Policy: Tariff madness
Trade restrictions make everyone worse off. How does this make sense?
Public health: Culling chicken flocks doesn’t work
Killing hundreds of millions of chickens to stop H5N1 has failed, but at least it caused egg prices to skyrocket.
Economy: Who pays how much of Federal income tax revenue?
High income earners pay most of the Federal income taxes collected by the Federal government.
Federal Deficit: Things that cannot go on forever, won’t go on forever
As long as the economy grows faster than the deficit the deficit can continue to grow. The problem is the deficit is growing faster than the economy.
Demographics: Lack of births leads to birth centers closing
A collapse in births (1 or 2 per week) has led to the closure of rural birthing and maternity care centers.
Government inefficiency: EV charger program temporarily halted
Funded with billions of $s in 2021, as of 2025, the program has built 56 EV charging stations. Government inefficiency at its finest.
It’s complicated: Is it a crime to be in the U.S. “illegally”?
Immigration rules, regulations and laws are complicated and confusing. Whether one is in the U.S. illegally, and what it means,, is complicated.
Government: Follow the money
To understand how an organization really works (versus what they tell you), you need to follow the money and incentives.
Economy: Argentina’s economic reforms apparently successful
Argentina's President, an economist, slashed government spending and regulations - and Argentina's economy is doing much better.