Tuesday Links – 21 April 2026

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”