Lately Baby Boomers are supersizing their homes rather than downsizing so young families have enough space. Many are also refusing to retire so Millennials can have their jobs.
Tuesday Links – 4 August 2026
- Sen. Ron Johnson’s report on CDC failure to alert the public about suspected adverse reactions to the covid vaccine.
- Only 8% of all TANF families have someone working enough hours in unsubsidized employment to count under TANF’s federal work participation measure.
- The Congressional Budget Office estimated in February that Medicare costs over the next decade will be $1 trillion higher than previously expected. The majority of that increase is due to the [Democrat’s] IRA’s changes to Part D costing more than expected. (WaPo)
- The truth about SNAP cuts in the OBBBA. (WaPo)
- Nearly 1 in 7 Part D beneficiaries continued to spend more than $420 annually on insulin (12 times the $35 monthly cap established in the IRA), and rates of cost-related medication nonadherence remained unchanged.
Medicaid Work Requirements and the Misguided Plan to Penalize Employers
New regulations require able-bodied adult Medicaid recipients to show proof of work before they qualify for benefits. The requirements are not that strict.
Saturday Links – 1 August 2026
- The Biden White House pressured Facebook and Instagram to censor Covid facts, including its origin.
- Now we know: Scientists who signed a paper claiming a natural origin for Covid turn out not to have believed it themselves. (WSJ)
- The real DeSantis record: In 2020 Florida had the tenth lowest age-adjusted Covid death rate in the country, which was nearly 20% lower than California’s. (WSJ)
- When did people stop being drunk all the time? From the Middle Ages to the pre-industrial era, the average person consumed about a liter of beer a day, around four times as much as consumption in modern beer-drinking countries. HT: Tyler
- DEI training doesn’t work: 30 years of data from more than 800 U.S. companies show that mandatory diversity training programs have practically no effect on employee attitudes — and may even backfire.
- An estimated 795 000 Americans become permanently disabled or die annually because dangerous diseases are misdiagnosed. Just 15 diseases account for about half of all serious harms. HT: Arnold Kling