Biden and Dems Are Set to Abolish the Suburbs

Source: National Review Online.

I have commented on President Obama’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) act many times, often in the context of denouncing The Virginian Pilot’s support for regionalism in Hampton Roads. Cooperation among local governments is probably a good thing in many ways, but it can also become subversive, especially under the transactional influence of a central government that hand out monies.

Kurtz focuses in this piece mainly on the tax-and-spending consequences of AFFH, and its role in current political dramas, but to grasp the full implications of AFFH, it pays to follow the links to Kurtz’s early work on the act. Imagine being told you can’t live in an apartment you can afford, which is convenient to your job, and which you happen to like, because you have the wrong skin color. That’s one of the devils that live in the details of the AFFH act.

Coming soon: A lesson in unintended consequences.

Fairness in Lending Act

The Democrats have finally passed a law setting limits on interest rates and terms for small loans to poor credit risks. They think this will result in low income people getting less costly loans for emergencies, What will actually happen is that they will be unable to get emergency loans at all. Continue reading “Coming soon: A lesson in unintended consequences.”

Some pretty good information about masks, their uses and effectiveness around the world.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/masks-could-help-stop-coronavirus-so-why-are-they-still-controversial-11593336601

If you can’t access WSJ, I have a few pertinent quotes which I can’t give verbatim because of a copy block at Apple News.
Continue reading “Some pretty good information about masks, their uses and effectiveness around the world.”

Hannity may be hazardous to your health.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90521195/exposure-to-sean-hannity-may-be-lethal-studies-on-covid-19-suggest?partner=rss&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss

“A round of recent studies that suggests infection and mortality rates for COVID-19 are higher in areas where Fox News star Sean Hannity reaches the most viewers.“

Continue reading “Hannity may be hazardous to your health.”