why Cities Are Important to the Church’s Mission

Clearing the Tabs July 15, 2022

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 31. And note that 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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July 5

July 9
The Connection: Housing Affordability and Inequality

July 8

May Transit 59.5% of Pre-Pandemic Levels

July 12
America’s dependency on imports may be stagnating its economy

July 15
Why millennials are dropping out
Rising disaffection has severe implications

Clearing the Tabs June 30, 2022

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. And note that 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 16

Why Elephants Are Not People

June 17
Merchant ships and planes needed to support world’s eight billion

June 19

Compassion Is Conservative, Contempt Is Communist
Forget about “compassionate conservatives.” What this country really needs is compassionate Democrats.

June 20
Engineered California
The birthplace of environmentalism was built through meticulous application of technology.

June 21
The Bureaucratization of American Leadership

June 22

Why Many Poor Neighborhoods Fear Development
Corporate investment can be an economic boon to low-income communities. It can also be a cultural threat.

June 23

Class is back
The global cost-of-living crisis has made obscene inequalities impossible to ignore.

Deranged COVID-clingers still want Broadwaygoers to be put through Rikers-like procedures

Heartland Manufacturing Renaissance
Why Middle America is poised to lead an industrial comeback

Inflation Eats Infrastructure Bill

June 26
Learning from Las Vegas: Sustainable vs. Susceptible

June 29
Dark clouds on the horizon for electric vehicles

June 30
Don’t Surround Yourself With Admirers
Instead, befriend people who inspire awe in you.

The cost of Biden’s racialism
Minorities are paying for his progressive failures

Clearing the Tabs June 15, 2022

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. And note that 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 5
America’s great cities are gripped by decline and disorder
Voters have had enough of ‘progressive’ leaders who are presiding over spiralling violence and crime.

June 6
The Battle for L.A.

Can Rick Caruso convince enough voters that their troubled city can recapture its role as an incubator of the American dream?

June 7
Is it ethical to purchase a lithium battery powered EV?

June 8
April Transit Falls to 58.7% of Pre-Pandemic Levels

Conservatives' Missing Link on Gender Roles

June 9

Reconsidering the City
If they are to survive and thrive, cities need to become more people-friendly.

June 12
In an Outrage Culture, Choose Respect

Democracy Needs to Replace City Manager Ward System

June 15

Vaccine injuries and deaths are causing inflation through supply shocks and reduced labor participation: Dowd
Three million more disabled in US since jab started; Fed should be loosening monetary policy, not tightening, says Blackrock ex-manager

Forget College. Skilled Trades Are the Future of the U.S. Economy

Clearing the Tabs - May 31, 2022

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 15. And note that 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 17

Remarks by Wilfred M. McClay
Delivered at the 18th Annual Bradley Prize Ceremony

May 18
More Evidence That Young Americans Are Not Attracted to Dense Cities

May 22
America’s Summer of Rolling Blackouts
Green energy policies are making the nation’s electric-power grid increasingly unstable.

May 23

We're Telling the Wrong Story About Race in America

May 24
Australia Votes - and a New Political Geography Emerges

May 30
Help the World’s Poor with International Trade

Green Rope-a-Dope: China Watches as America Greens
If this is what we are being told we must do for the ‘Great Reset,’ it’s time to unset it.

May 31
California needs a recession
Its progressive rulers deserve a rude awakening

Clearing the Tabs May 15, 2022

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. And note that 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 3
America is quietly reinventing itself
Millennials and minorities, priced out of Democratic metropolises, are now thriving in Florida and Texas.

May 4
Do we need a capitalist civil war?
The working class suffer when elites agree

Revisiting Mitch Daniels' "Truce" on Social Issues
Those who would trade cultural priorities for economic prosperity end up with neither

May 6
China and Russia rejoice at America’s quest to go green

May 9

The Independent Republics of Big Tech—Not 'Disinformation'—Are the Biggest Threat to Our Democracy

May 11
Between the stupid and the evil
America deserves better than a choice between woke Democrats and reactionary Republicans.

May 14
There’s One Simple Trick for Making America’s Post-Pandemic Cities Great Again
Many office workers simply aren’t coming back. That means tough times ahead for big cities, but also a chance for renewal and revival.

Clearing the Tabs April 30, 2022

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 April 15. And note that 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 16

From Austria to Pittsburgh in 100 years: Community sustains this centenarian

What We Keep Getting Wrong About the Right
Trumpism wasn’t inevitable, but his dark vision of conservatism has been around a lot longer than he has.

April 18
How the boomers robbed the young of all hope
Younger generations inherit a world in which the middle ranks are struggling almost everywhere

April 20
Why Baseball is Still Good for America

April 21
Serfing the Future?

Wait, Environmentalists Are Anti-Technology

April 23
The Kids Are Not Alright and the Center Is No Longer Holding

April 25
The State & the Natural Moral Law

Paying the Poorly Educated

April 27
Americans Prefer Single-Family Neighborhoods

April 28
How to Stop Freaking Out
If you can prevent your emotions from taking over in the face of stress, you can avoid a lot of regret and set a good example for others.

Clearing the Tabs April 15, 2022

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 April 15. And note that 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 1
The Continuing Importance of Thomas Sowell

April 4
Saving America from Planet-Threatening Fossil Fuels?

When the Arc of History Bends Back Toward the Dark Ages

April 5
Making Beethoven Woke
Revisionist performances of classic works deconstruct our precious links to the past.

April 7
A Gentler, Better Way to Change Minds
Stop wielding your values as a weapon and start offering them as a gift.

April 10
Pennsylvania's dramatic shift rightward is a warning sign for both parties about

April 11
Tulane and UCF Pace American, ECU Not Far Behind

The Metaverse Isn’t Real Yet but It’s Already Really Lucrative
And it’s going to be real, and vast, much sooner that you might think.

America Is Headed for Class Warfare

Transit Ridership 53.8% of Pre-Pandemic Levels

April 12
Texas is the future
California can't compete with a new American Dream

Red Dusk
Xi Jinping’s China faces challenges of its own.

April 13
California's Vanished Dream, by the Numbers

April 14
Macomb County GOP ousts party leaders stuck re-litigating Trump's 2020 loss

Sports Are Great Because They’re Pointless
The most trivial things can build the strongest relationships.

Clearing the Tabs March 31, 2022

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 April 15. And note that 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 17
Trolls Aren’t Like the Rest of Us
Online jerks and offline jerks are largely one and the same. Here’s how to keep them from affecting your happiness.

March 18
Gas Prices and Transit

March 22
An Oversupply Of EV’s From Foreign Manufacturers And A Lack Of Demand May Be A Financial Shock To The World

March 24
Urbanists: "Fundamentally Misaligned"

March 26
Florida education bill looks different depending on where you stand

March 27
The biggest cities are past their prime

PhDs Killed Off the Gold Standard In 1971, Not ‘Guns & Butter’

March 28
If You’re On the Fence About Talking About Your Beliefs: A Message to Undergrads

March 29
The Most Dangerous Class
The coming revenge of the disappointed.

March 31
How to Help Those Who Believe the Prosperity Gospel

Human Flourishing Or “Living Naturally”: Alex Epstein’s Case For Using More Oil, Coal And Natural Gas

What the Second-Happiest People Get Right
If you make happiness your primary goal, you might miss out on the challenges that give life meaning.

Clearing the Tabs March 15, 2022

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.

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March 3
Unacceptable Views

March 4
The limits of libertarianism

Free marketers need to stop defending oppressive monopoly power.

Texas GOP Crusaders Were Loud on Social Media, but That Didn't Mean Much in Primaries

March 6
An energy company shows students the path to prosperity

March 8
Up from rock bottom: Recovery from a national overdose epidemic

March 9
Book Review: Helen Rappaport’s Fascinating ‘After the Romanovs’

March 10
Find More Ways to Be an Outsider
Doing so may feel painful, but it’s one of the best investments you will ever make.

March 11
Fracking Can't Bring Down High Prices On Which It's Reliant

March 12
Biden’s America-Wrecking Climate Agenda

March 13

Diner breakfasts are perfectly normal, no matter what D.C. elites think

March 14
Gas, Grain — and Chips — Will Make Us the 'Future Belt'

Pac-12 Conference Play Gets Underway

March 15
“ESG” efforts to rid the world of fossil fuels will drive humanity back to medieval times

Tarnishing the Golden State
Onerous regulations squash the California Dream.

Clearing the Tabs February 28, 2022

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 19
How we have mischaracterized climate risk

February 22
A little history of the hydrocarbon processing that meets society’s demands

February 23
Berkman and Cruz Face Each Other as Coaches for the First Time

February 24
You Can't Fix the Housing Crisis With Houses. We Need New Cities.

Does California know what time it is?
First-ever decline in population punctures long-held presumptions of desire, demand

February 27
It’s the culture, stupid

February 28
Biden Continues To Flip-Flop On Crude Oil Policies

Clearing the Tabs February 15, 2022

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.

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February 1
Inflation in the United States

Exurbia Rising

February 4
The Dissenters Trying to Save Evangelicalism From Itself

February 5
Biden is disconnected from Americans reluctance to be regulated out of fossil fuel prosperity

February 8
How To Want Less
The secret to satisfaction has nothing to do with achievement, money, or stuff.

A new dawn for the working class?
Workers have more power than any time since the 1950s.

February 9
The Zaibatsu-ization of America
Our tech overlords have forsaken innovation for consolidation.

February 10
The Common Dating Strategy That's Totally Wrong
If you’re looking for romance, stop focusing on what you and your date have in common.

February 12
Philly to Fayette: Nowhere to live, nowhere to go

February 13
The great awakening

Why Progressives Can’t Quit Their Masks

February 14
The Tech Breakdown
Big tech is leaving Silicon Valley for new hubs in the heartland

Studs Terkel's Working, 50 Years On

The Similarities Between ESG And Fascism Are Scary
Time Magazine was enthralled with Adolf Hitler in the 30’s, and endorses similar results from Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) divesting objectives.

Green hypocrisy hurts the poorest
The West's war on energy is crippling Africa

Clearing the Tabs January 31, 2022

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 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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January 16

The moment Joe Biden finally lost his credibility

January 17
Joe Biden's Jim Crow 2.0 tour collides with reality: Blacks strongly support voter ID

The Cincinnati Nightmare

“ESG” = Extreme Shortages Guaranteed!

Why I Dislike the Word ‘Capitalism’

January 18
Conference USA 2022 Season Preview, Four Teams Stand Above the Pack

January 19

California’s economy is weaker than it looks
An over-reliance on a small number of companies won't work in the long term

An Open Letter to the College Student Facing Weighty Decisions

January 20
Live Like the Ancient Cynics
Modern cynicism traps you in an unhappy cycle. The original version will set you free.

January 22
What Should Be Done about Academic Bias?

January 23
From the Pa. Farm Show: Energy costs are top concern

Crossing (or not) the 1.5 and 2.0C thresholds

The 2nd Amendment Protects the Rights of All Americans

January 24
No Economic Concept Is More Thoroughly Misunderstood Than Inflation

2020 lingers only for those out of touch with voters' march forward

Ottawa, Canada is following Germany’s failed climate goals

January 25
How Biden can defeat China
Putin and Xi are more vulnerable than we think

January 27
Art Should Be a Habit, Not a Luxury
Just like exercise and sleep, engaging with the arts is a necessity for a full and happy life.

January 28
The Evolving Geography of Opportunity: Leading Cities of the Past, Present, and Future
This report explores a diverse array of thriving, high-opportunity metropolitan areas and the lessons they offer on how to expand opportunity and economic mobility in the United States.

January 30
From Cover Girl to guns and elk hunts

From Philly to Fayette, water woes cross geographic and racial lines

Neil Young and Joni Mitchell vs. Joe Rogan

Neil Young & Joni Mitchell vs. Joe Rogan.

Millions of young people are learning what Gen X always knew: the 1960s/70s counter-culture was never really about freedom of speech.

— Geoffrey Miller (@primalpoly) January 29, 2022

Clearing the Tabs January 15, 2022

Happy New Year! 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 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.

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January 1
Small town is a feeling in the Strip District

January 3
Trouble in Paradise: The Crumbling California Model
California is broken, but it is not doomed.

Welcome to the end of democracy
A rising tide of money and administrative power defines the rising autocracy

January 4
Philly's crime wave could affect the midterm election results in Pennsylvania

The Economics Of How San Francisco’s Drug Policies Are Devastating The City

Is this the end of progressive America?
Multiple fronts of resistance are taking shape

January 5
Class War is Just
Seismic economic and demographic changes will feed division and conflict.

Imagine electric vehicles in bad weather

January 6
Free Markets, Not Slave Markets
On the enmity between human bondage and capitalism

January 9
COVID-19 allowed too many to pervert their power

Is it Time for Intellectuals to Talk about God?
It's a New Dark Age. Evil abounds. Is a postmodern embarrassment about discussing spiritual matters, keeping us stupid and putting us in danger?

January 12
Inflation is eating away at the heart of America’s small businesses

California Is a Bastion of Innovation Marred by Deep Inequality. Is That America's Future?

January 13
How to Succeed at Failure
Sometimes you just can’t win. Make the most of it.

Sasse Blasts Biden’s ‘Senile’ Demagoguery
The Nebraska senator also took aim at the Democratic voting bills in question and made the case for reforming the Electoral Count Act.

Ultimate Agglomeration Diseconomy: The Standard of Living

January 14
Plenty of Waste at the Pentagon, but America’s Big Fiscal Problem Is Domestic Spending