Clearing the Tabs January 31, 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 February 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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January 16
The Great Dumbing Down of American Education
Our road to mediocrity needs to be reversed—and fast.

Europe faces green energy immiseration. Trump is about to offer it a lifeline
Green ideology is deindustrialising the UK and the Continent. America is embracing a more abundant future

January 21
Minorities Voted For Trump, Trump Owes Them Prosperous Policy

January 22
How governable is Los Angeles?

Economies Are People, And The Capacity For People To Grow Is Limitless

January 24
These Mayors Understand How to Run a City
Armed with common sense policies, three urban leaders are fighting a patient battle against chaos.

January 26

LA fires extinguish Gavin Newsom’s presidential dream

January 30

Trump’s assault on DEI will bring us closer to a post-racial America

The biggest winners from an end to racial identity politics will be ethnic minorities themselves

Clearing the Tabs October 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 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 3
Kamalafornia Über Alles

October 6
Sweden Proves Khaldun-Laffer Right

October 10
Kamala Harris is hiding the awful truth about her real plan for America
Voters may be about to get a nasty surprise, as progressives conceal their unpopular views to win power

October 13
California’s latest excuse for bungling affordable housing and homelessness: “We don’t know what we’re doing”

October 14

The Dangers of Price Controls

October 15
Western nations cripple their economies with green initiatives while China and others laugh
Despite massive subsidies and world forums, green power still only represents one-fifth of global energy

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, 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 November 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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October 18
Ohio and the battle for populist America
Trump and Biden are both liabilities here

October 25
Finding Third Places Across America

October 30
The real American divide
Most Americans are moderate and pragmatic, but politics is dominated by cranks.

October 31
Biden, Trudeau choose green war on oil and gas over working class
In the U.S. midterm elections, green obsessions could help the Republicans beat even attractive Democratic candidates

Clearing the Tabs September 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 September 30. 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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September 1

Electric Car Mandates: The Latest Frontier in the Elites' War on the Middle Class

From Sri Lanka to Salinas
Will California - and the Nation - Learn Anything from Sri Lanka's Green Apocalypse?

Pandemic Reversal?

September 4

Can space save Earth?

ESG and Corporate Totalitarianism

September 6

Is the Automobile Industry Being Mandated Toward a Death Spiral?

September 7
Class Homicide
Massive inequality and the rise of a new feudal system have nearly destroyed the chances of social mobility.

September 10
The fall of Los Angeles
The ‘progressive’ elites have run the city of the future into the dirt.

September 12
Washington DC’s Energy Colonialism

Clearing the Tabs August 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 August 31. 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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August 1

Free Trade’s Heavy Cost
How globalization became sinicization

Irvine: A National Role Model

August 4
The biggest threat to the CHIPS Act? The Green Left
Environmental policies could undermine Biden's domestic agenda

August 5
The Importance of Fare Enforcement

August 6
Why suburbia will decide the future
As millions of Americans migrate to the suburbs, a huge political shift is underway.

August 7
The What and Why of Mentoring

August 8
The Democrats' New Climate Bill Abandons Green Zealotry—For Reason

August 9
Newsom is like Biden

August 11
Tim Allen Loves It Here, and He's Always Happy To Show It

To Get Out of Your Head, Get Out of Your House
Spending time in nature can help relieve stress and anxiety.

Americans mourn the dead in Afghanistan, even as the media move on

August 15
The Great Barrier Reef Is Doing Great; People Should Know

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Clearing the Tabs July 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 August 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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July 16
Local messages, not partisan propaganda, will win over voters

July 19
Why America needs churches

Gavin Newsom won’t save the Democrats
Reality will catch up with America's Great White Hope

July 20

The Case for Entitlement Reform

How Do We Cure Poverty Worldwide?

Google: whatever happened to ‘Don’t be evil’?
The Big Tech giants are behaving like neo-feudal overlords.

July 27
Green Dreams, Inflationary Realities
We must find ways to combat climate change without incurring devastating inflation, greater class division, the immiseration of the middle class, and the destitution of the poor.

July 29
Transit’s Existential Crisis

July 31
Why Cities Are Important to the Church’s Mission

Clearing the Tabs June 30, 2020

Some things I've read so far in the second half of this month, or will be reading soon. It appears that 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.

June 16
The disparate impact of California climate policies

June 18
The Green Civil War

June 19
MLB players still owe us one for the disgrace of 1994



June 22
Feudalism and Stagnation in South Africa

Our Politics Will Improve When We Turn Off Our Phones

June 23
The Father of Capitalism and the Abolition of Slavery

June 25
America’s Next Crisis: Unfunded Pensions for State and Local Bureaucrats

CHAZ, Christiania, and the Autonomous Zones We Really Need

June 28
The Adverse Economic Consequences of Higher Tax Rates

June 29
On Behalf Of Environmentalists, I Apologize For The Climate Scare

Encouraging Human Dignity, Creativity & Flourishing

The Downwardly Mobile: How Some People Lose Class Privilege

June 30
Ending Obamacare Won't End Health Care Coverage

Clearing the Tabs January 2020

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

January 9
Against Tribal America
Racialism, from any side of the political spectrum, is a recipe for disaster.

January 27
Nobody Wants to Leave Houston!

January 28
Hypocrites preaching Green

FDA to Purell: Stop claiming your hand sanitizers eliminate Ebola and the flu

January 30
CBO report shows Washington in denial over entitlements

January 31
The American Dream Is Alive and Well
Don’t listen to the populist naysayers: The U.S. economy continues to deliver jobs, higher wages and upward mobility for those who need it most.

Clearing the Tabs 2-22-2019

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

February 16
America’s role model should be America

February 17
Cities Point the Way in Promoting Opportunity and Reducing Poverty

February 18
The dark side of Green technology

Cheer up. Despite national gloom, we're actually pretty happy with our lives and neighbors.

February 19
Health Care and Opportunity Zones: The Game Begins

"Of the 8,762 census tracts across the county that have been designated as Opportunity Zones, 2,905 (33%) either contain a hospital or are ½ a mile from a hospital."

I found Alan Alda's conversation with Stephen Fry completely interesting:


February 20
New York’s Slow-Motion Fiscal Suicide

February 21
Arthur Brooks has a new podcast episode this week that is off the beaten path and completely worth your time:


February 22
Curing Blindness is Just the Beginning

America’s oligarchs face left-wing, right-wing backlash