Clearing the Tabs August 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 August 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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August 1

Free Trade’s Heavy Cost
How globalization became sinicization

Irvine: A National Role Model

August 4
The biggest threat to the CHIPS Act? The Green Left
Environmental policies could undermine Biden's domestic agenda

August 5
The Importance of Fare Enforcement

August 6
Why suburbia will decide the future
As millions of Americans migrate to the suburbs, a huge political shift is underway.

August 7
The What and Why of Mentoring

August 8
The Democrats' New Climate Bill Abandons Green Zealotry—For Reason

August 9
Newsom is like Biden

August 11
Tim Allen Loves It Here, and He's Always Happy To Show It

To Get Out of Your Head, Get Out of Your House
Spending time in nature can help relieve stress and anxiety.

Americans mourn the dead in Afghanistan, even as the media move on

August 15
The Great Barrier Reef Is Doing Great; People Should Know

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Clearing the Tabs July 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 August 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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July 16
Local messages, not partisan propaganda, will win over voters

July 19
Why America needs churches

Gavin Newsom won’t save the Democrats
Reality will catch up with America's Great White Hope

July 20

The Case for Entitlement Reform

How Do We Cure Poverty Worldwide?

Google: whatever happened to ‘Don’t be evil’?
The Big Tech giants are behaving like neo-feudal overlords.

July 27
Green Dreams, Inflationary Realities
We must find ways to combat climate change without incurring devastating inflation, greater class division, the immiseration of the middle class, and the destitution of the poor.

July 29
Transit’s Existential Crisis

July 31
Why Cities Are Important to the Church’s Mission

Clearing the Tabs July 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 July 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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July 5

July 9
The Connection: Housing Affordability and Inequality

July 8

May Transit 59.5% of Pre-Pandemic Levels

July 12
America’s dependency on imports may be stagnating its economy

July 15
Why millennials are dropping out
Rising disaffection has severe implications

Clearing the Tabs June 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 July 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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June 16

Why Elephants Are Not People

June 17
Merchant ships and planes needed to support world’s eight billion

June 19

Compassion Is Conservative, Contempt Is Communist
Forget about “compassionate conservatives.” What this country really needs is compassionate Democrats.

June 20
Engineered California
The birthplace of environmentalism was built through meticulous application of technology.

June 21
The Bureaucratization of American Leadership

June 22

Why Many Poor Neighborhoods Fear Development
Corporate investment can be an economic boon to low-income communities. It can also be a cultural threat.

June 23

Class is back
The global cost-of-living crisis has made obscene inequalities impossible to ignore.

Deranged COVID-clingers still want Broadwaygoers to be put through Rikers-like procedures

Heartland Manufacturing Renaissance
Why Middle America is poised to lead an industrial comeback

Inflation Eats Infrastructure Bill

June 26
Learning from Las Vegas: Sustainable vs. Susceptible

June 29
Dark clouds on the horizon for electric vehicles

June 30
Don’t Surround Yourself With Admirers
Instead, befriend people who inspire awe in you.

The cost of Biden’s racialism
Minorities are paying for his progressive failures

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.