Some headlines that caught our eye.
Election 2020
Kamala Harris wants Wall Street to pick up the tab for her ‘Medicare For All’ plan — MarketWatch
Special Counsels Smear While You Can’t Respond In Legal Proceeding — Alan Dershowitz, Gatestone Institute
Trickle-Up Bernie-omics: Middle-Class Tax Increases Will Save Them $$ — Beth Baumann, TownHall
Economy/Economics
China and Keynesian Economics: A Strategy for Stagnation and Debt — Dan Mitchell
China Economy Keeps Weakening — Bloomberg
Happy 107th birthday to Dr. Milton Friedman on July 31! — Mark J. Perry
Faith
C.S. Lewis, War, and the Christian Character — Providence
There is no ‘Catholic case for communism’ — Acton Institute
The Golden Rule Is as Golden as Ever — Larry Reed, Foundation for Economic Education
Baltimore
Elijah Cummings’ Wife Used Her Charity To Pay Her For-Profit Company, Documents Show — Daily Caller
Filth, rodents have ‘perplexed generations of mayors in Baltimore … solutions for the trash and crime problems will go hand-in-hand’ — Baltimore Sun April 2019 editorial
Dems Know Trump Is Right About Baltimore — Seth Barron, New York Post
Climate
Before Saving the Planet, Could We Please Get the Bill? — RealClearEnergy
Teen Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Coming To US — Via Sailboat — Daily Mail
Paris Set Its All-Time Hottest Temperature This Week. Is it Climate Change? No — Watts Up With That?
Misc
America is number one: too bad the politicians don’t see it — Joel Kotkin, Orange County Register
Food Labeling Follies — Henry Miller, Pacific Research Institute
Why did conservatives become so cranky about America’s leading technology companies? — James Pethokoukis, American Enterprise Institute
The real reason you see so many Chick-fil-A restaurants — America Online
Can ESPN Just Stick To Sports? — Powerline
Sen. Wyden Escorts 8-1/2-month Pregnant Mexican & Family Across Border — Kristinn Taylor, Gateway Pundit
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