Clearing the Tabs June 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 June 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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June 5
America’s great cities are gripped by decline and disorder
Voters have had enough of ‘progressive’ leaders who are presiding over spiralling violence and crime.

June 6
The Battle for L.A.

Can Rick Caruso convince enough voters that their troubled city can recapture its role as an incubator of the American dream?

June 7
Is it ethical to purchase a lithium battery powered EV?

June 8
April Transit Falls to 58.7% of Pre-Pandemic Levels

Conservatives' Missing Link on Gender Roles

June 9

Reconsidering the City
If they are to survive and thrive, cities need to become more people-friendly.

June 12
In an Outrage Culture, Choose Respect

Democracy Needs to Replace City Manager Ward System

June 15

Vaccine injuries and deaths are causing inflation through supply shocks and reduced labor participation: Dowd
Three million more disabled in US since jab started; Fed should be loosening monetary policy, not tightening, says Blackrock ex-manager

Forget College. Skilled Trades Are the Future of the U.S. Economy

Clearing the Tabs - May 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 June 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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May 17

Remarks by Wilfred M. McClay
Delivered at the 18th Annual Bradley Prize Ceremony

May 18
More Evidence That Young Americans Are Not Attracted to Dense Cities

May 22
America’s Summer of Rolling Blackouts
Green energy policies are making the nation’s electric-power grid increasingly unstable.

May 23

We're Telling the Wrong Story About Race in America

May 24
Australia Votes - and a New Political Geography Emerges

May 30
Help the World’s Poor with International Trade

Green Rope-a-Dope: China Watches as America Greens
If this is what we are being told we must do for the ‘Great Reset,’ it’s time to unset it.

May 31
California needs a recession
Its progressive rulers deserve a rude awakening

Clearing the Tabs May 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 May 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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May 3
America is quietly reinventing itself
Millennials and minorities, priced out of Democratic metropolises, are now thriving in Florida and Texas.

May 4
Do we need a capitalist civil war?
The working class suffer when elites agree

Revisiting Mitch Daniels' "Truce" on Social Issues
Those who would trade cultural priorities for economic prosperity end up with neither

May 6
China and Russia rejoice at America’s quest to go green

May 9

The Independent Republics of Big Tech—Not 'Disinformation'—Are the Biggest Threat to Our Democracy

May 11
Between the stupid and the evil
America deserves better than a choice between woke Democrats and reactionary Republicans.

May 14
There’s One Simple Trick for Making America’s Post-Pandemic Cities Great Again
Many office workers simply aren’t coming back. That means tough times ahead for big cities, but also a chance for renewal and revival.

Clearing the Tabs April 30, 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 April 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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April 16

From Austria to Pittsburgh in 100 years: Community sustains this centenarian

What We Keep Getting Wrong About the Right
Trumpism wasn’t inevitable, but his dark vision of conservatism has been around a lot longer than he has.

April 18
How the boomers robbed the young of all hope
Younger generations inherit a world in which the middle ranks are struggling almost everywhere

April 20
Why Baseball is Still Good for America

April 21
Serfing the Future?

Wait, Environmentalists Are Anti-Technology

April 23
The Kids Are Not Alright and the Center Is No Longer Holding

April 25
The State & the Natural Moral Law

Paying the Poorly Educated

April 27
Americans Prefer Single-Family Neighborhoods

April 28
How to Stop Freaking Out
If you can prevent your emotions from taking over in the face of stress, you can avoid a lot of regret and set a good example for others.

Clearing the Tabs April 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 April 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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April 1
The Continuing Importance of Thomas Sowell

April 4
Saving America from Planet-Threatening Fossil Fuels?

When the Arc of History Bends Back Toward the Dark Ages

April 5
Making Beethoven Woke
Revisionist performances of classic works deconstruct our precious links to the past.

April 7
A Gentler, Better Way to Change Minds
Stop wielding your values as a weapon and start offering them as a gift.

April 10
Pennsylvania's dramatic shift rightward is a warning sign for both parties about

April 11
Tulane and UCF Pace American, ECU Not Far Behind

The Metaverse Isn’t Real Yet but It’s Already Really Lucrative
And it’s going to be real, and vast, much sooner that you might think.

America Is Headed for Class Warfare

Transit Ridership 53.8% of Pre-Pandemic Levels

April 12
Texas is the future
California can't compete with a new American Dream

Red Dusk
Xi Jinping’s China faces challenges of its own.

April 13
California's Vanished Dream, by the Numbers

April 14
Macomb County GOP ousts party leaders stuck re-litigating Trump's 2020 loss

Sports Are Great Because They’re Pointless
The most trivial things can build the strongest relationships.

Clearing the Tabs March 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 April 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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March 17
Trolls Aren’t Like the Rest of Us
Online jerks and offline jerks are largely one and the same. Here’s how to keep them from affecting your happiness.

March 18
Gas Prices and Transit

March 22
An Oversupply Of EV’s From Foreign Manufacturers And A Lack Of Demand May Be A Financial Shock To The World

March 24
Urbanists: "Fundamentally Misaligned"

March 26
Florida education bill looks different depending on where you stand

March 27
The biggest cities are past their prime

PhDs Killed Off the Gold Standard In 1971, Not ‘Guns & Butter’

March 28
If You’re On the Fence About Talking About Your Beliefs: A Message to Undergrads

March 29
The Most Dangerous Class
The coming revenge of the disappointed.

March 31
How to Help Those Who Believe the Prosperity Gospel

Human Flourishing Or “Living Naturally”: Alex Epstein’s Case For Using More Oil, Coal And Natural Gas

What the Second-Happiest People Get Right
If you make happiness your primary goal, you might miss out on the challenges that give life meaning.

Clearing the Tabs March 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 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 3
Unacceptable Views

March 4
The limits of libertarianism

Free marketers need to stop defending oppressive monopoly power.

Texas GOP Crusaders Were Loud on Social Media, but That Didn't Mean Much in Primaries

March 6
An energy company shows students the path to prosperity

March 8
Up from rock bottom: Recovery from a national overdose epidemic

March 9
Book Review: Helen Rappaport’s Fascinating ‘After the Romanovs’

March 10
Find More Ways to Be an Outsider
Doing so may feel painful, but it’s one of the best investments you will ever make.

March 11
Fracking Can't Bring Down High Prices On Which It's Reliant

March 12
Biden’s America-Wrecking Climate Agenda

March 13

Diner breakfasts are perfectly normal, no matter what D.C. elites think

March 14
Gas, Grain — and Chips — Will Make Us the 'Future Belt'

Pac-12 Conference Play Gets Underway

March 15
“ESG” efforts to rid the world of fossil fuels will drive humanity back to medieval times

Tarnishing the Golden State
Onerous regulations squash the California Dream.