Sorry, guys, work has been insane so I’ve been behind on my own reading. But I do think you’ll enjoy these:
- William F. Buckley on Thanksgiving with the Reagans (an excerpt from his new/last book)
- John Avlon on the Political Technology Gap — this is one of those things that I’ve been whispering/shouting (depending on the audience) about to friends for some time, there’s no reason that conservatism can’t also promote and support innovative technology and communication
- Thomas Sowell on “Jolting” the Economy:
Amid all the political and media hysteria, national output has declined by less than one-half of one percent. In fact, it may not have declined even that much — or at all — when the statistics are revised later, as they very often are.
We are not talking about the Great Depression, when output dropped by one-third and unemployment soared to 25 percent.
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Herbert Hoover did what Barack Obama is proposing to do. Hoover raised taxes on high-income people and put restrictions on international trade, in order to try to save American jobs. It didn’t work then and it is not likely to work now.
