- Why is Amazon selling suicide kits?
- The Easterlin Paradox: happiness varies with income across countries and between individuals, but does not seem to vary significantly with a country’s income as it changes over time.
- Cuban life expectancy is exemplary in Latin America; but that was true before the Cuban Revolution; and the gap began to close after the Cuban Revolution. (HT: Tyler)
- More reasons to doubt extreme global warming.
- Does Biden want to end the gig economy?
Biden’s Next Big Headache (and Consumers’): Health Care Inflation
Rising inflation has been in the news lately. About every lawn guy in my far North Texas neighborhood raised his weekly mowing fee about $10 per lawn this spring. Various food items at my local store seemed to have risen in price by 15%, if they’re in stock at all. Even my wife’s Ezekiel Cinnamon & Raisin muffins that used to cost $5.99 were $9.49 the other day at Krogers.
Wednesday Links
- Ants outnumber humans by at least 2.5 million to 1.
- IRS is set to approve Biden “rule change” to fix the Obamacare “family glitch,” by spending $45 billion without congressional approval and without hearing from any of the opponents of the change.
- The Biden administration defends itself, by ignoring criticisms.
- As prosecutor, Kamala Harris and her attorneys convicted more than 1,900 people for marijuana possession.
- Are people eating too little salt?
- The biggest problem with long term care: Medicaid.
Colonoscopy May Not be as Valuable As Once Thought
I’m overdue for a colonoscopy. The US Preventive Task Force advises Americans to have one every 10 years beginning at age 45. It has long been believed that if Americans followed that advice colon cancer would largely be a thing of the past. Now a European study casts doubt on that theory. “This is a…