Articles Of Interest From The April 25, 2020 Edition

 

From The New York Times an interesting article on whether you can tell which of these neighborhoods voted for Trump of Biden by looking at them:

 

HERE

 

Another from The New York Times regarding DeSantis being Trump’s heir or is he just trying:

 

HERE

 

From the Atlantic stating that luxury housing is good for every type of housing:

 

HERE

 

Treasure Coast Newspapers asks is exclusionary zoning liberal or conservative:

 

HERE

 

And Pacific Legal writes why do so many dislike accessory units:

 

HERE

 

Route-Fifty has an article on the newest congressional caucus made up of former local elected officials:

 

HERE

 

CHARTS:

 

All from the Visual Capitalist

 

The first one compares the size of the Titanic to a modern day cruise ship:

 

HERE

 

The next shows us Biden’s Budget proposal:

 

HERE

 

And last the ten cities that have the most billionaires:

 

HERE

 

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Articles Of Interest From The April 11, 2020 Edition

 

From The New York Times that this could be Biden’s chance to save the Everglades:

 

here

 

Vox has a piece on the history of the Dining Room:

 

here

 

The Capitolist writes that even Florida Democrats are speaking out on the “60 Minute” hit job on DeSantis

 

here

 

Heather McDonald writes in City Journal about NYC the rising crime rates:

 

here

 

And from Rich Lowery in Politico Magazine regarding Republicans should be looking at DeSantis as the model:

 

here

 

Lastly from Lessons From History the worlds oldest languages that are still spoken:

 

here

 

CHARTS

 

Only one this week from the Visual Capitalist on the world’s richest families:

 

here

 

 

Articles Of Interest From The March 28, 2021 Edition

An interesting article from the Atlantic on how America has substituted politics for religion:

 

HERE

 

Next from Route Fifty regarding how Florida asks people to wear their masks nicely:

 

HERE

 

The Washington Post reimagines Public Safety:

 

HERE

 

Florida Phoenix asks how did the Manatee in one year go to being endangered again:

 

HERE

 

Politico Magazine has a portrait on Governor DeSantis:

 

HERE

 

From The New York Times that millennials are using their check to buy stock:

 

HERE

 

And another from Route Fifty on Florida response not so exceptional and not so bad:

 

HERE

 

From the Capitolist the governor wants $75 million for vocational education:

 

HERE

 

The Herald Tribune writes that Florida once again is raiding the housing trust fund:

 

HERE

 

Lastly from the Conversation that civic education has unintended consequences:

 

HERE

 

CHARTS

 

And three charts from the Visual Capitalist:

 

The world’s largest rivers and their basins:

 

HERE

 

The deadliest plagues:

 

HERE

 

And the most linguistically diverse nations:

 

HERE

 

 

Articles Of Interest From The March 14, 2020 Edition

 

From OMG Facts there was six more letters in our alphabet at one time:

 

HERE

 

Washington Post editorializes that there should be term limits in the Senate:

 

HERE

 

And again, from the Washington Post how to keep working well into your 80s:

 

HERE

 

The Miami Herald writes that the entire State of Florida is open to the public except the state capital building:

 

HERE

 

The Tampa Bay Times tells us about vouchers:

 

HERE

 

Another from the Washington Post on the need for civics education:

 

HERE

 

And lastly from the Washington Post regarding the newest CDC guidelines:

 

HERE

 

CHARTS

 

And two charts from The Visual Capitalist

 

The first is the cost of beer throughout the world:

 

HERE

 

The second is a chart that says money can buy happiness:

 

HERE

 

 

Articles Of Interest From The February 28, 2020 Edition

 

From The New York Times the housing crisis is a national one:

 

here

 

The next article from the Washington Post states that during pandemics there is more extremism:

 

here

 

The Tampa Bay Times writes that Marion County thinking about returning to an elected superintendent after 30 years:

 

here

 

Lastly from Route Fifty that government employees using their personal devices put their employers at risk for cyber-attacks:

 

here

Charts

 

The first chart is from Frame of Reference it outlines the education of all 46 presidents:

 

here

 

And two charts from The Visual Capitalist:

 

The first is the worlds oldest and youngest countries:

 

here

 

And what is known as the Buffet Indicator for all time high risk:

 

here

 

Articles Of Interest From The February 14, 2020 Edition

From The History of Yesterday the Irish Thermapolyae

 

HERE

 

Route 50 writes it is time to adequately fund health departments:

 

HERE

 

Axios has an article on why cable subscriptions will continue to drop:

 

HERE

From Florida Phoenix regarding business protection from Covid:

 

HERE

Another from Route 50 regarding how to make people take care of public spaces:

 

HERE

 

And another from the same regarding the hacking of a Florida city water supply:

 

HERE

The Palm Beach Post writes that the SFWMD has now funded their part of the STA south of Lake O:

 

HERE

 

Charts

 

There are two from Visual Capitalist:

 

List of countries land mass:

 

HERE

 

And the 50 most visited web sites:

 

HERE

 

 

Articles Of Interest From The January 24, 2020 Edition

 

Tom Campenni on Medium on does history repeat itself:

 

here

 

From The New York Times what is the future of the office:

 

here

 

And Politico asks is the job market crashing:

 

here

 

 

Charts

 

From Wallet Hub states ranked by drivability:

 

here

 

And two from Visual Capitalist:

The first is the top 50 global brands:

 

here

 

And the second what is the real cost of COVID:

 

here

 

Articles Of Interest From The January 10, 2020 Edition

 

The Naples News tells us that Florida has the lowest flu vaccination rates in the country. Is this a harbinger of the Covid vaccine?

here

 

 

What are the causes of death in 2020 from The New York Times:

 

here

 

The Washington Post has an article by George Schultz at 100 years old. He has been the Secretary of Labor, Treasury and State:

 

here

 

From Lessons From History What is it like to live through a siege of a medieval castle:

 

here

 

The Washington Post has the full transcript of Trump’s call to Raffensperger:

 

here

 

Lastly from Route Fifty some Florida Counties using Eventbrite to make vaccine appointments:

 

here

 

 

CHARTS

 

 

All from the Visual Capitalist this week

 

The first explains how people spend their day throughout the world:

 

here

 

The next is the U.S. population broken down by race:

 

here

 

And finally the charts of 2020 review:

 

here

 

Articles Of Interest From The December 13,  2020 Edition

FROM TOM:

The Pandemic Is Showing What Is Wrong With the Economy:

 

here

 

Facebook Is A Bully:

 

here

 

From Florida Phoenix The state will have 179,400 units of vaccine initially for a population of 21.3 million:

 

here

 

Fast Times writes that American suburbs are looking more like European cities:

 

here

 

Pacific Legal writes that you should look at the dissenting opinion to see where the Court is going in the future:

 

here

 

An article from The Tampa Bay Times that a political consultant that ran 24 Florida House campaigns tells his clients not to speak to the media:

 

here

 

 

The Washington Post has a feature about the last grandson of President John Tyler (1790-1862) in a Virginia nursing home had a history older than the nation:

 

here

 

From Route Fifty remote work for the government and private sector will be the new norm:

 

here

 

The New York Times writes about the new more stringent test for citizenship:

 

here

 

And the test itself:

 

here

 

Governor DeSantis video on the Covid vaccine:

 

here

 

Florida Phoenix asks are injection wells the way to go north of Lake “O”:

 

here

 

The New York Times has an interactive predictor on where you are in receiving the vaccine:

 

here

The Economist writes about a strategy for America with China:

 

here

 

CHARTS

 

Holliday spending in the world:

 

here

 

 

2020 economic review and 2021 projections:

 

 

here

 

 

 

Articles Of Interest From The November 22, 2020 Edition

 

Our first article is from Route 50 regarding Puerto Rico’s affirmative vote to become a state:

 

here

 

From The Startup Milton Freedman still knows more about markets than The NY Times:

 

here

 

The History of Yesterday has an article regarding Adam Smith’s two revolutionary ideas:

 

here

From The New York Times a piece remembering the time that Martin Luther King was stabbed in Harlem and saved by the NYPD:

 

here

 

Another from Route 50 regarding New York City sending EMTs with cops to answer some calls:

 

here

 

And finally another from The History of Yesterday regarding a scientist that gave the world cheap fertilizer and a gas used to kill millions of people:

here

 

Articles Of Interest From The November 8,  2020 Edition

From Discourse Magazine both political parties have moved left:

 

Here

 

Advance Science Magazine writes that our plastic use is much higher than previously thought:

 

Here

 

And from Marker asking what happened to Chile’s economic success:

 

Here

 

Articles Of Interest From The October 18, 2020 Edition

The Washington Post writes that our first president almost died of the flu:

 

here

 

NPR tells us that school enrollment is dropping nationwide:

 

here

 

Again from the Washington Post an article on Amy Coney Barrett that tells the story of her connection to Martin County:

 

here

 

From Florida Phoenix an article on how both political parties agree that Proposition 3 should be defeated:

 

here

 

Articles Of Interest From The October 4, 2020 Edition

From The New York Times using DNA to see where the Vikings went:

 

here

Again, from The New York Times what happens if everyone receives the same benefit from the government regardless of income:

 

here

The Miami Herald warns of huge budget cuts coming:

 

here

 

Economist asks is it time for digital identification cards:

 

here

 

And from Route 50 the 9^th circuit upholds 5G rules:

 

here

 

AP News writes that Disney is laying off 28,000 employees.

 

here

Another from the Economist stating that there is a radical shift in working arrangements:

 

here

 

And lastly from Medium about the right of the president to name the next justice:

 

here

 

Articles Of Interest From The September 20, 2020 Edition

From The New York Times what happens to service workers now:

 

here

 

The Assent tells us that money is going to lose its value:

 

here

 

A study from the Brookings Institute regarding voter fraud:

 

here

 

A piece on Medium on why honey can last forever:

 

here

 

The Economist writes what Putin fears the most:

 

here

 

From Crains New York the new Whole Food stores will not have any customers:

 

here

 

Knowhere News writes that 250,000 cases tied to Sturges rally:

 

here

 

Lastly from Vanity Fair an article on Matt Gaetz:

 

here

 

Articles Of Interest From The September 6, 2020 Edition

From Route 50 writes that affluence killed New York:

 

HERE

 

From Pacific Legal that we need more housing in the suburbs not less:

 

HERE

 

And again, from Route 50 Millennials like small cities:

 

HERE

 

And lastly from Thoughts Politics & Beliefs the courts are also a casualty of the pandemic:

 

HERE

 

Articles Of Interest From The August 23, 2020 Edition

The New Yorker reprints a piece by Arthur Miller from 1998 regarding the days before air conditioning:

 

here

 

 

From Route 50 are workforce is about to change dramatically:

 

here

 

 

Florida Sheriff forbids masks from the Ocala Star Banner:

 

here

 

Politico reports that the New York Daily News and many others are abandoning their newsrooms:

 

here

 

The Hill has an article regarding the Supreme Court ruling that a government’s police power is not absolute:

 

here

 

Route 50 writes that the 9^th Circuit rules that California over reached when it forbid high capacity gun magazines:

 

here

 

Zillow proves that cities real estate markets are not collapsing:

 

here

 

And lastly the U.S. Senate’s final report on Russian interference in the 2016 election:

 

here

 

Articles Of Interest From The August 9, 2020 Edition

From Route 50 counties will be short 200 billion

 

here

 

Bloomberg asks are single family obsolete:

 

here

 

Stars & Stripes writes that U.S. military is leaving Germany:

 

here

 

The New York Times has John Lewis write his own obituary:

 

here

 

The Boston Globe has an article about the 50,000 population of the City of Methune’s Police Chief making $325,000 per year:

here

The New York Times reports that the 2^nd Qtr. GDP drops 33%:

 

here

 

From Townhall Martin County resident Attorney Mark Miller explains why qualified immunity needs to go away:

 

here

 

Lastly from The New York Times if remote work not working maybe your company isn’t doing it right:

 

here

 

 

Articles Of Interest From The July 26, 2020 Edition

From The Tallahassee Democrat mask ordinances ruled constitutional:

 

HERE

 

Florida Phoenix asks who is in charge of school reopening:

 

HERE

Politico writes that DeSantis may be walking back school reopening’s:

 

HERE

 

The New York Times has an article about children and spread:

 

HERE

Miami Herald on the Bahama’s closed to Americans:

 

HERE

 

Route 50 writes that a third of Americans want to only work from home:

 

HERE

Here are the CDC Guidelines on school reopening:

 

HERE

 

Pacific Legal asks whether we will freeze development of new homes:

 

HERE

 

Politico writes about a large Salmon Farm in warehouses in Florida:

 

HERE

 

Medium tells us about the plague that crushed the Roman Legions:

 

HERE

 

Colin Powell is still looking for answers according to The New York Times Magazine:

 

HERE

And last from Brookings should everyone be required to vote:

 

 

HERE

 

Articles Of Interest From The July 9, 2020 Edition

From Martin County:

 

An article from Knowhere News Martin County cases increase 256% in June

 

here

 

From the Palm Beach Post suit over mandatory face masks:

 

here

From the rest of the world:

 

Florida Bulldog has an article regarding no bid contracts for friends:

 

here

 

Politico reports on DeSantis veto for on-line learning program:

 

here

From Bloomberg/City Lab writes that preemption is destroying our life:

 

here

 

Route 50 writes that in some places social workers are being dispatched instead of police:

 

here

Washington Post asks the experts what they do and don’t do re Corona:

 

here

 

Articles Of Interest From The June 28, 2020 Edition

From Martin County:

 

TC Palm writes that Covid is spiking:

here

 

From The Rest Of The World

From the Washington Post the article is how millennials are the unluckiest generation:

 

here

 

Medium the Roman Empire went into decline where is the U.S.:

 

here

 

 

Propublica writes that the head of the bailout in Washington has put aside tens of millions of dollars for his own company:

 

here

 

Route 50 has something about police reform popular rioting is not:

 

here

 

And from The New York Times the economy’s real problem is a loss of demand:

 

here

 

Articles Of Interest From The June 14, 2020 Edition

LOCAL:

TC Palm writes that Covid is spiking:

 

HERE

 

From the Washington Post the article is how millennial’s are the unluckiest generation:

 

HERE

 

Medium the Roman Empire went into decline where is the U.S.:

 

HERE

 

 

Propublica writes that the head of the bailout in Washington has put aside tens of millions of dollars for his own company:

 

HERE

 

Route 50 has something about police reform popular rioting is not:

 

HERE

 

And from The New York Times the economy’s real problem is a loss of demand:

 

HERE

 

 

Articles Of Interest From The May 31, 2020 Edition

Articles Of Interest From The May 17, 2020 Edition

 

Articles Of Interest From The May 3 2020 Edition

This interactive piece is from The New York Times the Corona Virus’ unequal effects:

 

CLICK HERE

 

 

 

 

Jeff Bezos letter to his shareholders at Amazon:

 

CLICK HERE

 

From the Washington Post 6 factors between containment and devastation:

 

CLICK HERE

 

The AP reports that Florida is one of the slowest to process unemployment claims:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Florida Phoenix writes that sending healthcare workers to hospitals without adequate PPP is like sending soldiers to war without guns:

 

CLICK HERE

 

A recent Quinnipiac Pole on what Floridians are thinking:

 

CLICK HERE

 

From Route 50 an article on how A-G Barr is going after local governments regarding church services:

 

CLICK HERE

 

 

 

 

Articles Of Interest From The April 2020 Edition From The April 17, 2020 Edition

From the Washington Post Historian Michael Beschloss writes about leadership:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Route 50 writes that governments are becoming more secret:

 

CLICK HERE

 

The New York Times has an article on how the crisis on the carrier T. Roosevelt shows a military in trouble:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Listen to the resigned Navy Secretary’s recording to the crew of the carrier:

 

CLICK HERE

 

The Inspector General’s report on U.S. hospitals. If nothing else read the short summary in the front:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Medium has an article on how the Black Death changed society. Is it a lesson to us:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Washington Post has an article on why we horde toilet paper:

 

CLICK HERE

 

George Will’s column on what the Marines will look like in the future:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Wallet Hub ranks Florida 44^th in our response to COVID-19:

 

CLICK HERE

 

The Hill authors an article on testing and bureaucracy:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Bret Stephens’ op-ed in The New York Times regarding bureaucracy and testing:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Lastly President Trump’s plan for reopening:

 

CLICK HERE

 

 

 

Articles Of Interest From The April 17 2020 Edition

From the Washington Post Historian Michael Beschloss writes about leadership:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Route 50 writes that governments are becoming more secret:

 

CLICK HERE

 

The New York Times has an article on how the crisis on the carrier T. Roosevelt shows a military in trouble:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Listen to the resigned Navy Secretary’s recording to the crew of the carrier:

 

CLICK HERE

 

The Inspector General’s report on U.S. hospitals. If nothing else read the short summary in the front:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Medium has an article on how the Black Death changed society. Is it a lesson to us:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Washington Post has an article on why we horde toilet paper:

 

CLICK HERE

 

George Will’s column on what the Marines will look like in the future:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Wallet Hub ranks Florida 44^th in our response to COVID-19:

 

CLICK HERE

 

The Hill authors an article on testing and bureaucracy:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Bret Stephens’ op-ed in The New York Times regarding bureaucracy and testing:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Lastly President Trump’s plan for reopening:

 

CLICK HERE

 

 

 

Articles Of Interest From The April 5, 2020 Edition

From The New York Times how did the virus start in China:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Florida Phoenix explains the vaping bill passed by the legislature:

 

CLICK HERE

 

The New York Times has an article on how one party in Westport Connecticut contributed to spreading the virus all over the world:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Washington Post writes that Amazon is triaging its products to make sure Prime Customers receive their shipments first:

 

CLICK HERE

 

The Atlantic explains how the virus will change the American system and believes it should:

 

CLICK HERE

 

From the BBC how the rest of the world views us:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Another from Florida Phoenix asking why more state employees aren’t working from home:

 

CLICK HERE

 

KnowWhere Treasure Coast News on local farmers feeding us:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Here is an interactive piece from The New York Times on the $2.2 trillion dollar bill:

 

CLICK HERE

 

And a third article from Florida Phoenix stating that Palm Beach County has the highest death toll from the virus in Florida:

 

CLICK HERE

 

 

FROM MARCH 22, 2020 EDITION

 

From The New York Times an article about how Congress is addicted to a complicated tax code:

 

CLICK HERE

 

The Atlantic asks how likely you are to having the Corona virus:

 

CLICK HERE

 

The Capitalist writes on how serious is Tallahassee on our water quality:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Another from The New York Times stating that 50% of prescription costs go to middlemen:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Here is the first bill that Congress passed to deal with the pandemic:

CLICK HERE

 

 

FROM THE MARCH 8, 2020 EDITION

From 1843 Magazine the fight to preserve a 44,000-year-old painting:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Seeking Alpha writes about the increasing debt allocation and how effect the economy:

 

CLICK HERE

 

The New York Times asks what the difference is between a profit is and nonprofit hospital:

 

CLICK HERE

 

The Washington Post states that the trade deficit is soaring and that is a good thing:

 

CLICK HERE

 

The New York Times writes there is no such thing as a sugar high:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Once again The New York Times ask economist to design a workable health care system:

 

CLICK HERE

 

American popular music was born on New York’s Lower East Side and it still is according to The New York Times:

 CLICK HERE

 

70 former U.S. Senators have written an op-ed in the Washington Post stating that the Senate is an independent branch of government:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Governor DeSantis wants to tackle suicide which kills more Floridians than murder or most diseases, In The Capitalist:

 

CLICK HERE

 

In the Economist will Ireland finally be reunited:

 

CLICK HERE

 

And lastly also from Economist why are real estate commission so much higher in the U.S. than in the rest of the world:

 

CLICK HERE

 

ARTICLES OF INTEREST FEBRUARY 23, 2020

 

Nancy Smith who was with the Stuart News for nearly 30 years is back in town. I recently saw her at a Martin County Taxpayers’ event. She sent me the link to a piece she wrote for The Capitalist . It is her take on Eve Sample’s new position:

https://thecapitolist.com/eve-samples-has-left-the-building-or-has-she/

 

From The New York Times. The Myth of the Urban Boomer:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Again from The New York Times to understand the decade of the 2020s look to the 1920s:

 

CLICK HERE

 

City Labs mapping epidemics:

 

CLICK HERE

 

The Washington Post has an article from Richard Haass on how China’s economy will be affected by the Corona Virus:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Dart Industries sues cities over banning poly styrene in The New York Times:

 

CLICK HERE

 

From Route 50 will voters over 50 pay higher school taxes:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Florida Phoenix writes that the Florida Legislature keeps big government growing:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Once again The New York Times asks if it is time to build more:

 

CLICK HERE

 

An article on Medium asks should the military draft be re-instituted:

 

CLICK HERE

 

 

 

 

 

February 9, 2020 Edition

Tom Campenni on Medium writes:

“The difficulties in “threading a needle” is a phrase that goes back to antiquity.

Jesus used the concept in one of his parables. He preached that it was easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter Heaven.”

To read more on my piece published in Medium:

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

 

 Politico writes that Huawei is undermining our relationships with key allies:

CLICK HERE

 

Route 50 tells us that the number one destination for Americans is the library:

CLICK HERE

 

The Atlantic has an article on New York City luxury condos not selling but there is standing room only in the NYC shelters:

CLICK HERE

 

The Washington Post explains why we should do away with single family zoning:

CLICK HERE

 

And finally from City Lab urban sprawl is getting worse:

CLICK HERE

 

 

 

January 26 2020 Edition

A new study from the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis shows that 3% of workers do so from home:

CLICK HERE

 

From National Review an article on the historian as moralist:

CLICK HERE

 

The Washington Post asks is Congress acting as the Founders intended:

CLICK HERE

 

The New York Times writes that more transit systems are free:

CLICK HERE

 

Paris has apartments known as Chambres-de-Bonne that are 85 sq feet. From City Lab:

CLICK HERE

 

The New York Times has an article how textbooks differ from state to state and how it affects kids:

CLICK HERE

 

Finally, Politico explains how so far plastic bags are winning in our state capital:

CLICK HERE

 

January 12 2020 Edition

From The New York Times China’s hardliners win no matter what the trade deal looks like:

Click Here

Since ancient times people have commuted for work. City Lab writes that with changing transportation modes Cities have become less dense:

Click Here

The Washington Post has an article about how the Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) have hidden a hundred billion dollars from their members:

Click Here

Another from City Lab asking if Uber has contributed to more drinking:

Click Here

California’s new independent contractor law has devastating unintended consequences for freelancers according to New York Times:

Click Here

And last from Florida Bulldog about how Virgin Train ignored warning signs about dangerous conditions:

Click Here

 

Articles Of Interest From The May 9, 2020 Edition