Clearing the Tabs February 15, 2024

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 29. 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
Joe Biden’s war on fossil fuels is hurting America
California should not be the President's energy model

February 8
'Decolonized' universities dividing Canadians

Higher education goes Medieval

February 11
Unhinged progressives are a gift to Trump

The woke zealotry of the Biden administration is turning vast numbers of Americans into reluctant Trumpers.

February 12
Biden’s climate change reparations will bankrupt America
The reparations regime will only aid the wealthy and privileged, not those most in need

February 14

Environmentalists Fail Again: Plastic Bag Ban Made Pollution Worse
So, of course, now they want to double down.

Florida’s One-Man Laffer Curve

Downtown San Francisco is beyond redemption

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 May 31, 2020

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

May 16
The Coronavirus Means Millennials Are More Screwed Than Ever
A generation that already expected not to do as well as their parents is likely to take an ever darker view in the midst of a pandemic.

Where Are the Tears for the Workers Who Make New York, New York City?

May 17
The new geography of America, post-coronavirus

May 18
Coronavirus, Federal Spending, and Media Innumeracy

Poverty, Not Income Inequality, Is Our Modern Problem

May 19
Did Social Justice Efforts Kill Thousands of New York Seniors?

Why John Paul II Believed National Identity Protected Human Freedoms

New York vs. Florida, Round #4

Podcast: Red Bull Is Disgusting. And It Perfectly Captures Why Capitalism Is So Great.
Ludwig von Mises is “my hero,” and free markets have nothing to do with efficiency, says Ogilvy ad man Rory Sutherland.


May 21
Who Will Answer for New York’s Nursing Home Catastrophe?

The Economic Consequences of Expanding Pay-as-You-Go Social Security Systems

Economists Are Expert at 'Crisply' Extending Economic Misery

May 22
Unsustainable America

May 25
The Coronavirus Is Also Spreading a Dark New Era of Neo-Feudalism
Rather than a catastrophe ruining lives, some modern day clerics see the pandemic and the lockdowns as a “test run” for their dreams of achieving “degrowth.”

May 28
Andrew Cuomo's deadly failures

Exposing the hoax

May 29
A New Age of Feudalism for the Working Class?
If too many of the American working class lack any hope of improving their condition, we could face dangerous upheaval in the near future.

May 30
Covid-19 Infection or Losing Your Job: Which Would You Prefer?