Interesting analysis: The Syrian War Condensed: A More Rigorous Way to Look at the Conflict.The author compares the Assad Syrian Baathist regime to the alternative of the "moderate Rebel's" anything-but-moderate Islamofascism, and wonders how the Regressive Left that is "mourning the defeat of the rebels in Aleppo" can be "that stupid?"The Assad regime is by no means benign, but cheering the overthrow of it with something worse is no solution.
Brian Phillips has an excellent post on Houston's success because of its' lack of zoning. Writes Phillips in Planning Versus the Central Planner:
What they are really denouncing is the fact that Houston has developed without a central planner. [...]Houston’s development has been guided by millions of plans and visions. Each individual has his own plan and vision. Through the lack of zoning, Houston has protected the freedom of its residents to pursue their personal plans and visions. The critics resent the fact that Houstonians have this freedom.
The entire post is worth a read.
Writes Kimberley A. Strassel on Obama’s Midnight Regulation Express - WSJ:1. Obama Administration is "actively working to undermine a Donald Trump presidency."
Unnamed administration sources whisper stories about Russian hackers to delegitimize Mr. Trump’s election. [...] Trump transition-team members report how Obama officials are providing them with skewed or incomplete information [...] Sen. Ron Johnson recently sent a letter to President Obama voicing alarm over “burrowing,” in which political appointees, late in an administration, convert to career bureaucrats and become obstacles to the new political appointees.
2. Obama Administration is issuing a "final flurry" of midnight regulations ("one issued between Election Day and the inauguration of a new president.")
This past week we learned of several sweeping new rules from the Interior Department and the Environmental Protection Agency, including regs on methane on public lands (cost: $2.4 billion); a new anti-coal rule related to streams ($1.2 billion) and renewable fuel standards ($1.5 billion). This follows Mr. Obama’s extraordinary announcement that he will invoke a dusty old law to place nearly all of the Arctic Ocean, and much of the Atlantic Ocean, off limits to oil or gas drilling. This follows his highly politicized move to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota. And it comes amid reports the administration is rushing to implement last-minute rules on commodities speculation, immigrant workers and for-profit colleges—among others.
3. Trump Administration should repeal every "midnight regulation."
How do devout Muslims born in the West feel about Jews? How do they feel about Western values in general? Kasim Hafeez, who was raised a devout Muslim in England, explains.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCQEmeGfFmY