9/24/21
China's Evergrande collapse continues apace and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris lie about the border crisis, again.
Today’s Top Choices:
Do we learn about ourselves in the same way as we learn about others? Knowing our own mind might not be that different from mindreading other people
“The prevalence of symbolism over all else means that presidents are compelled to act — even when the action is pointless or destructive…Sometimes, it’s a carload of kids being burnt on the altar of muscular executive action.
Psilocybin mushrooms are a "breakthrough therapy" for treating depression, according to the FDA, with some studies indicating they can work when nothing else has.
Oregon voters decided that people should have legal access to them. My latest for @reason.
Coronavirus:
Americans overwhelmingly support schools requiring vaccinations for routine childhood illnesses, such as measles, mumps, and rubella.
Compared to these, however, support for COVID-19 vaccination requirements in schools is markedly lower. @amersurveyctr buff.ly/3kE9oKe
"If you can do something that doesn’t cost you much, and that act greatly helps other people, you have a moral obligation to do it. Getting vaccinated falls into this category." @slsatel buff.ly/3CIoKDB
COVID vaccines are a triumph of the biotechnology industry and of the venture capitalists and wealthy angel investors who fund it. | Opinion by @CatoEdwards
DeSantis Secures 3,000 More COVID Treatments For Florida After Biden Cut Back Distribution To Red States
President Biden said some Americans can now get booster shots, but others should wait until the CDC says it's okay
General News:
House Democrats are about to vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act, which, had it first been introduced this year, almost certainly would’ve been called the “Protecting Health for Birthing Persons Act.” Details on the bill at @NRO
Asked for a reaction to a statement by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone who said this week that the abortion bill is “child sacrifice,” Nancy Pelosi declared that the Archbishop and I “have a disagreement.”
.@PAAttorneyGen is challenging a Republican-led election subpoena, saying that it “goes too far” and violates the constitutionally protected privacy of up to 9 million residents. #JustTheNews
Cyber Ninjas Fail To Find Election-Tipping Fraud In Arizona, But Raise Serious Concerns Over 'Alarming' Procedures
The city is preventing a business from opening another location unless it changes the words on its menus and signs. That could be a First Amendment violation.
Given who is running the congressional probe into the Capitol riot and how it is being conducted, there is little reason to believe we will end up with the truth. | Opinion by @baseballcrank
Trump embraced many ludicrous legal theories in his attempt to remain in power after losing to Biden. Add the “Eastman Memo” to that sorry list.
Joe Biden’s domestic agenda at the moment is, like his presidency, in peril. | Opinion by @RichLowry
Economics:
Because congressional budget rules look at revenue effects in only the first 10 years, the short-run corporate tax revenue gains are counted while the offsetting long-run revenue losses are ignored. buff.ly/2Y0hRPj
Credit where credit is due: The Biden administration's decision to end its travel ban is a good one, writes @stanveuger. However, the administration's new vaccine requirement leaves billions of people without access to the US. Read more in @AEIdeas: aei.org/economics/prog…
In promising nothing for his plan beyond that it will “bring us closer to ending homelessness,” President Biden implies that the federal government expects less from Housing First than it used to. cityjourn.al/3u77swW via Stephen Eide
Chairman Gary Gensler has adopted an exceedingly paternalistic agenda at the SEC, taking the agency far beyond its ambit. | Opinion by Jennifer J. Schulp
Healthcare:
Immigration:
To understand why the White House would ban horse patrols at the border, you have to understand that the administration’s entire approach to the border is pure theater. They are concerned with optics, not reality.
Foreign Policy:
The Evergrande Group is facing default on billions in debt. With the Chinese financial system largely a government arm, two other developments demand attention: China’s outstanding credit is falling, and China is reducing its financial transparency. aei.org/foreign-and-de…
Education:
Public school enrollment fell an unprecedented 3% last year — that’s a drop of 1.5 million children. As more families than ever turn to other options, @rickhess99 questions the need for the $200 billion showered on public schools. bit.ly/3lWO0iZ
Defense:
NEW @EmilyCEstelle: Relying on the false assumption that jihadist groups with local ambitions do not also have international goals blinds us to the danger of other “Islamic Emirates” proliferating around the world. aei.org/op-eds/its-a-m…
Big Tech:
Crime and Policing:
Gabby Petito update: Former Utah police chief urges public to 'wait and see' amid Moab response probe
Why is the environment at Rikers Island so dangerous? Look to the de Blasio administration’s reforms on solitary confinement and use of force, which have functionally handcuffed corrections officers. cityjourn.al/3EQDqm0 via @nicolegelinas @Rafa_Mangual
Climate Change:
On the Energy Beat this week, @JasonModglin focuses on the proposed federal tax on methane emissions. More details: realclearenergy.org/articles/2021/… #methane #oilandgas #budgetreconciliation #natgas #energy #taxes #fossilfuels #Petroleum #flaring
Cancel Culture:
Colorado Web Designer Petitions Supreme Court After Being Compelled To Celebrate What She Believes Is Wrong
Delta Airlines Wants To Put Maskless Passengers Deemed ‘Unruly’ On A National ‘No-Fly List’ dlvr.it/S8FmNr
SJW News:
Harris says CBP on horseback 'evoked' images of slavery, treatment of indigenous people in chaotic interview
The Right can't stand China Joe. The Center can't stand China Joe. And now even Leftists can't stand China Joe. China Joe has got to go.
The focus on police abuse in Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s final season made for an uncomfortable fit with the show’s established world and overall silliness. cityjourn.al/3CssIQK via @RAVerBruggen
College Campus Absurdity:
In the 1960s, California birthed the college-free-speech revolution. Today, some of its students clamor for restrictions on campus speech.