Clearing the Tabs May 31, 2023

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. 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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May 16
The Debt Ceiling Is a Total Non-Story, But What Led To It Isn't

May 17
By Failing to Promote Safety, America’s Older Cities are Failing to Build Community

May 18
Important Investigative Twitter Thread

May 20

The EPA's China Syndrome
Its EV rule will fuel China’s monopoly over NdFeB magnets.

May 22
Women have won the 'war between the sexes,' but at what cost?
Current trends portend not a feminist paradise, but a dysfunctional society where men and women are increasingly indifferent or at odds with each other

May 23

The Governor’s Gambit
Gavin Newsom seeks to restore some economic and social order in California — but the Golden State may have none of it.

Biden Administration's Environmental Injustices

May 24

Surprise! Recycling ruined the environment…

Can California Be Saved?
Though the state retains great advantages, bad policies accelerate its decline.

May 30
VMT Rears Its Ugly Head Again
Congestion Pricing, Anyone?

Clearing the Tabs 7-15-2020

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 July 31 as well.

July 1
The future still lies in coal, oil, and nuclear

Triumph of the Oligarchs

July 4
What We Celebrate on the Fourth of July: Calvin Coolidge on the Declaration of Independence

July 5
Urban Blues
The fashionable radicalism now popular in progressive cities will ultimately fail and, in the process, hurt working people and minorities the most

July 6
How to expose and counter China's increasing aggression

July 7
Quest for Revolutionary Community

Behind the Rise of Postmodern Conservatism

Hollingsworth Praises Efforts to Stabilize the Economy, but Cautions Against Federal Overreach

July 11
The free market: Our secret weapon for protecting the environment

July 13
On Jack Kemp's Birthday, Remember How He Made America Great Again

Tax Cuts Trigger Dopey Liberals, California Triggers Conservatives

July 14

The 1619 Project, a deeply flawed document

July 15
The Hong Kong Banana Republic
China cancels elections after a landslide pro-democracy victory.

Why We Can Be “Cautiously Optimistic” About the Economy

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Cap and Trade Tax Passage Makes Green Conservatism a Top Priority

The Cap and Trade Tax that passed is the House on Friday night is a good example of why I am a believer in Green Conservatism, a concept termed by Speaker Newt Gingrich in 2007.

My even more basic premise than Newt’s (found here with a complete explanation of Green Conservatism) is that these bills advance in the House, to the Senate, because the Left is the only side speaking in the debate. I don’t believe in Global Warming, the science is faulty and let’s be honest, who can really measure such a thing? When you have a horrible plan, brought forth by the Left, and you have Lefty A and Lefty B debating its passage and talking to the American people about its merits, there is nothing the Right can do except stand off to the side and yell “No”. Game over, we lose.

We lost Friday.

So, I’ve been hearing now, for over two years, since Speaker Gingrich first introduced Green Conservatism, that Newt is a sellout, that he’s been co-opted by the Left and that he’s not really a conservative. This is all garbage.

Have you read about Green Conservatism? Does it sound like repackaged left-wing propaganda? If you answered yes, I would disagree with you and encourage you to look again. And if you think it is, then I would further encourage you to create alternatives to the Leftist propaganda and let’s have the debate shift from Lefty A and Lefty B to Left vs. Right. If we don’t do this as a movement, we will see more and more Cap and Trade Tax bills, and we’ll think that the version that passed Friday was pretty moderate.

Two great conservative, movement leaders from that last century thought this was an important issue to America:

"The movement for the conservation of wild life and the larger movement for the conservation of all our natural resources are essentially democratic in spirit, purpose and method.” - President Theodore Roosevelt

“There is an absolute necessity of waging all-out war against the debauching of the environment.” - Governor Ronald Reagan, First Earth Day, 1970