Clearing the Tabs January 15, 2021

Happy New Year!

Here are 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 January 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.

May 2021 be the year of commerce.

— 𝔸𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕊𝕙𝕝𝕒𝕖𝕤 (@AmityShlaes) January 2, 2021

January 3

Can California stop Big Tech from decamping for cheaper places?

January 4

The Return of Reckless Keynesian Economic Policy

Beyond Economic Populism

January 5
Amazon Failed at Health Care Because It Wasn't a 'Disrupter'

What Biden's Rich Supporters Won't Tell Him About Taxes

January 10
The Lesson We Should Learn from 2020

Mind on Money: The American idea is superior to politics

January 11
Will 2021 Bring Positive Change for Working-Class People?

Seven New Books on Faith, Work & Economics

January 12
Is Civility Futile in the Face of Injustice?

The Missing Piece of the D.B. Cooper Story
Many saw flight attendant Tina Mucklow as the key to the mysterious skyjacking. But does her story hold the answers?

A New Localism Can Heal, Advance Flyover Country

The big ‘cancel’

January 13
Who Wants to Cut Taxes for the Rich? Democrats!

January 14
In the World of Business, 'Unimaginable Power' Doesn't Exist

Find the Place You Love. Then Move There.
If where you live isn’t truly your home, and you have the resources to make a change, it could do wonders for your happiness.

January 15
We must take a stand against the insurrectionists
If you are a principled centrist or principled conservative, now is not the time to remain silent.

When Pragmatic Politics Goes Bad: An Apology to the Never Trumpers
I have awakened on too many days with gratitude on my lips for the blessing of living in a peaceful, orderly, democratic, and free society to see such hard-won advances thrown away for political ambition. Those who realized our inheritance was at risk saw more clearly than I did.

The $25 Billion Theft

Clearing the Tabs December 31, 2020

Closing out 2020 with 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. Also, just because I share something on here does not mean I agree with it, but I think opposing ideas are good for the mind on occasion. I will be back in 2021, I hope you will be back as well.

December 16
Krugman’s Failed Attack on Reaganomics

December 19
Corporate Taxes and the Laffer Curve

December 20
The Pro-Growth Impact of Deregulation

December 21
Part I: Poverty Is a Problem, not Inequality

Peak Progressive?
A sliver of hope for California.

December 22
Part II: Poverty Is a Problem, not Inequality

December 23
Part III: Poverty Is a Problem, not Inequality

December 28
Our hopes for 2021 won't be fulfilled by a politician, but by us

Economic Growth and the “Size of the Pie”

December 29
Go Local to Get Something Done in America

December 31
2020 didn’t win — humanity, ingenuity and compassion prevailed

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Clearing the Tabs December 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 December 31 as well to close out 2020. 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.

December 1
Look to Orange County for how to turn California politics purple

Identity Politics Ushers in Guilt Without Vice, Innocence Without Virtue

December 2
A Cure Worse than the Disease

December 3
Walter Williams, 1936-2020

December 4
Why Trump’s America will live on
The Biden-led political restoration is an elite project. It offers nothing to the working class.

December 5
Conservative populism stronger than ever despite Trump’s election loss

Why the polls weren't as wrong as you think

December 7
The Big Thing That Trump Got Right and Biden Can’t Afford to Screw Up Again
Trump promised a boom that wouldn’t just help the rich and, until the pandemic, delivered on that promise.

How to Create a Conservative Elite in Touch with America

December 8
Donald Trump Is Not The Messiah

December 10
Time to Surrender on Entitlement Reform?

December 11
Nothing of the Sort
The media has seized on the idea that people choose to live in neighborhoods and towns full of others who think just like them. It’s a myth.

December 15
Flight of the Icons

Anti-business policies are driving flagship firms out of California.

Clearing the Tabs November 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. Also, just because I share something on here does not mean I agree with it, but I think opposing ideas are good for the mind on occasion.

November 16
Goldwater, Nixon, and WFB

November 19
Watching the Sausage Get Made

November 20
Media Banality Is a Covid Comorbidity
Deaths have nothing to do with Vietnam or jumbo jet crashes but with nature’s viral genetic lottery.

November 23
Corona-Absurdity Collides with California, New York, and Thanksgiving

The Original Thanksgiving Proclamation

November 25
France’s COVID Fail

Guilt Without Vice, Innocence Without Virtue
There is no shortage of memorable gems in this inviting and challenging book on the scourge of identity politics.

November 26
Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving proclamation provides comfort during challenging time

Gratitude: What We Owe to Our Country

America Isn't Falling Apart. It’s Still the Land of Opportunity.
These days, those opportunities are more often found in its suburbs and sprawl than in the cities that once defined it.

November 29
After 31 years, moving from a home is much more than leaving a structure

Clearing the Tabs November 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.

November 6

California and Its Contradictions
Rumblings of realignment beneath a solid-blue surface

November 7
Donald Trump lost the presidency because he refused to act like a president

November 8

In 2021 and Beyond, Will the GOP be a Reagan Party or a Trump Party?

November 11
The Real Winners

November 13
Biden's win is not a policy mandate — he should govern accordingly

November 14
The Grand New Party: Here’s What’s In Store For The Republican Party Without Trump At The Helm

November 15
Be Serious, There’s No Difference Between the Federal Reserve And Congress

Clearing the Tabs October 31, 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. Also, just because I share something on here does not mean I agree with it, but I think opposing ideas are good for the mind on occasion.

October 17
Provide students accurate history lessons

October 19
1619 – The Left’s final assault on America

Democratic Civil War
The three heads of the Democrat Hydra will soon start biting at each other.

October 20
You're Only an 'Expert' When You Agree

Rebooting and Rebuilding Public Transit

America After Covid: What Demographics Tell Us
Covid is sure to reshape our country in profound new ways, but, write famed demographers Wendell Cox and Joel Kotkin, the most powerful will be accelerating trends that were already underway. A look at a sped-up future with big implications.

October 21
Blue States Should Set Their Own Houses in Order

October 25
The roots of California’s tattered economy were planted long before the coronavirus arrived

Biden’s quote “We’re not getting rid of fossil fuels for a long time… probably 2050”

How would life without fossil fuels impact society?

October 26

Evil Has Twisted God’s Good Creation, But It Won’t Win

October 27
Democrats’ Energy Dilemma

October 31
Economic data show a strong US economy doesn't need 'building back'

A Sensible and Compassionate Anti-COVID Strategy

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