Clearing the Tabs December 31, 2023

Happy New Year . . . tomorrow.

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
Climate bookshelf 2023

December 18
Joe Biden’s Democrat rivals are even worse than him
The party has an array of mediocrities to choose from

December 21
Silicon Valley Transit Plan

December 23
The road to autocracy
The woke left, the reactionary right and the corporate oligarchy are all dragging us towards tyranny.

December 26
Pandemic Migration Patterns Continue

December 28
America is unprepared to fight a war on three fronts
The democratic world is sleepwalking once again towards military disaster

December 31
A young mayors quixotic origins to run to save his dying Rust Belt city ends on the rare high note

Clearing the Tabs December 15, 2023

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 as well.

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December 5
Is Gen Z turning against Western civilisation?
Youngsters are losing faith in freedom and democracy.

December 7
Joe Biden should listen to Republicans on the border crisis
The President is passing up a political victory

The New Green Feudalism

December 12
What If No One Wants to Buy U.S. Debt?

The West has been the real loser at COP28
Handouts for the world and cuts back home – there's little for the rich North to celebrate

December 13
Multi-culti Reckoning

Clearing the Tabs November 30, 2023

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. 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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November 17
Xi Jinping emerges as the winner from San Francisco
The Chinese premier has the West right where he wants it

November 19
At 160 The Gettysburg Address Meaning Endures

November 24
The West cannot accept Gazan refugees

Unconstrained mass migration from dangerous regions would be disastrous for America

November 26
The place that made the president who made modern America

November 27

Letting Go of Nostalgia Urbanism

Will Reducing Parking Save the Planet?

November 30

Why Can't We Have a Populism That Builds?

El Salvador's Nayib Bukele, a darling of the American right, markets himself very differently from American populists.

The West is turning away from COP28’s green agenda
The middle and working classes are tiring of draconian climate policies

Clearing the Tabs November 15, 2023

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. 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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November 2

The Republicans Were Much, Much Better When They Were the Party of the Rich

Spending Recklessly in Good Times Is a Recipe for Disaster in Bad Times
Years ago, when interest rates were low, calls for the federal government to exercise fiscal restraint were dismissed. That was unwise.

November 5
Is the West ready for World War 3?
Even as geopolitical tensions rise, Western elites are still sabotaging our industries and energy security.

November 6
Democrats should think twice about Gavin Newsom
The Governor combines the worst of progressive and establishment politics

November 7
Is The EV Revolution Still Happening?

November 9
Europe Is Burning
The only lessons the Old World offers to America these days are cautionary.

November 10
Recycling in America: A Golden Ideal or a Tarnished Reality?
Unpacking the Cost and Consequence of America's Approach

November 13

No Amount of Money Is Too Much

Clearing the Tabs October 31, 2023

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. 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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October 23
HSR: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone

October 25
Samuel Huntington was right — cultural and religious clashes are driving war today
Political scientist's 1996 book foresaw conflicts like those currently underway in the Mideast and Ukraine

October 27
Government Spending Is An Affect of Growth, Never An Instigator

October 29
In a Small Town the first Black & Female Mayor Governs Pragmatically not on Identity

Clearing the Tabs October 15, 2023

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. 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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October 2
Liz Truss Demands Tax Cuts at Pro-Growth Rally

About that old Gallup poll
How many Americans would still want to live this new way?

The dangerous delusion of a global transition to “just electricity”

October 3
Implications of Shifts in Commuting

October 6
"New" Cities? An Old Idea

October 8
The Link Between Spending Restraint and Good Tax Policy

October 9
A Growth Agenda for the Developing World

What are economies for?

October 12
Are Electric Vehicles a Fire Danger?
Recent fire in UK airport parking lot highlights the thermal runaway fire potential of EV batteries.

Clearing the Tabs September 30, 2023

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. 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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September 21
The Fateful Nineties

September 22
Blue-collar workers are our only hope
Automation will turn us all into serfs

September 23
What the billionaires planning a new Bay Area city can teach us about California housing

September 25
Russia and China Dominating the Race for Nuclear Electricity Generation

September 26
The Economic Damage of Subsidized Unemployment

September 30
Catastrophizing every weather event is the new normal of climate alarmists.
The 7 inches of rain that fell in NYC is not evidence of climate change... nor was the 8 inches that fell in 1882 at ~290ppm of atmospheric CO2.

Clearing the Tabs September 15, 2023

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. 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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September 1
America’s blue states are faring worst under Joe Biden
Will the President be punished at the ballot box?

September 3
The new age of agitprop
The mainstream media have abandoned the pursuit of objectivity and truth.

September 5

I Left Out the Full Truth to Get My Climate Change Paper Published
I just got published in Nature because I stuck to a narrative I knew the editors would like. That’s not the way science should work.

Building Counter-Institutions
Building durable new institutions in a corrosive environment requires a dangerous embedding of counter-mainstream DNA.

September 7
Sen. Marco Rubio's Report on the Working (and Non-Working) Man
A new report from Sen. Rubio provides recommendations on men and work that make eminent sense.

September 8

Understanding Washington’s Spending Problem

Budget Deficits Don't Power Economic Growth, They're a Consequence of It

September 12
Mandating EVs while discouraging mining is a recipe for disaster
The current policy is devastating our economy, enriching our enemies and making middle-class life less affordable

September 14
History Matters
A restoration of history, in all its complexity, is critical to escaping the polarized, rigid, and often insane political environment we now inhabit.

What happened to the great West Coast cities?
Never before have all the burgeoning metropolises of the future started to shrink

September 15
Make America California
The neo-feudal Newsom model has been a disaster.

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Clearing the Tabs August 31, 2023

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. 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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August 18

Adaptation Is The Answer

August 20
The death of the great American city
The flight of office workers to the hinterlands will have profound effects on society.

August 28
Absolutism In Climate Policies Is A Vice

August 29
Donald Trump (aka 'Tariff Man') Wants to Increase Your Taxes

August 30
The Bizarre Economics of 'Tax Expenditures'

Clearing the Tabs August 15, 2023

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. 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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August 1
Unsold Electric Cars May Be Signaling a Death Spiral for the Auto Industry
Endless government subsidies to encourage EV sales seems unable to sway the logical thinking and the numerous concerns of the average citizens to buy into EV’s

August 2

Dear Sputla, stand up to NGO industrial complex, burn more coal

August 3

Don't Trade SALT for Broccoli

August 9
New Jersey Challenges New York’s Cordon Fee Plan

August 11
The fall of a great American city: The societal and political decay that has upended Pittsburgh

August 12
Report: How Will California Solve the Housing Crisis? (PDF)

August 13
The Power Of Power Density
Paul Krugman hypes renewables in the New York Times, but the Iron Law of Power Density won’t be repealed

August 14

Class, Nation, and the Future
The political realignment of America’s voting blocs is still in flux.

August 15
Richard Bilkszto won't be the last victim of the diversity-industrial complex
The grievance agenda seeks to divide society into victims and oppressors, but does a disservice to those it is ostensibly intending to help

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Clearing the Tabs July 31, 2023

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. 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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July 17
The Great Correction, between choosing a trade or higher education, is in motion

July 18
“Green” Jobs At Ford And GM Will Cost Taxpayers As Much As $7.7 Million Each
The automakers are getting billions under the Inflation Reduction Act to build EVs. The UAW is not amused.

July 19
Woe, the Humanity: How AI Fits Into Broadly Rising Anti-Humanism

July 20

Why globalism failed
Technocracy, climate alarmism and identity politics are sowing the seeds of Western decline.

July 27
Amtrak Carried 86% of Pre-Pandemic PM in May

July 29
Cobalt Slavery, Child Labor, Ecological Destruction and Death

July 30
California: No Growth to 2060 per State Projections

Climate Change Obsession Is a Real Mental Disorder
Alarmist stories about the weather, not the warm air itself, are behind the left’s anxiety and dread.

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Clearing the Tabs July 15, 2023

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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. 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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July 2

Kill Off the Old City so New Cities Can Be Born
Urban centers are being hollowed out while their peripheries are booming. This is the emerging shape of the American city.

July 3
Gen Z Moving Out of Cities

This rush to electric cars is a colossal mistake
Only China and the rich will benefit from this hasty transition to an all-electric future.

July 6

Urban sprawl, the environmentally friendly answer to expensive housing
The rise of remote work offers a family friendly way to cut emissions

July 11
Retirement Is Changing Much Faster Than Analysis of It

July 11
Carbon Myopia
On a planet where more than 3 billion people are living in energy poverty, America’s CO2 emissions are fading in importance

July 12

Gavin Newsom: the President nobody needs
Delusional Democrats should spend a week in California

July 13
Localist Living in a Shrinking Age

July 15

The new corporatism that’s killing capitalism
Big business is getting bigger. That’s bad news for all of us

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Clearing the Tabs June 30, 2023

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 17
Fox Severed Ties With Tucker Carlson Because Fox Is the Star

The weather isn’t ‘climate change’

June 18

Laurence Jones raised $52 at his own lynching. Why don’t you know who he is?

California’s emissions regulatory death spiral

June 20
An Empowered IRS Implies the Funding of Force at the Expense of Choice

Solving the Global Housing Crisis
The worldwide lack of affordable housing can only be resolved politically.

June 21
The rise of the liberal apostate
They are far more compelling than the likes of DeSantis

To reduce costs, California also needs to build new suburbs

June 23
The Most Important Decision in Life

Let Them Eat Solar Panels
Ex-Im’s $900 million loan for a solar project in Angola is green colonialism

Fire Frenzy: Setting the Record Straight on the Canadian Fires

June 25
Finding grace and hope in W.Va. coal country, where others see only decay

Next Up For Suburban Urbanism

June 27
Ford Latest Automaker to Institute Layoffs amid Electric-Vehicle Push: Report

25 Years Ago Today, Adrian Beltre Went From San Antonio to Los Angeles

Adrian Beltre at-bat in San Antonio in 1998. (Photo taken by Steve Parkhurst)

June 23, 2023

By Steve Parkhurst

Twenty-five years ago tonight, June 23, 1998, then Dodgers prospect Adrian Beltre made the improbable one-way trip from AA San Antonio to the big club in Los Angeles.

The next night, the steady march to Cooperstown for Beltre began in Dodger Stadium. Beltre hit the first pitch he saw as a major leaguer into left field for a double and an RBI. Beltre added another base hit that night in the Dodgers 6–5 win over the Angels.

Just 19 years old, but at the time everyone around baseball thought he was 20. Even at 19, he was a young 19, having just celebrated a birthday in early April. Beltre was the first Dodger to make the leap from AA to LA since Mariano Duncan did the same in 1985.

Beltre only played 64 games with the San Antonio Missions, but that limited sample size left an impression as he hit .321 with 13 home runs, 56 RBI, 21 doubles, and 20 stolen bases.

Before heading to Los Angeles, there was the matter of the game to be played that night in El Paso. In the case of Beltre, he did not play in that final game, though he stayed with the team until the final out.

Why Beltre did not play in that final game with San Antonio is a story for another day.

Well before the game, Missions manager Ron Roenicke was on the phone with new Dodgers General Manager Tommy Lasorda. Lasorda was telling Roenicke he wanted Beltre in Los Angeles, if he was healthy. Beltre missed 20 games during his AA stint, 10 days for an injury to the left ankle followed by 10 days for an injury to the right ankle.

There was a back and forth between the two men on the telephone. Beltre’s talent was not among the topics being debated.

As would be expected, what Lasorda wanted and what the Dodgers needed won out.

Ron Roenicke called Beltre into his office in El Paso’s Cohen Stadium. Hitting Coach Lance Parrish was in the office as well. Beltre had a bit of a dour look on his face, the result of something else in the works at the time. However, the news Beltre heard about the phone call with Lasorda quickly put the classic Beltre smile across his face.

Naysayers wondered aloud if it was too early or too soon to bring Beltre to the show.

In the immediacy of the moment, Jon Pont, the hitting coach for the El Paso Diablos was quote by Shana Newell for the El Paso Times, “He’s probably far and away the best defensive player at any position — ever.” Pont continued, “There are only two guys that I’ve seen at their position, that are as good as Beltre defensively — J.T. Snow and Todd Landry. Those are the type of guys who win you games with their gloves.”

Lasorda was always an advocate for Beltre. Shortly after Beltre’s promotion to Los Angeles, Earl Bloom quoted Lasorda in the Orange County Register, “If you bring them up and they do the job, do you still say it’s too early?”

Ralph Avila, who at the time oversaw the Dodgers’ Dominican Republic operations and was also one of the scouts who encouraged the Dodgers to sign Beltre in 1994, was quoted by Robert Kuwada for the Orange County Register, “If we didn’t think he was ready, he wouldn’t be here.” Avila added, “The reason he’s here is because we think he’s ready to be here.”

Fortunately, the confidence expressed by Dodgers leadership matched that of the principal: Adrian Beltre had no doubts at all about his ability to play at the highest level, but that it was the right time to test his assumption.

“I feel ready to play here, mentally and physically,” Kuwada quoted Beltre as saying at the time.

On his way out of town 25 years ago tonight, Beltre was quoted by Newell about how he did not want to be one of those players who got promoted to the big leagues only to be sent down soon thereafter for more seasoning.

“When I make it there, I want to stay there.”

Beltre stayed.

The potential first-year Hall of Fame inductee in 2024, retired from the game after the 2018 season having put the finishing touches on a career that spanned 21 seasons.

Beltre will stay in Cooperstown as well. Forever.

Steve Parkhurst is the author of a forthcoming biography about Adrian Beltre to be released in the fall of 2024.

Clearing the Tabs June 15, 2023

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 1
Blowback!
Big Wind's getting spiked from Iowa to Ireland; Renewable Rejection Database tally hits 523.

June 6
Publication Day!

June 8
Danielle Smith's pro-growth rebellion a sign of things to come
Canada and the U.S. are witnessing an increasingly stark divide between advocates of degrowth and financial prosperity

June 9
The greatest generational conflict
Youth alienation isn't confined to the West

No U
The nuclear renaissance needs dozens of tons of nuclear fuel. We don’t have it.

June 13
Climate Activism—Not Climate Change—Is the Real Racist Force. Africans Deserve Electricity

June 14

Over $400 Billion in COVID Aid Was Stolen or Wasted
A new Associated Press analysis of government data suggests 10 percent of all COVID aid was lost to fraud or theft. That figure will likely grow.

The U.S. Tax Rate on Capital is Rising

June 15

Myth of Big Oil’s Funding of Climate Scepticism vs Reality of Big Green’s Billions Driving Climate Alarmism

Clearing the Tabs May 31, 2023

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. 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 16
The Debt Ceiling Is a Total Non-Story, But What Led To It Isn't

May 17
By Failing to Promote Safety, America’s Older Cities are Failing to Build Community

May 18
Important Investigative Twitter Thread

May 20

The EPA's China Syndrome
Its EV rule will fuel China’s monopoly over NdFeB magnets.

May 22
Women have won the 'war between the sexes,' but at what cost?
Current trends portend not a feminist paradise, but a dysfunctional society where men and women are increasingly indifferent or at odds with each other

May 23

The Governor’s Gambit
Gavin Newsom seeks to restore some economic and social order in California — but the Golden State may have none of it.

Biden Administration's Environmental Injustices

May 24

Surprise! Recycling ruined the environment…

Can California Be Saved?
Though the state retains great advantages, bad policies accelerate its decline.

May 30
VMT Rears Its Ugly Head Again
Congestion Pricing, Anyone?

Clearing the Tabs May 15, 2023

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May 2
A New Rideshare Business Model

May 3
Ford Is Losing $66,446 On Every EV It Sells
And FoMoCo isn’t making up for it in volume.

May 4

Bravery and Bluster on the F Train

Leo Tolstoy the Free Thinker: Yet Another 'New' Look at 'War and Peace

May 5
The 5.6% 'Loss of Income' Narrative Is Almost As Dumb As the Lockdowns That Preceded It

May 6
The Great Bret Stephens Unfairly Marginalizes Opposition to U.S. Involvement In Ukraine

May 7
In New World of Trade Diplomacy, Free Trade and Tariffs Take a Back Seat
As economic and political tides turn against sweeping trade deals, governments turn to narrower, less controversial pacts

Understanding Neighborhoods and Architecture as Foundation of Understanding Preservation

May 8
The harshest American divide
Race and class distract from a greater cleavage

May 9
The twilight of the Anglosphere
The English-speaking world has turned its back on meritocracy, liberty and economic progress.

May 11
We Can’t Talk About Fixing Loneliness without Talking About Neighborhoods

May 14

The Rent Portion of CPI Is a Reminder of Its Impressive Pointlessness

Clearing the Tabs April 30, 2023

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April 19
The end of the Silicon Valley dream
How the home of big tech lost its way

April 24
The inhumanity of the green agenda
The ‘sustainability’ regime is impoverishing the world.

April 26
Wisconsin Town Fights Big Solar (And Climate Corporatism)
Chicago-based Invenergy wants to cover about seven square miles of the tiny town of Christiana with solar panels. The town and local residents are suing to stop it.

April 27
How Not to Revitalize Downtown

Clearing the Tabs April 15, 2023

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April 1
From Broken Windows to Jumping Turnstiles

April 3

Race and State
The emerging racial state promises no real progress for most minorities while deepening ethnic divides and undermining the basis for democratic self-rule.

April 10
The depopulation bomb
Worldwide demographic decline will soon pose a serious challenge for humanity.

April 12
Rescuing Ireland won’t save Biden
The only Democratic future is post-woke

April 13
Restaurant Revolution
California’s entrepreneurial spirit remains alive in an innovative, immigrant-led food culture—but Sacramento threatens to snuff it out.

Clearing the Tabs March 31, 2023

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March 16
Make a To-Don’t List
When you’re feeling stuck, focusing on the things you hate can help.

The rich are eating themselves
The oligarchs are playing a dangerous game by pouring trillions into woke causes.

March 17
The Spark That Lit the Gas Stove Debate
Yet Again, California is at the Front of the Stupid Line

March 21

Modern Monetary Theory, RIP

Ex-Urbia
The post-urban future of cities.

March 23
How They Convinced Trump to Lock Down

March 29

Trump's Tariffs Swelled the Swamp

March 30

Tariffs: The Most Insidious Tax of All

March 31
Coasts Create Banking Crisis, Flyover Country Pays the Price

I don't know about you, but I kind of want to go watch this guy eat an entire rotisserie chicken.

Clearing the Tabs March 15, 2023

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March 2
Childish Beliefs Drive Lethal Energy and Agricultural Agendas

March 3

A neo-feudal war on the people
The elites are steadily impoverishing the working and middle classes.

On the Need to Touch Grass

What happens when an entire generation loses itself in a world of abstractions?

Energy Colonialism Will Worsen the Urban-Rural Divide
The green dreams of urbanites spark outrage in rural areas.

March 4
With the ‘expert’ COVID view blown up, green terror must be next

March 6
Un libro y el HOF para Adrian Beltré

March 9
Nostalgia Is a Shield Against Unhappiness
Happy memories have a uniquely protective power against a sad present.

The ghost of Ancient Rome haunts America
Its great cities are on the path to decay

Environmentalists Are China's Useful Idiots

The 15 Minute City: An Idiotic Dream

‘Seinfeld’ Showed Me How We Got Here and Why I Don’t Care

March 13
Canada and the U.S. are not systemically racist — and the numbers prove it
Despite a push to heap shame on our countries, North America has been breaking down racial barriers and serves as a beacon to the world

Juan Vene Responds to Request About Adrian Beltre and the Hall of Fame

Juan Vene, a baseball Hall of Fame voter, wrote this recently. The original is in Spanish, and the English version below it is automated and not by me or any other human.

Coral Gables, Florida (VIP WIRE). El capitaleño dominicano Adrian Beltré, debe ser elevado al Hall de la Fama de Cooperstown en su primer intento, el año próximo, cuando ya habrá cumplido sus 45 años el siete de abril.

Por eso el compañero periodista de Houston, Steve Parkhurst, está preparando un libro acerca Adrian, su gloriosa vida deportiva de 21 temporadas con Dodgers, Marineros, Medias Rojas y Rangers, y sus extraordinarios 24 años de casado con Sandra quien ha traído a este mundo a tres críaturas.

Parkhurst me preguntó si yo iba votar por Beltré, y si podía usar mi respuesta en su obra. Por supuesto que la respuesta fueron dos veces si.

Nadie mejor que Adrian Beltré en tercera base, entre 1998 y 2018. Tan bueno fue, que los Dodgers en todas sus emergencias, lo utilizaban como shortstop y en segunda base. Y al bate, disparó tres mil 166 incogibles, de los cuales 477 fueron jonrones, con mil 707 carreras impulsadas, para promedio de 286.

Y todavía le quedó tiempo para robar 121 bases en 163 salidas.

Tres veces llevaron a Beltré a Juegos de Estrellas, ganó cuatro Bates de Plata y quedó líder jonronero de la Liga Nacional en 2004.

Con notable precaución, Parkhurst me preguntó si yo iba a dejar pasar uno o más años para después votar por Adrian, como se suele hacer en algunas oportunidades, cuando se considera que el candidato merece el nicho en Cooperstown, pero no en el primero o los primeros intentos.

Otro si. Votaré por Adrian Beltré para que sea elevado en 2024.

El libro será puesto a la venta, inmediatamente que Beltré sea elevado al Hall de la Fama, sea cuando sea.

En 2024, Adrian Beltré será el indiscutible líder entre los candidatos. Otros que serán nuevos en la planilla de votación, serán, Joe Mauer, Chase Utley, David Wright, Matt Holliday y un quisqueyano más, José Bautista.

Dos días después que Adrián Beltré anunció su retiro, me lo encontré en un restaurant, comiendo con su esposa Sandra. Lógicamente, le pregunté cómo se sentía al dejar su profesión.

"¡Muy bien!" recalcó, "¡muy bien!. Creo haber cumplido a cabalidad con mis obligaciones de darlo todo por los espectadores, por el beisbol y por mi equipo. Fue lo que siempre traté de lograr. Me siento muy bien con un hogar feliz, una esposa adorable y valiosos herederos".

Y en 2024, Adrian disfrutará de otros dos motivos de felicidad, su lugar en Cooperstown y el libro de Steve Parkhurst.

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto, incluso un lector como tú.

jbeisbol5@aol.com

@juanvene5

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Coral Gables, Fla. (VIP WIRE). Adrian Beltré, from the Dominican capital, should be elevated to the Cooperstown Hall of Fame in his first attempt, next year, when he will already have turned 45 on April 7.

Which is why fellow Houston journalist Steve Parkhurst is putting together a book about Adrian, his glorious sports life of 21 seasons with Dodgers, Mariners, Red Sox and Rangers, and his extraordinary 24 years married to Sandra whom he has brought into this world. to three babies.

Parkhurst asked me if I was going to vote for Beltre, and if he could use my answer in his play. Of course the answer was twice yes.

No one better than Adrian Beltré at third base, between 1998 and 2018. He was so good that the Dodgers used him as shortstop and second base in all their emergencies. And at bat, he shot 3,166 hits, of which 477 were home runs, with 1,707 RBIs, for an average of 286.

And he still had time to steal 121 bases in 163 starts.

Beltre was an All-Star three times, won four Silver Sluggers and led the National League home run in 2004.

With remarkable caution, Parkhurst asked me if I was going to let a year or more go by and then vote for Adrian, as is sometimes done when the candidate is judged deserving of the niche in Cooperstown, but not in the first or second. first attempts.

Another yes. I will vote for Adrian Beltré to be elevated in 2024.

The book will be released immediately after Beltre is inducted into the Hall of Fame, whenever that is.

In 2024, Adrian Beltré will be the undisputed leader among the candidates. Others who will be new to the voting list will be Joe Mauer, Chase Utley, David Wright, Matt Holliday and one more Dominican, José Bautista.

Two days after Adrián Beltré announced his retirement, I ran into him in a restaurant, eating with his wife Sandra. Naturally, I asked him how he felt about leaving his profession.

"Very good!" He stressed, "Very good! I think I have fully complied with my obligations to give everything for the spectators, for baseball and for my team. It was what I always tried to achieve. I feel very good with a happy home, a wife adorable and valuable heirs".

And in 2024, Adrian will enjoy two other reasons for happiness, his place in Cooperstown and Steve Parkhurst's book.

Thanks to life that has given me so much, even a reader like you.

jbeisbol5@aol.com

@juanvene5

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