Because I just finished The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt, the World Happiness Report is of interest.
The US is ranked #23 on the Happiness Index. Only two spots up from Mexico, and 8 spots below Canada. I’ve been to Canada, it ain’t so great.
It isn’t hard to see how the stock market keeps climbing. The federal government borrows a trillion dollars for a stimulus package or a boondoggle, or it doesn’t matter what it’s for, but the money finds it’s way into the equity market, and it keeps going up.
I used to think that eventually, the shit’s going to hit the fan. In 1988, I bought 10 ounces of gold and stashed it in a safety deposit box. Gold kept dropping and languished below the $430 per ounce I had paid for it. Fourteen years later, I sold at $445 per ounce. I’d made $150.
WSJ: Campus Protestors Unmasked
WSJ: Campus Protestors Unmasked
In a letter to university presidents last week, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost reminded them that the state has a law against those who use masks to disguise their identity.
President Biden may not be on the ballot in Ohio, and it isn’t easy to find unbiased reporting on this significant issue.
TL: DR: In Ohio, there is a law that presidential nominees must be submitted 90 days before the election to be on the ballot. Democrats screwed up, so Biden won’t be on the ballot unless something is done really soon. Ohio Republicans have to pass a waiver today, or the Ohio Democrats will have to figure this out on their own.
WaPo: Many protesters are outsiders
WaPo: Many protesters are outsiders
More than a quarter of protesters arrested Tuesday at Columbia University and 60 percent of those arrested at the City College of New York had no connections to the institutions, according to data from the New York Police Department.
It’s time to take these provocateurs seriously. When a DA wants to, an avalanche of charges can be dropped on a defendant. Outside agents should be treated as a serious threat. They should be kept in jail as long as is legally possible to keep them from fomenting chaos elsewhere. Intelligence agencies should be investigating their background. Foreigners can be expelled, and student visas revoked.
The useful idiots from the student body should face university disciplinary hearings along with more modest charges. Academic freedom doesn’t shield faculty from punishment for criminal activity. They should be dismissed from the university.
Our government representatives should be monitoring the response by university and local officials. If these disruptions aren’t seriously addressed, those officials should face consequences.
NYT: Colleges have gone off the deep end.
NYT: Colleges have gone off the deep end.
David French explains where the college protestors have gone wrong. I don’t recall seeing any push-back during the Occupy Wall Street or BLM actions.
Politico: Far Right wants more babies.
Real Clear Politics: Have more babies.
Based on recent articles, we are supposed to worry about not having enough babies and people who worry about not having enough babies.
Back in the 1980’s, before we were afraid all the time, I supported several environmental groups. Sierra Club, World Wildlife Fund and a few others. Never Greenpeace, they were already crazy. World population was an issue of interest, so I supported a group called Negative Population Growth.
They were completely reasonable, but in retrospect, I can see how they could go off-the-rails in a catastrophic way.
Kristi Noem Shot Her Dog and Political Future in the Head. John Nolte explains the problem better than I did.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Storming Campuses
I value free speech and celebrate this commentary from an agent of chaos.
They are destroying the American university in order to keep it “safe.” In a week when decades happened, the lowest moments in what became a nationwide assault on college free speech by militarized police veered from shock to tragicomical irony.
Police should always conduct themselves as professionals and use an amount of force necessary to maintain order.
BLM, Occupy Wall Street and any other mob of thugs intending to disrupt lives and seize property should be arrested, charged and have their day in court.
It is a relief to see university and government officials doing their jobs without regard for their own political opinions.
Fox News: Ohio Lawmakers like Pete Rose
This is embarrassing. Ohio lawmakers should have something more productive to do than mettle in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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