It’s time to give Coca-Cola the ol’ Budweiser treatment
Coca-Cola has some explaining to do: Does anyone at Coca-Cola care to explain this? pic.twitter.com/IxSAdkS1T2 — The Disrespected Trucker (@DisrespectedThe)…
The State Department shames itself with a disastrous AI-created map
In an embarrassment for the U.S. Department of State, many news organizations reported on its map mistake, which was so…
Don’t Confuse Urban Drug Addiction With Homelessness
A recent article in City Journal by Heather MacDonald argued that street homelessness is fundamentally an addiction and mental health…
‘The Chilling Stars’
Recently, Danish physicist Henrik Svensmark was dismissed from DTU Space—the space-research department of the Technical University of Denmark after working…
Are oil companies making too much money?
Thanks partly to factors beyond their control — e.g., the Iran war — oil companies are raking in the dough.…
The return of fiscal QE
Wall Street has a new favorite phrase: fiscal quantitative easing, or “fiscal QE.” Unlike the Federal Reserve’s familiar bond-buying programs,…
COVID-era inflation
With Fauci in the Congressional dock, I am reminded of the exaggerated risk assessments and public policies which lacked evidential…
How Europe Grows Gas Tax Revenues
Gas prices are rising again in Germany. The main culprit is the state with its towering levies. In the EU,…
The Democrats’ Inflation ‘Reduction’ Act made healthcare more expensive
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) stands exposed as a costly failure that hiked healthcare expenses for seniors and taxpayers alike.…
A little affordability adventure
My wife and I spent two decades teaching in North Texas, at a Fort Worth-area high school. She taught special…