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What We’re Reading Today: Need To Speed, Concocted Climate Consensus, Jewish Values And The GOP … And More

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Economics

Will ‘soak the rich’ make Democratic states feel blue? — The Library of Economics and Liberty

Wacky but worth a whirl: legalized speeding — New York Post

Collectivist Revivalism and the New Attack on Liberty — American Institute for Economic Research

The Bogus ‘Consensus’ Argument on Climate Change — Mises Institute

Matters Of Faith

Attorney General William P. Barr Remarks to the Notre Dame Law School — Justice Department

The GOP Is The Party Of Jewish Values — The Times Of Israel

Evolution Has Answers For Many Of The Most VIP Questions But What About Those It Doesn’t? — HillFaith

Satire

Man Lowers Carbon Footprint By Bringing Reusable Bags Every Time He Buys Gas — The Onion

Moloch Announces Forcing Your Kids To Become Transgender Is Acceptable Form Of Sacrifice — Babylon Bee

U.S. General blessed the rains down in AFRICOM — DuffelBlog

Foolishness

Schumer proposes $462 billion car swap — gas for electric — Associated Press

Student Govt. at UMass Amherst Declares Climate Emergency, Wants School to do Same — Legal Insurrection

Why we’re rethinking the images we use for our climate journalism — Guardian

Misc

The Welfare Industrial Complex — PowerLine

Trump Cancels All Admins’ NYT, WaPo Subscriptions: ‘Will Save 100s Of 1000s Of Taxpayer Dollars’ — ZeroHedge

Strangling the Cities — City Journal

Minneapolis Police Finally Make Assault Arrest in the Wake of Violent Protests Outside Trump Rally — American Greatness

Media meltdowns and political polarization — Joel Koktin, Orange County Register


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