The Lighthouse: Tax Unrealized Capital Gains? | Guns for Liberty | Scott Atlas Interviews Glenn Loury

April 18, 2023  •  Weekly Newsletter It’s Destructive and Unfair to Tax ‘Unrealized Capital Gains’ Richard B. McKenzie (Wall Street Journal) Why? Because the anticipated profits of most firms haven’t happened yet—and, in many cases, never will happen. Remember Kmart, RadioShack, and Blockbuster? Their stockholders once had unrealized […]

Missing but Wanted: Children

By Michael Lind, Tablet What if those in authority declared an apocalypse—but the wrong one? The trans-Atlantic establishment preaches that the most important problem facing the world today is global warming, but meanwhile the fertility growth rate in the U.S. and Europe has collapsed. From a radical environmentalist […]

4/18/23: Brazil’s President Says Biden Encourages Ukraine War, McCarthy Begs Wall Street On Debt Ceiling, Nikki Haley Caught Lying, Elon Calls For Stop Of AI Dev, Fox Trial Day 1, Bernie on Jen Psaki, SF’s Math Scheme Backfires, Ro Khanna Responds to Pelosi’s Smears

Krystal and Saagar discuss Brazil President Lula calling out Biden for encouraging the war in Ukraine, bank executives drooling over Ukraine War profits, Kevin McCarthy begging Wall Street to back him in the fight on the Debt Ceiling, Nikki Haley caught lying about her fundraising numbers, Biden aides […]

Please Blow The Whistle On Censorship

Please Blow The Whistle On Censorship We can’t do this alone. If you are researching “misinformation,” “fake news,” or “hate online,” please email me, michaelshellenberger@proton.me Michael Shellenberger and Leighton Woodhouse Apr 18, 2023 Over the last several months, my colleagues and I have documented the existence of, and […]

The Lures of Antiquity

Sponsored by HarperCollins When Pope Innocent II decided to remodel the venerable church of Santa Maria in Trastevere in 1140, he borrowed from the monuments of ancient Rome with deliberate and spectacular intent. For him, these tangible traces of another era were charged with meaning, majesty, and beauty, telling […]

‘Love is Blind’ nightmare

April 18, 2023 Hello and happy Tax Day, Insiders. Everyone’s talking about Netflix’s reality dating show “Love is Blind” — particularly after Sunday night’s botched live reunion went viral. Today, Insider’s Katie Warren has a new report about the behind-the-scenes reality of the show, with one contestant saying […]

Appalachia’s quiet time bombs

Tuesday, April 18, 2023 Andrew Aoyama Deputy managing editor The people who live and work in Appalachian coal country tend to be viewed as climate-change villains rather than victims. But the deadly floods that swept a pocket of eastern Kentucky last summer challenge common preconceptions about which Americans […]

Rupert Murdoch’s big test

April 17, 2023 Hello, Insiders. The trial for Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News was scheduled to begin today, but as of last night, the trial has been delayed one day amid reports that the media giant is pursuing settlement talks. Today’s big story […]

Will AI Steal My Job?

by Peter Zeihan on April 17, 2023 The world of international trade is constantly evolving, and it’s important to keep up with the latest trends and developments. From emerging markets to geopolitical conflicts, there are many factors that can impact global trade, and we’ll be discussing some of […]

Rising: April 15-16, 2023 NIH, Fauci ‘PROMPTED’ Proximal Origins Paper, Author Warned Of ‘BACKFIRE’: New Emails Show

Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave discuss former President Donald Trump’s first television interview since his arraignment. He sat down with Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Originally aired April 12, 2023;    • Trump: I KNOW Who…   #trump #tuckercarlson #fox Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave discuss the documents released by the House […]

4/17/23: DC Debates Leaker Hero Or Traitor, Media Spins Leaks As Russian OP, Desantis Unpopular Abortion Bill, Justice Thomas Hiding Billionaire Real Estate, Pelosi Smears Feinstein Critics, Fox Tries To Settle Trial, GreedFlation, Dave Ramsey’s Debt Couple

Krystal and Saagar discuss the debate in DC on whether the Pentagon leaker is a Hero or a Traitor, the Media spinning the Pentagon leaks as a Russian Op, DeSantis signing an unpopular abortion bill in the dead of night, Trump burying DeSantis with Gross “Pudding Fingers” ad, […]

The High Cost of Being Poor

Sponsored by Harvard University Press Marina Warner Temporale During the pandemic I picked up the Catholic missal of my childhood, and it made me think again about its function: marking the passage of time. Martin Filler The Architect and the Rock Star Two new books of personal photographs, one […]

US Moral Authority Is Dead And Buried

Caitlin Johnstone Apr 15, 2023 Listen to a reading of this article: Seven progressive Democrats from the House of Representatives have signed a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for the Biden administration to drop the charges against Julian Assange and cease seeking his extradition. It’s a […]

What happens to crypto now?

April 15, 2023   A NOTE FROM OUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALYSON SHONTELL It has definitely been the year from hell for crypto. It begs a lot of questions about what the future of the industry holds.   Is blockchain technology still as transformational as many once thought it was? […]