Imagining a better tomorrow — Policy and legislative reform proposals — Blog
jOI is working on a plan for immigration reform and hopes to have something to post in a few weeks. Immigration has been a tremendous boon for most in this nation of descendants of immigrants. (Though Native Americans might very reasonably disagree.) From top scientists and entrepreneurs through janitors and fruit pickers, these people have […]
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This post is an attempt to provide background to help you sort through the barrage of contradictory information circulating about masks for respiratory protection. First, some background on me. I studied the physics and practice of filtration in college in the contexts of air-pollution control, water purification, manufacturing, and industrial hygiene. (Yes, that was a
Are you old enough to remember pagers, those little boxes people used to wear on their hips back in the ’80s that buzzed or beeped when someone wanted to contact them? Pagers were made obsolete by cell phones. The Texas Public Policy Foundation reports that the City of Austin spends over $88,000 per year on
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On the page, “Background for Taxes and Redistribution”, a section has been added to the end addressing constitutional issues related to the plan. In the “Taxes and Redistribution” plan, a detail was clarified in the Q&A for “Who would receive redistribution payments”. This page was also reformatted.
In trying to understand immigration, foreign policy, international trade, or even domestic issues, it is helpful to first understand what is the United States of America. At first it may seem obvious. As children, we studied a blob on a map with a line around it; we pledged to the flag and sang patriotic hymns;
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While scrolling through Instapundit, JOI was intrigued by a post by Ed Driscoll linking to an article in the American Conservative that quoted from an article by James Lindsey at New Discourses. Here are some quotes from the Lindsey article that I recommend reading in its entirety. Given the fact that they are the tool
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Today JOI encountered one of the sillier conspiracy theories that pops up from time to time like a perennial weed. This is the claim that some politician’s speech contains code words or “dog whistles” to communicate subversive messages to his/her followers without his opponents catching on. (Some even have claimed that a politician’s speechwriters inserted
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Socrates once said, “I know that I know nothing.” Was he right? Let’s think this through. First of all, we know, or rather have reason to suspect, that the universe must be very large and complex. (Assuming there is a universe.) The brain also appears complex, but must be less complex than the universe because
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The United States of America, the first modern nation and inspiration for the world, in many ways the greatest nation in history, is in decline. This blog is not about who to blame. Rather this blog envisions a new and revitalized United States and suggests reforms designed to allow the American dream to survive for