Clearing the Tabs Aril 15, 2026

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 have broken this month into two parts again, expect a post on April 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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April 3
The Laffer Curve and Limits to Class Warfare Tax Policy, Part II

April 6

Why Californians Are Leaving
And what Gavin Newsom is spending $19M to hide

April 13
California's Aging Population Will Cripple Its Economy
The state's loss of economic productivity from out-migration of Millennials won't be helped by moves that incentivize Boomers to stay.

April 14

UK Economist Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: High Energy Prices are ‘Good for the Climate’

April 15
West Virginia Was Ravaged by the Opioid Crisis. Things Are Finally Turning Around

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 August 15, 2021

August 3

NYC’s new vaccine policy erases kids from public life

August 5
Proper Lockdown History Will Accentuate Left-Wing Disdain for Poor

August 7
Promoting Upward Mobility Is a Better Goal than Pushing Class Warfare in Hopes of Reducing Inequality

Comparing the world before 1900 to today

Taking Tax Breaks with a Grain of SALT
A Federalist Case for State and Local Deductions

August 8
Modern Economics: Mystical Academics Critiquing Mystical Academics

In South Dakota, the road signs lead to the Wall

Why G. K. Chesterton Liked America

August 10
Why I Am Not A Progressive
And Why, From Climate Change to Homelessness, Liberal People Are Giving Up

August 12

Mitch Daniels, risk-taker

The working poor need workhorse vehicles