Wednesday, August 16, 2017

In the news, Saturday, July 22, 2017


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from Asia Times Online

Why do cities become unaffordable?
In many of the world's urban centers, homes are becoming prohibitively expensive for people with moderate incomes. The solution is more construction – but this is often resisted by a new kind of rent-seeking class of existing homeowners.

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from Conservative Review
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Stop blaming Mike Lee and start working with him
The Senate GOP is once again attempting to not-quite-repeal Obamacare, an effort that has been in fits and starts since the introduction of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) two weeks ago. With their last-ditch effort to address Obamacare in peril, senior GOP leadership has begun casting around for someone to blame. Though the bill has seen widespread opposition across the GOP conference — for the moderates, the bill does too much, for the conservatives, too little — a recent article in Politico makes clear that GOP leadership is attempting to blame one senator, in particular, for the bill’s delay: Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah.

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from New Hampshire Union Leader

Unstable: Obamacare bailout in NH
It's not a tax. It's not a fee. It's an "assessment." The New Hampshire Department of Insurance wants to charge health insurance companies a $36.8 million assessment to fund a reinsurance pool in order to prop up the state's failing health care exchange.

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from Reason Magazine
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"My father used...'libertarian' as a swear word."
Humans of FreedomFest, Part 4: Portraits from the world's largest annual gathering of libertarians.

"We'd even gone to see if I could legally adopt him so he didn't have to stress being an illegal alien"
Humans of FreedomFest 5: Portraits from the world's largest annual gathering of libertarians

Shake Your Head at Italy's Crappy New Food Laws
Bans on drinking and eating in public and a host of other lousy rules could jeopardize Italy's culinary future.

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)

Losing Faith: Germany's Christian Population Declining at Record Rate
The number of Christians in Germany decreased dramatically in 2016, largely driven by demographic changes, the German press reports. 

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from The Washington Post

The last British lynx was killed 1,300 years ago. Now the wild cat may be poised for a comeback.
Conservationists see the return as a potent symbol, but they’ll have to overcome resistance from sheep farmers.

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