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Day: August 19, 2022

    Will Our Cities Come Back?
    August 19, 2022 / by John Hinderaker / In

    Will Our Cities Come Back?

    (John Hinderaker) This Research Brief from the Institute of Governmental Studies at Berkeley measures the extent to which cities and, specifically, downtowns have recovered from the covid shutdowns. The piece is noteworthy because of its methodology: it uses cell phone data to track the extent to which people are returning to various cities and the downtown areas within those cities, so it is based on objective reality. I encourage you to follow

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    I Wish They All Could Leave California
    August 19, 2022 / by John Hinderaker / In

    I Wish They All Could Leave California

    (John Hinderaker) Via InstaPundit, the Babylon Bee’s parody version of the Beach Boys’ “California Girls.” The parody is beautifully executed, and quite poignant: it reminds us of a time when everyone wanted to go to California. Now? The last person leaving can turn out the lights. No, wait. The lights are going out already, due to the state’s insane energy policies. So here it is, the Babylon Bee on America’s poorest state:

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    Lockdown Disasters
    August 19, 2022 / by John Hinderaker / In

    Lockdown Disasters

    (John Hinderaker) Around the world, an accounting is finally under way for the disastrous shutdown policies that were followed by many governments. The Telegraph headlines: “Lockdown effects feared to be killing more people than Covid.” The effects of lockdown may now be killing more people than are dying of Covid, official statistics suggest. Figures for excess deaths from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that around 1,000 more people than usual

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