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Paul Krugman hypes renewables in the New York Times, but the Iron Law of Power Density won’t be repealed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