Newmark's Door

It would take a bit of convincing for me to believe that this is a good use of about $15 billion.

This has always been true, but it's especially true in these days where simply everything is political.

Only three examples are cited, but maybe they do indicate the beginning of a trend.

The inimitable Michael Fumento:

Our proposition is simple: Are bees endangered to the point where they cannot pollinate what’s needed or wanted or supply our honey fix such that perverted stuffed bears that run around with red shirts but no pants will suffer? No and no. We don’t need a “Save the Bees” concert headlined by Sting and the Bee-52s.

"Of the 21,450 Ph.D. recipients in 2022 who said they had accepted jobs in the United States, 48.1 percent were headed to jobs in industry — which has absorbed an increasing share of Ph.D.s over time."

What I heard from my doctor years ago.

Losing just 5–10% of our body weight – between 6 and 12kg for someone weighing 120kg – can significantly improve our health

There are a number of indications that charter schools, and school choice generally, are winning the political battle. But unfortunately, there are still unbelievably dopey stories like  this. (Having looked at the school's web site, another reason for opposition to the school suggests itself: they are partners with an object of Liberal hate, Hillsdale College.)

For the nth time I note once more: modern cosmology is weird.

See the entry immediately below.

No surprise to an economist: people respond to incentives. (AKA "follow the money".)