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This Is What Fed Independence Looks Like (opens the original)
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Dear readers,I wrote back in February that Trump had chosen the better of the two Kevins to lead the Federal Reserve. After some idiotic comments from National Economic Council head Kevin Hassett last week, I continue to feel good about that assessment.At a conference in Georgetown, Hassett blamed members of the Federal Open Market Committee for the recent spike in long-term interest rates. He complained that some policymakers at
Woke 1 Was Anti-Populist, and Not in the Good Way (opens the original)
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Dear readers,When I think about the biggest mistakes of “Woke 1” — the period of peak left-liberal derangement around identity issues lasting roughly 2018 to 2021 — that did the most damage to the political appeal of Democrats and liberals, I think about how the obsession with “oppressors” and “the oppressed” somehow made it okay for prominent people to vilify ordinary people. Sometimes the rationale for these attacks was a perceived -ism; sometimes, powerful people had somehow twisted reality a
Permanent Daylight Saving Time Is the Perfect Stupid Idea for Our Stupid Time (opens the original)
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Dear readers,Earlier this week, the House of Representatives passed the ill-named “Sunshine Protection Act” by a vote of 308 to 117. The law would require most states to adopt permanent daylight saving time — that is, the clocks would stay rolled forward all year, with solar noon generally occurring around 1pm. This is a great system for the summer, which is why we already do it in the summer. The problem is that in the winter, sunrise would often be very late — as late as 8:20 a.m. in New York,
Graham Platner Was Just Hunter Biden With Worse Ink (opens the original)
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Dear readers,As I have watched the rise and fall of Graham Platner — and read the press coverage about his past, which has implied that he has a remarkably large number of ex-lovers for a heterosexual man lacking objectively appealing characteristics — there are a couple of questions I’ve repeatedly asked myself. “Why are Maine voters so impressed with this guy?” was one. “Why did so many women want to date or hook up with this guy?” was another. And I think the
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