Thursday, October 31

Clearing the Tabs October 2019

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

October 1
Clarence Thomas and the Lost Constitution

October 4
Trump Administration Asks for Comments on Child Sex Trafficking in Foster Care System

October 6
The Old Can Share the Wealth, or the Young Will Take It From Them
Downward mobility is increasingly the norm in the United States, a country built on aspiration. It’s a problem worldwide, and a reason confidence in democracy has plummeted.

October 11
October 15
‘Medicare for All’ vs. a Better Medicare

October 21
Target Employees Won The 'Fight For $15' but Weren't Ready for the Trade-Offs
Workers say they've had their hours cut and lost other benefits, such as health insurance. If only someone could have predicted that.

October 22
Trump's Energy Department won't clean up the dishwasher industry's mess


October 25
Climate Stalinism
Today’s radical green movement demands submission to an elite governing class—and its views are entering the mainstream

October 27
In One Picture, Why Connecticut Is Going Downhill

October 29
How To Make the Case For School Choice

Tuesday, October 22

Correlation is not Causation

Not all heroes wear capes...

Saturday, October 19

Why Does Gasoline Cost What It Costs?

Wednesday, September 4

Outstanding Golfing Troll

I saw this on Instagram and it made me laugh. I do not know if the sign is real or just Photoshopped. If it is real, it is top-level advertising and trolling. If it is fake, well, it would be funny to see a golf course do this.


Saturday, August 31

Clearing the Tabs August 2019

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

August 2
Estonia Experiments with Higher Taxes, Learns a Lesson

August 3
The regression of America’s big progressive cities

August 4
Economic Illiteracy from the New York Times


August 24
Public schools should be places of learning, not propaganda
"Public schools need to focus not on ideology but on intelligent pragmatism. They should focus on both on improving reading and math scores and becoming reliable suppliers of talent to our local companies."

August 26
How the 1619 Project Rehabilitates the ‘King Cotton’ Thesis
My friend of nearly 20 years now, Phil Magness, continues to ruin theories of Leftists

August 31
The Recycling Folly
The bottom line is that most recycling programs impose a fiscal and personal cost on people for very meager environmental benefits.

Monday, August 19

Note for Parents with Kids Going Back to School

I am not saying grades are not important, but I saw this some time ago and I thought, "how much greater could we be if we measured kids in this way?"