Green Berets, Google’s hit list, and increasing intolerance in American society

This week's installment of essays worth reading... If you read one thing today, this should be it: How Carlos Ghosn escaped from Japan, according to the ex-Green Beret who snuck him out. This is an unbelievable thriller, I can't even begin to summarize it. --- I have written before about the myriad factual errors in … Continue reading Green Berets, Google’s hit list, and increasing intolerance in American society →

What is gained politically by school closures?

A friend asked me last night what is gained politically by all these public school districts continuing with virtual classes for another academic year. Is it simply to sow chaos until the election? Sure, that's probably an element of it. As I suggested yesterday, however, this fight is mostly about money. Teachers unions regard school … Continue reading What is gained politically by school closures? →

The Democratic Party is using senility as a Trojan horse for Marxism, and not just Biden

We are the hollow menWe are the stuffed menLeaning togetherHeadpiece filled with straw. Alas!Our dried voices, when We whisper togetherAre quiet and meaninglessAs wind in dry grassor rats' feet over broken glassIn our dry cellarShape without form, shade without colour, Paralysed force, gesture without motion;Those who have crossedWith direct eyes, to death's other kingdom Remember us - if … Continue reading The Democratic Party is using senility as a Trojan horse for Marxism, and not just Biden →

Coronavirus lockdowns are intensifying the blue-state exodus, in charts

Wealthy New Yorkers discover the homeschooling co-op

Everyone here knows that we were homeschoolers before the coronavirus. I have received a lot of questions about whether I think homeschooling would become more popular after this event. Your typical homeschooling advocate wants to believe that the collapse of public (and private) education during the pandemic would make the scales fall off of everyone's … Continue reading Wealthy New Yorkers discover the homeschooling co-op →

The was never any concrete evidence Russia hacked the DNC

Now that the transcripts of House briefings related to the Russia investigation are out, it's pretty clear why they've been locked down for years. They are a truly shocking condemnation of Comey's FBI and the Mueller investigation. It's really quite nutty that we had a parade of people testifying "no evidence" over and over again … Continue reading The was never any concrete evidence Russia hacked the DNC →

Holy budget deficit, Batman

Yesterday I was asking what "tens of billions" of dollars for California's budget deficit meant. Turns out, it means upwards of $54 billion: California faces a $54.3 billion deficit as the coronavirus pandemic hammers the economy, the state's worst budget gap since the Great Recession, state finance officials said Thursday.The shortfall is almost 37 percent of … Continue reading Holy budget deficit, Batman →

Job losses by company size, or why we should get money out of politics

From Mish, I thought this was unbelievable and infuriating:

California budget “tens of billions” short on revenue

California's lockdown began on March 19th. It turns out that closing your economy for this long costs a lot of money: California’s economic rebound from the coronavirus may take longer than people may think as the state struggles with record “Depression-era” unemployment numbers, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday. “It’s going to take longer than I … Continue reading California budget “tens of billions” short on revenue →

A journalist has some thoughts on investigating Biden

This was a letter to the editor from a man who worked at the New York Times for decades before helping to launch The Hill and Politico: https://twitter.com/guypbenson/status/1257720345336909824 What is there even to say anymore? We've been fed endless manufactured crises for years now by people like this. Reading that letter, do you think this … Continue reading A journalist has some thoughts on investigating Biden →