Clearing the Tabs January 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 February 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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January 17
The Continuing Failure of Government-Run Healthcare in the United Kingdom

Where's the Electricity?

The Rise of the Single Woke (and Young, Democratic) Female

January 20
No More Car Ownership?

January 21
How the Californian dream became a nightmare
Once a byword for aspiration, the golden state is crumbling under the weight of ‘progressive’ ideology.

January 25

Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Who’s at Fault for California’s High Energy Costs?

January 29
Milton Friedman Isn’t Required To Confirm That Monetarism Is Monetary Phrenology

The Great Train Robbery

Efforts to force Americans onto trains are largely pointless and counterproductive.

Clearing the Tabs January 15, 2023

Happy New Year!

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 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.

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January 2
Still Wrong! New Year’s Paul Ehrlich Interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes

January 4
The collapse of the progressive economy
The future belongs to blue-collar workers

January 5

How We Learned to Be Lonely
In the early days of the pandemic, many of us got used to solitude. It’s a habit we need to break.

Can Capitalism Save Hollywood?
The gulf between elites and audiences is eroding profits throughout entertainment and news media—but signs of correction are emerging.

North America has an opportunity to lead the world
History is calling on this continent. The future depends on how we respond

January 8

What Exactly Is Conservatism: Russell Kirk Edition

Public Transit Goes Off the Rails With Fewer Riders, Dwindling Cash, Rising Crime
When riders stop taking subways and buses, it’s harder to keep up service. ‘It’s becoming a vicious cycle.’

Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax Gets a Killer Boost
Federal New Car "Kill Switch" Reg Opens Backdoor

America: a nation of giants led by pygmies
However dreadful its political class, the US’s fundamentals are overwhelmingly strong.

January 15
Climate Activism Isn't About the Planet. It's About the Boredom of the Bourgeoisie

Clearing the Tabs December 31, 2022

Happy New Year!

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 January 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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December 16
The Case for Free Trade

The reparations trap
Elite guilt about the past will do nothing to help the world’s poorest.

December 18
It’s time to tell the story of Black success, not Black victimhood

December 19
A Working-Class Christmas Story Christmas

December 20
Free Trade Theory Must Be Tempered by Trade Realism

Edward Hopper’s America
The popular perception of the loneliness in the painter’s work could not be more wrong

December 22
Why Sen. Josh Hawley Telling Young Men to Man Up Won't Work

December 23
Prisoners of Ideology
A more reasoned politics is critical to the future of society.

December 27
The faux urgency of the climate crisis is giving us no time or space to build a secure energy future

December 31
The 2023 transition

Clearing the Tabs December 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 December 31 as well to round out the year. 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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December 4
MIT Climate Scientist Dr. Richard Lindzen Rejects ‘Climate Change’ As ‘A Quasi-Religious Movement Predicated on An Absurd ‘Scientific’ Narrative’

December 6
The ‘green leap’ forward

December 8
Applauding Governor Ducey of Arizona

American Christmas, American New Year

The absurdity of California’s reparations proposal
Activists are focusing on past injustice at the expense of present inequality

The Coming Crash Of The Climate Cult

December 9
A cold winter undercuts the warming narrative

Are we finally reaching peak climate hysteria?
The eco-derangement of the elites is a threat to reason, freedom and jobs.

December 11
Low Speed Fail
California's Solar Powered Rail Moondoggle

December 12
The Elite’s Plan For A No-Car Society

December 13
Misperception and amplification of climate risk

Electric car demand falls for first time since pandemic as electricity prices soar
Interest wanes amid falling petrol prices fall and surging energy bills

December 14
The Threat – and Soon Reality – of Climate Protectionism

How New York can survive
The city's decay is not inevitable

Clearing the Tabs November 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 December 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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November 18
My Friend, Mike Gerson
A beautiful writer with an even more beautiful soul

November 20
After Intersectionalism
As ideology takes a back seat to intergroup competition, the future of ethnic conflict in America is going to look more like the past

November 22
The Global Warming Shakedown, Part V

November 29
COP 27 Has No Backup Plan to Replace Products from Oil

November 30
The new global class war

Western elites' climate obsession is impoverishing the world's poorest.

Welcome to the New Era of Environmental Colonialism

Clearing the Tabs November 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 November 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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November 2
Is America entering a new age of democratic capitalism?
The contours of a post-pandemic economy are becoming clear

November 5
How You can Derail the Climate Agenda

November 7
West Coast Blues
Progressives in California, Oregon, and Washington confront the political consequences of bad governance.

November 9

A tale of two Americas
Red states are growing, while blue states are mired in lawlessness and decline.

November 10

Now watch Biden and Trudeau escalate their extreme progressivism
After midterms, don’t expect the common sense calvary, or Mounties, to come to the rescue

November 11
A Better Future
America doesn’t need to cram everyone into little boxes; we need to build new cities.

Living Up to the Name
West Coast voters reinforce their region’s commitment to progressivism.

Clearing the Tabs October 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 November 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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October 18
Ohio and the battle for populist America
Trump and Biden are both liabilities here

October 25
Finding Third Places Across America

October 30
The real American divide
Most Americans are moderate and pragmatic, but politics is dominated by cranks.

October 31
Biden, Trudeau choose green war on oil and gas over working class
In the U.S. midterm elections, green obsessions could help the Republicans beat even attractive Democratic candidates