Vartan GregorianApril 16, 2021 at 3:31 pm
It is a bitter irony that news of death of Vartan Gregorian, the educational and philanthropic leader who brought warmth, energy, and delight to institutions like the New York Public Library, Brown University, and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, arrived the same day that President Biden, breaking a campaign promise, said he would keep the refugee admissions limit at the Trump-era low of 15,000 a year. Gregorian, though not formally a refugee, was born to Armenian parents in Iran, went to high school in Beirut, and arrived in the United States in 1956 to attend Stanford. His career is a reminder of the vast contributions that can be made to America by immigrants that it welcomes. Not every refugee or immigrant will be a Vartan Gregorian, but some of them will, and allowing fewer of them in each year reduces the chances that there will be one in the next batch.
Boston Eliminates Library Late Fees in Name of EquityApril 15, 2021 at 10:15 pm
From a Boston Public Library press release:
Government Pays Parents to Keep Children Home From SchoolApril 15, 2021 at 12:44 pm
The perverse incentives of the Pandemic EBT program—a family would lose $409 a month by switching three children to in-person from remote instruction—are the topic of an article I wrote for Education Next. Please check out the full article there, headlined, "The Government Is Paying Public School Parents Billions of Dollars to Keep Their Children Home."
Where's the Boycott of Boston?April 14, 2021 at 12:12 pm
So long as Major League Baseball is pulling the all-star game out of Georgia to protest voting laws, maybe it should stop playing games in Boston, Massachusetts, too? The city, home of the Red Sox, is sending mail signed by the former mayor—now a Biden administration cabinet member—requiring residents to answer a mailing or risk removal from the voter registration rolls.
Jamie Dimon 2020 JP Morgan Chase LetterApril 11, 2021 at 11:18 am
Over the weekend I got a chance to catch up with Jamie Dimon's shareholder letter for 2020. There's a lot there, and I don't agree with all of it, but there was a significant amount of good sense, especially the emphasis on economic growth. My favorite nuggets:
Baseball Wokeness and Boston Latin School AdmissionsApril 9, 2021 at 8:55 am
"The Red Sox Speak Up for Racial Engineering in Boston Schools" is the headline over my column in today's Wall Street Journal. I have been following the situation for Education Next, where I wrote about it in an article headlined, "Red Sox, Celtics Back 'Zip Code Quota' Plan for Boston Exam Schools."
Race-Based Tax BillsApril 9, 2021 at 8:43 am
Reparations for slavery delivered via a credit on the IRS Form 1040 are the topic of my column this week. Please check out the column at Newsmax ("After Race-Based Vaccine Access, Expect Race-Based Tax Bills") and at the New York Sun ("Could Tax Code Be Used to Make U.S. Reparations?"). The Sun version was also picked up at RealClearMarkets: ("Are Race-Based Tax Rates the Next Step in Taxation?")
Biden's Big Tax IncreaseMarch 29, 2021 at 10:18 pm
Even the New York Times is now describing President Biden's plan as "the largest federal tax increase since 1942." It's the topic of my column this week. Please check out the full column at Reason ("Here's How Biden's Proposed Tax Increases Will Affect You"), Newsmax ("Joe Biden Is Demanding Higher Taxes...Will the Cycle Ever End?"), and the New York Sun ("Now They Tell Us: Biden Readies Radical Tax Hikes.")
Great GOP Hope Attacks "Corporate Media," Silicon Valley SuccessesMarch 26, 2021 at 4:25 pm
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is the topic of my column this week. Please check out the full column at the New York Sun ("DeSantis Using Socialist Lingo To Attack Press") and at Newsmax ("As DeSantis Eyes 2024 He Should Drop Socialist Lingo.")
Expanded, Refundable Child Tax CreditMarch 17, 2021 at 7:38 pm
Before spending a trillion dollars over ten years to make permanent the expanded, refundable child tax credit, how about seeing how it works in year one, or in smaller scale experiments? Please check out my full column on this topic at the New York Sun ("What Fate Awaits Biden's One-Year Child Tax Credit?"), at Newsmax ("Will the Child Tax Credit Really Help America's Children?") and at Reason ("Bipartisan Support of Child Tax Credits Is Too Hasty.") And by the way—might the influx of families at the Southern border have something to do with the news that the U.S. Government will be showering sums of money on those with children?
Get Ready For the Biden Baby BoomMarch 11, 2021 at 8:56 am
The increase in the child tax credit, and its expected effects, are the topic of my latest column. Please check out the full column at Newsmax ("Get Ready for the Biden Baby Boom") and at the New York Sun ("Ready, Get Set for Biden Baby Boom, Begat by Congress.")
Conservatives Against Free MarketsMarch 8, 2021 at 8:52 am
From a New York Times profile of Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri with degrees from Stanford and Yale:
Rattner on the Inflation Threat and the Waste in the Stimulus BillMarch 7, 2021 at 10:21 am
A good column by former Obama administration official Steve Rattner. He concludes "Wasting precious dollars that could be better spent can't possibly be worth the risk of igniting high inflation again." Rattner writes:
Latino RepublicansMarch 7, 2021 at 9:55 am
Interesting reporting in a front-page New York Times news article that interviews dozens of Latino men about why they vote Republican:
Vaccination Statistics Make Case for Brexit, NationalismMarch 3, 2021 at 6:57 pm
Britain's outperforming the European Union in vaccinating its population is the topic of my column this week. Please check out the full column at the New York Sun ("Brexit Britain Besting Europe on Covid Vaxxes") and Newsmax ("Vaccination Statistics Make Case for Nationalism, Brexit.")
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