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Are conservative immigration restrictionists racist?

Published on Thu, 11/14/2019 - 12:00am
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This week, The Atlantic released its newest issue, provocatively titled “How to Stop a Civil War.” Leading its collection of essays is a fascinating piece by Yoni Applebaum. In it,

Bloomberg, billionaires and boobery

Published on Thu, 11/14/2019 - 12:00am
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I’d like to personally bop over the head the next Democrat who says that Michael Bloomberg shouldn’t be running for president because he’s a billionaire. Let’s give thanks that a

Should the name be changed?

Published on Wed, 11/13/2019 - 12:00am

The hardest part about writing something interesting is to come up with something of interest. It’s so much easier just to steal from someone who actually writes interesting stuff. So

Mandatory shortages

Published on Wed, 11/13/2019 - 12:00am
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Governments create problems. Then they complain about them. “A public health crisis exists,” says Kentucky’s government, citing a report that found “a shortage of ambulance providers.” Local TV stations report

Could the Trump haters quiet down?

Published on Tue, 11/12/2019 - 3:36pm

I disagree with almost everything President Donald Trump has done. I cringe at the disrespect he has shown to his own office. He has degraded the presidency, driven us apart, lied enough to make anything Joe Biden has ever said trivial by comparison, cozied up to Russian President Vladimir Putin and contradicted his own intelligence services, even as he was attacking NATO. Oh, yes, and the Ukraine thing.

California and electrical power

Published on Thu, 11/07/2019 - 4:18pm

What did socialists use before candles?

Electricity.

That joke seems appropriate given the happenings in California of late. As you know, the bankrupt power company there has the habit of turning the power off when the wind blows. Management at the bankrupt power company does that because of the massive wildfire that made the power company bankrupt.

Their theory is that if there is no electricity running through their power lines, the power lines won’t start a fire in high winds.

Set money free

Published on Thu, 11/07/2019 - 4:17pm

House members summoned Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to Washington, D.C., and grilled him — harshly — about his plan to create a new currency, Libra. 

“Why should we trust you?!” asked Congressman Mike Doyle. 

I liked it when Zuckerberg said, “I actually don’t know if Libra’s going to work, but I believe that it’s important to try new things.” 

He was right. That’s very important. 

Democrats preside over stronger economies

Published on Wed, 11/06/2019 - 12:00am
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Are you worried that the economy grew by only 1.9% in the recent quarter? That’s a pretty weak performance. But it would seem downright dismal if you believed Donald Trump’s

Is Elizabeth Warren set to fall?

Published on Wed, 11/06/2019 - 12:00am
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This has been an awful week for the purported new 2020 Democratic presidential front-runner, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. For months, Warren has received nearly unmitigated praise from the media for

The Failed Renewable Fuel Standard experiment

Published on Tue, 11/05/2019 - 12:00am

It’s time for the annual Congressional fight over the Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS. In one corner sit corn farmers and their representatives, who fight tenaciously not just to preserve