Clearing the Tabs May 15, 2025

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. 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 1
The Changing Politics of Oligarchy
Liberal democracies need to restore a climate of entrepreneurial opportunity and competition.

May 2
Bad news for America doomers
Europeans wish-cast US decline

May 5
Chinese influence is leaving California dangerously exposed

Clearing the Tabs March 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 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 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

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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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 7-15-2020

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 July 31 as well.

July 1
The future still lies in coal, oil, and nuclear

Triumph of the Oligarchs

July 4
What We Celebrate on the Fourth of July: Calvin Coolidge on the Declaration of Independence

July 5
Urban Blues
The fashionable radicalism now popular in progressive cities will ultimately fail and, in the process, hurt working people and minorities the most

July 6
How to expose and counter China's increasing aggression

July 7
Quest for Revolutionary Community

Behind the Rise of Postmodern Conservatism

Hollingsworth Praises Efforts to Stabilize the Economy, but Cautions Against Federal Overreach

July 11
The free market: Our secret weapon for protecting the environment

July 13
On Jack Kemp's Birthday, Remember How He Made America Great Again

Tax Cuts Trigger Dopey Liberals, California Triggers Conservatives

July 14

The 1619 Project, a deeply flawed document

July 15
The Hong Kong Banana Republic
China cancels elections after a landslide pro-democracy victory.

Why We Can Be “Cautiously Optimistic” About the Economy

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Clearing the Tabs December 2019

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

December 3
How Poverty Ends
The Many Paths to Progress—and Why They Might Not Continue

An 'Easy' Way to Cut $640 Billion from the Federal Budget

December 4
It’s unclear if higher education needs more public funding

December 5
Australia’s China Syndrome
Increasing dependence on Beijing imperils the nation’s future.

December 11
The Person Of The Year Is Not Greta Thunberg. It’s The Hong Kong Protester

December 30
Shale's Credit Struggles a Reminder of Fed's Inconsequential Nature

December 31
Even If They Do 'End the Fed', Little to Nothing Will Change

Clearing the Tabs 3-8-2019

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

March 2
The Imperial Presidency

March 4
Brady, Arrington & Estes Point to Trade as Key Issue for Country this Year

“If we’re able to have a fair deal with China, then the future is much brighter for the next generation of farmers and ranchers.”

March 5
Yet Another Bogus Claim: Medicare for All Boosts Economic Growth

March 6
Taking on Addiction

Some Towns Are Trashing Their Costly, Inefficient Recycling Programs
The market seems to be sending towns and cities a powerful message that there is no need to recycle all the things all the time.

Clearing the Tabs 2-1-2019

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

January 26
No, Trump Should Not Be Given Increased Trade Authority

Americans would suffer from an escalating trade war.

January 28
How much revenue would the 70 percent tax rate on millionaires raise? It depends.

January 29
The Evidence-Based Case for Free Trade

Well, of Course the Number of Uninsured Is Rising

January 31
Make the Moral Case for Capitalism

February 1
Trump, Xi, Trade, and the Need for a Second Stage of Pro-Market Economic Reform in China