For kids, for sure, if you follow “The Science.” That’s the conclusion of Jeffrey Anderson in this data-driven review fantastically titled, “Kids full of life, Adults obsessed with death.” In general, there has been a dearth of evidence showing that any area that had mask mandates had death rates different from those that don’t, but […]
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Conventional wisdom has certainly joined this Berean’s opinion that the next election is going to find the Democrats deeply underwater. We warned that inflation is one of those most sticky issues that everyone feels, and those that tolerate it pay the political price.* It’s not that we’re that great at political prognostication–it’s just that we’re […]
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Why we shouldn’t listen to Dr. Fauci
01 Dec 2021
Dr. Fauci is attracting a lot of attention for his weekend remarks that attacks on him are attacks on science, because “They’re really criticizing science, because I represent science.” Some of the criticisms are that he is revealing himself as the partisan he always was, some are that he has grown enamored with his own […]
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We were told by the White House the president did not have the authority to extend the moratorium on evictions. Instead, it would take a change in the law. Congress, that bastion of limpness, always hoping to be relieved from the burden of legislating, begged the White House to act on its own. Now, like […]
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Don’t be safe!
15 Jul 2021
Ok, maybe this is more of a rant than usual. Maybe even a diatribe. But I’m getting so sick of hearing one of the new farewell slogans that emerged in the Covid-19 era: Be Safe! Be Safe is a replacement for the slogan most of our older readers may recall their parents telling them (and […]
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When did inflation become real to you?
13 Jul 2021
Unfortunately I think I’ll be writing a good bit more about inflation as we roll into the fall; it seems as if there are daily articles in most news sources about higher prices. It’s clear to me that eventually we’ll have much higher prices, but that could still be years away. Next year, three years, […]
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The Perfect Time to De-Tariff
24 May 2021
The other day I read a Wall Street Journal piece about EU tariffs on U.S. goods that (thankfully) never came to be. It reminded me about the Trump administration’s departure from U.S. policy for the last few decades which generally aimed to increase free trade. The Biden administration has yet to make any strong changes […]
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Common Sense Violence Control
20 Apr 2021
Americans have seen a significant increase in violent crime last year despite many years of steady decline. Unfortunately, this year is on pace to keep the numbers up. Of course, some high profile recent events have brought the discussion to a national level, and many Americans are genuinely wrestling with different policy options to help […]
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Two weeks ago I received my 2nd dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine. When you think about this, it is simply amazing–who could have imagined we’d be able to have multiple vaccines available and widely being implemented in under a year? Certainly some thought it would take years (if ever) to get to this point. We […]
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Or alternatively, who will rescue us from the American Rescue Plan Act? We are ever so close to the Democrats completing their $1.9T blowout to reinvigorate the economy. Undoubtedly the House will pass it quickly (likely today) and Mr. Biden will sign it. Key features include extending the child tax credit, direct payments to citizens, […]
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