Combating elite Manhattan political ideologies on climate change, the purpose of government, New York state news, and the basic principles of economics.
I thought readers might enjoy a comparison between two descriptions of the consequences of the U.S. trade deficit, one the version of President Trump, and the other written from the perspective of a consumer in China. You would think that they couldn't possibly be talking about exactly the same thing, but in fact they are.
Read MoreI don't know about you, but overall I've been generally impressed with the quality of President Trump's cabinet appointments. Sure, I could find something to disagree about with pretty much every one of them. But the change from the Obama days has been dramatic, and dramatically positive -- from advancing an endless list of brain-dead progressive power grabs, to pushing back against the bureaucracy and rescinding many of the worst of the Obama-era regulations.
Is there any one of them who stands out as particularly bad? I have a nominee, and it may not be the guy you would expect.
Read MoreIn fact, things are going remarkably badly for Russia on the world stage. I submit that if you were a Russian -- let alone, if you were Vladimir Putin -- you would have very serious cause not just for concern, but for alarm.
Read MoreThe NCAA is a naked antitrust conspiracy with the number one purpose and intent of preventing college basketball and football players -- both groups predominantly black, although basketball players even more so than football players -- from earning a nickel from doing the thing they are best at. Have you ever heard the slightest protest about that? I sure haven't. And now here we have the FBI once again adding to their stellar reputation by joining the NCAA in cracking down on any side payments to the athletes, some as small as just a free lunch! And the FBI/NCAA gang claims the moral high ground!
Read MoreWhat could be better than generating electricity from the wind? I mean, it's perfectly clean and completely free! Carbon emissions? Zero! Just put up a few mills to catch the wind and voilà!, energy utopia. It's such a simple story, and so obvious. Pretty much everybody falls for it.
Somehow real world experience doesn't seem to support the narrative.
Read MoreEvery day you read about the crisis of climate change and fossil fuel usage and CO2 emissions, and commitments from politicians around the world to "act" to "save the planet." Surely then, CO2 emissions are in steep decline and headed for zero.
The truth is of course the opposite. In the developed world, rapidly increasing use of "renewables" like intermittent wind and solar energy only serves to drive electricity prices through the roof, while having only the most marginal effect on reducing emissions.
Read MoreCombating elite Manhattan political ideologies on climate change, the purpose of government, New York state news, and the basic principles of economics.
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