“Although they are run down, many still boast high local taxes. Sadly, this forms a vicious cycle of adverse selection, spiraling tax rates, and underfunding. “
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Eddie Ferrara writes about policy from a data-driven perspective. He studied sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He blogs at eddiethoughts.com.
Category: The Right
Are Cities Heading for a Fiscal Crunch?
Gov. Brian Kemp: How to Stand up to Corporate Pressure
“We lost the All-Star Game, but I think we won the battle because that fight has moved to other states now because we are on the right side of this issue, and we push back so hard.”
Sohrab Ahmari and Michael Brendan Dougherty on Reclaiming Faith, Family, and Nation
“In an age of iconoclasm, Ahmari reiterates the indispensable need for the icon of tradition that points beyond itself to the everlasting, and Dougherty captures how the icon of national particularism can also point beyond itself to the universal.”
The Greatest of the Forgotten Conservative Thinkers
“A polity of such geopolitical importance would surely be expected to have birthed an intellectual reaction to the French Revolution that was comparable to its formidable military response.”
Mary Harrington: Family Formation in the 2020s
“The long-term problem there is that if your feminism becomes associated with anti-natalism, sooner or later it’s going to trigger a backlash, and that backlash is not going to look very nice for women.”
Biden’s Tax Policies Would Hamstring Economic Recovery and Social Mobility
“The recovery itself is likely to be the largest job creator this decade.”
The Cult of Democracy
“The bigger the election’s participation, the bigger the mandate, and so universal suffrage elections have grown into unwieldy, ugly beasts.”
The Two-faces of Classical Music: the Bureaucratic Tyranny of Music Schools
“The reasoning has nothing whatsoever to do with functionality; indeed, it has nothing whatsoever to do with viruses or health safety. The reasoning is about symbolizing conformity to bureaucratic rule.”
Review: Stephan Haggard and Robert Kaufman’s “Backsliding”
“With that said, there is considerably more to democratic regression than the simplistic idea of evil, right-wing leaders whose ideas resonate with bad people.”
A Brit’s Friendly Advice to American Conservatives
“In order to win, the American Right needs to bury dead dogmas, get its head out of abstract Platonic idealism, and look reality in the face.”
Is Inflation Finally Going to Be a Problem?
“Finally, the mere expectation of inflation can actually bring it to pass.”
James Burnham: Foreseeing Our Managerial Domination (Part II)
“Ultimately, in order to thwart the managerial system, the American conservative movement needs to co-opt the managerial system.”
James Burnham: Foreseeing Our Managerial Domination
“This depoliticization of the public realm extends to the selection of the managerial class itself. Elections matter not at all. The managers perpetuate themselves…”
Elena Thérèse-Rose: Making Catholicism Shareable (Especially on the Web)
“Secondly, I’d say good advice is to gain familiarity with the saints and to perhaps gain some friends among the saints because often they are the best examples.”
Is the National Debt Finally Going to Be a Problem?
“As President Joe Biden unveils his own ambitious spending plans, it is worth asking if the national debt is finally going to have its moment.”
