Mowed my grass today for the first time this year. I held out as long as I could.

I’m visiting Singapore and their commitment to their economic model knows no bounds: in church on Sunday an attendee literally prayed for continued FDI and that productivity would increase 🙏

DHH of all people should know that you never pay the Danegeld.

'Sumner County has grown much faster than Nashville. Its population swelled by 22% from 2010 to 2020. It jumped another 6% in the 3 years after that, a window in which Nashville was losing population to its surrounding counties'

Nora Kenney reviews Brad Wilcox's book Get Married. freebeacon.com/culture/the-ma…

This David French op-ed shows another reason why men go to the manosphere: the impoverished view of masculinity in the mainstream.

French issues a call to virtue to men while denying that the virtues he cites are masculine. He writes:

I prefer the shorter and simpler…

David French: The Atmosphere of the ‘Manosphere’ Is Toxic - 'Can we sidestep the elite debate over masculinity by approaching the crisis with men via an appeal to universal values rather than to the distinctively male experience?' Answer: No nytimes.com/2024/04/14/opi…

One of the smart things Carmel has been doing is creating more interconnectivity in its street network when it can. A connection was just made between the new Gramercy development and the older neighborhood on Auman Ave. The before pic is from Google Streetview.

Have the Democrats Lost the Black Church? graphsaboutreligion.com/p/have-the-dem…

NYT: A Huge Number of Homeowners Have Mortgage Rates Too Good to Give Up nytimes.com/2024/04/15/ups…

A key trend in the last few years is how some Sunbelt cities are levelling up - moving up the value chain from low cost towards higher end activities governing.com/now/sun-belt-c…

Mike Hicks: Midwest cities need to invest in better amenities indystar.com/story/opinion/…

Kidulting - once you understand that this is how many Millennials want to live life, a lot of their decisions make sense.

WSJ: $850 Millennium Falcons and $680 Titanics: Grown-Ups Are Now a Gold Mine for Lego wsj.com/business/retai…

America built a lot of McMansions in the last 35 years, and these homes are going to require a ton of expensive maintenance. Not sure I'd want to own one of them.

WSJ: Boomers Bought Up the Big Homes. Now They’re Not Budging wsj.com/economy/housin…