Clearing the Tabs March 15, 2021

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. 

March 2
The Dark Side of Japan’s Bullet Trains

March 4
Biden’s Actions Are Encouraging Supply Chain Dependencies From Foreign Sources

March 9
Climate Policy: Covid on Steroids?

A Closer Look at What Happened in Texas During the Deep Freeze

March 11

Stop Trying To Create a Zero-Risk Society
We will likely grapple with the consequences of ill-advised COVID-19 policies for years to come.

March 15
Humanity Survived Previous Warming Cycles

Clearing the Tabs February 28, 2021

Ending January with some things I've read so far in the second half of 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, 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.

February 19

Government Has a Trust Problem. It Will Take Time to Restore
The route to trust in our institutions is through candor, competence and a clear sense of mission. Two examples, from Indiana and West Virginia, show how trust can be rebuilt one careful step at a time.

February 21
The American City’s Long Road to Recovery

February 23
Economic Civil War
Inside the bitter battle over America’s new geography.

Clearing the Tabs February 15, 2021

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 28 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.

February 4
Strong Communities Need Public Spaces—and Private Enterprise
We need parks and libraries and town squares for gathering. We also need shops, restaurants, and other commercial amenities.

Febuary 8
Nor’easters would be disastrous to a Green America

February 9
Government Spending Is Becoming One Big Fraud-Fest

Homeless, but dying with dignity

Despite wishful thinking, cities won’t come back without major reform

February 10
The Other California
After Covid-19, the Inland Empire offers a way forward for the Golden State.

February 13

Ben Sasse’s Conviction: Trump’s Lies Caused This

In a series of interviews leading up to Saturday’s impeachment vote, the GOP senator described the stakes as he sees them: nothing less than the integrity of the Constitution.

February 14
COVID-19 and the Ongoing Global Workplace Revolution

February 15

Gina Carano and Crowd-Sourced McCarthyism
Talking with the Star Wars actress about her cancellation and a meme.

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Clearing the Tabs January 31, 2021

Ending January with some things I've read so far in the second half of 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, 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.

January 16
A Reaganesque Scheme for a GOP Reboot
If the party is going to survive Trump, it needs to cut the extremists loose and craft a broader message. Here's how that succeeded before.

January 17

Worried about the country? Try tending your garden

This motor court is still in session

The Late Sheldon Adelson’s Billions Show the Folly Of Biden’s Plan To Waste Trillions

January 22

Three Key Bible Passages About Stewardship

January 24
The relationship between unity and geography is complicated

January 25
Making America California
The Biden administration seems determined to run the country on the ruinous model of the Golden State.

Woke Politics are a Disaster for Minorities
The Biden Administration is on track to stiff our desperate working class.

January 26
The U.S. Trade Deficit Grew 'Big League' Under Trump

January 30
Biden’s climate executive orders devastated these US workers in a day

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.