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 Getting Serious About Infrastructure Nicole Gelinas, Washington Times California’s indefinite delay of its high-speed rail spine isn’t a failure of a technology that works well from France to Japan. For advocates of a Green New Deal or even a less ambitious vision of a less car-dependent America, it’s even worse than that. It’s a failure of progressive Democrats to execute big, complex infrastructure projects — the last legacy of the Obama stimulus. Most new governors use their inaugural State of the State speech to announce grand plans. New California Gov. Gavin Newsom used his to end a grand plan. Read more here.... Where Millennials Really Go for Jobs
Joel Kotkin & Wendell Cox, City Journal When Amazon decided to locate its second headquarters in New York, it cited the supposed advantages of the city’s talent base. Now that progressive politicians have chased Amazon out of town, the tech booster chorus has been working overtime to prove that Gotham, and other big, dense, expensive cities, are destined to become “tech towns” anyway, because of their young, motivated labor pools. That argument may sound great to New York Times readers or on local talk shows, but it is increasingly untrue. Read more here....  Moms Matter: Evidence on the Gender Wage Gap, Parental Influence, Welfare Reform
Lyman Stone, E21 Do moms really matter? The question seems almost too obvious to ask: of course moms matter! But the extent to which parents or parenting matter for child outcomes is hotly debated. Some researchers have suggested that parents really don’t have much influence on how children develop. But new research supports the idea that parenting counts. Using data on tens of thousands of Israeli students in the 1980s and 1990s, a team of researchers has provided compelling new proof that parents influence kids. Read more here....  How to restore separation of powers John Yoo and James C. Phillips | NationalReview.com The separation of powers is not just about the separation of powers. It’s also about religious liberty, free speech, due process, and every other liberty the Constitution protects and all those not enumerated in its text. Who's Afraid Of Budget Deficits? I Am. by David R. Henderson via Defining IdeasTaking issue with Jason Furman and Larry Summers Who's Afraid Of Budget Deficits?
by David R. Henderson via EconLogIn a provocative article in Foreign Affairs titled “Who’s Afraid of Budget Deficits?” Jason Furman and Lawrence H. Summers argue that we should not worry much about the federal government’s large and growing budget deficits. While they admit that politicians and policymakers “shouldn’t ignore fiscal constraints entirely,” they say that they “should focus on urgent social problems, not deficits.”
Native American Heritage: It's Not What You Think
by Terry Anderson, Wendy Purnell via Defining IdeasThe ideas defining a free Native American society.
The Administrative State on Trial
A Supreme Court case offers a chance to rein in the rule of unelected regulators.  "FDD's Research Assessment: Cyber,"Annie Fixler and David Maxwell, Midterm Assessment: The Trump Administration's Foreign and National Security Policies "FDD's Midterm Assessment: Economic Security," Juan C. Zarate, Midterm Assessment: The Trump Administration's Foreign and National Security Policies
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