Clearing the Tabs October 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 October 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.

October 1

Bowling Alone at Twenty

Missing Middle Housing — Book Review

Wise Up Alarmists, Tax Avoidance Is a Tax Cut for Everyone

October 2

Woodson Center 1776 Project

Congress Extends Pork Another Year

Poor City, Rich Suburb: A Defining Characteristic of the Rust Belt

George Melloan, a Giant at the Wall Street Journal, Has Died

October 3

Milton Friedman on Spending

October 4

Pennsylvania manufacturer thrives, if only it can find good workers

The Virus Reopened America’s Wounds—and Poured Salt in Them
This is no great equalizer. Rather, the health impact and the economic impact are hitting the most vulnerable the hardest.

The Truth About Critical Race Theory
Trump is right. Training sessions for government employees amounted to political indoctrination.

Meet the suburban women who may yet win the election for Trump

October 5
Trusting God, Not Government, for Upward Mobility

October 7
Joe Biden Is the Shutdown Candidate
The Democratic party’s bias for economic and social shutdowns has not changed since March.

October 8

Reading Too Much Political News Is Bad for Your Well-Being
Obsessing over politics could hurt your happiness and your relationships.

October 9
Wenstrup Underscores the Need to Follow Science, Not Rhetoric, in the Fight Against COVID-19

October 11
Will the Cultural Revolution Be Canceled?
The challenge to our civilization is real, but most Americans aren’t sympathetic to social radicalism.

October 13
How US gas exports to Europe are undermining Vladimir Putin

October 14
Joe Biden’s Tired Old Infrastructure Plan

On Selecting Mike Pence

For the first time since he won the nomination, I have a reason to be excited about Donald Trump's candidacy. I like the choice of Governor Pence.

Governor Pence was interviewed in 2014 by Ripon Forum, and in response to a question, he stated this:

"We Republicans need to offer a positive alternative to the failed policies of President Obama and the Democrats. We need to be “solutions conservatives.” We need to showcase constructive solutions that will lead to more economic opportunity and upward mobility for everyone. This includes fixing our broken tax code, reforming health care in a way that lowers costs and gives families greater ownership of their healthcare choices, reducing job-killing regulations and changing our safety net programs in ways that truly help people move up out of poverty."

Any reader of mine knows that this is the kind of thinking that I can get behind. In fact, I have been of this line of thinking for years now. As a Jack Kemp - Paul Ryan conservative, this statement by Governor Pence could be a sort of mission statement. Much of what Governor Pence's statement is about, is already covered in the recent "Better Way" proposals laid out by Speaker Paul Ryan, Ways & Means Chairman Kevin Brady, and the House Republicans,

All this said, in Texas, Trump is a sure thing, so I will be writing in Paul Ryan in November anyway, but today's choice is a great reason to get behind the Republican ticket and get it across the finish line in November.