- AAF: restrictions on private equity investment in housing make no sense.
- “Scientists now recognize that spontaneous DNA errors, which we acquire in early development all the way until our last breath, can drive several ailments such as heart disease, autoimmunity, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, and cancer.” (The Atlantic)
- The case for no colonoscopies after age 75.
- Brian Blase on Tax Day: “Federal spending on health care programs consumed roughly 62 percent of all individual federal income taxes, corporate federal income taxes, and Medicare payroll tax revenue in 2025—up from 29 percent in 2000 and 17 percent in 1975?”
- Adam Millsap: “The U.S. government is the largest borrower in the world. It has to offer a competitive interest rate to encourage investors to keep loaning it money”
Author: John C. Goodman
Monday Links – 20 April 2026
- Estimates: AI’s effect on economic growth.
- Henderson: five things to know about taxes.
- RFK Jr. sticks by autism-Tylenol link despite recent data.
- Study: People with coronary heart disease eating the most pro-inflammatory diets had an 82% higher risk of major cardiac events compared to those eating the least inflammatory diets. Inflammatory diets include: ultra-processed foods, refined carbohydrates, sugary beverages, processed meats and fried foods.
Another View of Hungary
Orban has shared a continent for the last decade with governments that in the name of liberalism perpetuate their own soft tyrannies, their own traducement of human rights and human dignity.
It is not Hungary but Britain that regularly arrests and imprisons its citizens for social media posts. It is not Hungary but Finland and Iceland where Christians can face legal harassment for expressing traditional views on sexuality and marriage. It is not in Hungary but in the Netherlands that young people suffering from psychiatric conditions can be euthanized.
Source: Ross Douthat, NYT
Saturday Links – 18 April 2026
- 50 million voters took advantage of the key provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and got an average of roughly $300 more than they would have last year.
- Michael Cannon and Jeffrey Singer on making health care more affordable.
- Matthew again endorses direct primary care (AKA concierge care).
- Ignore the Institution on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) “Name and Shame” report.