Clair Pacocha
@clairpacocha
Joined Jan 2025
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Jan 03, 2025 1 subscriber 31 posts
A daily exploration of conservative ideas, policy analysis, and commentary on current political affairs.
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Trump’s Tariffs Seen from Contradictory Angles
Donald Trump’s paleo-conservative, isolationist attack on global capitalist trade is already having formidable impacts. If tariff levels and targeted announced on ‘Liberation Day,’ April 2, are sustained, a full-blown economic catastrophe could result, perhap…
Future-ready: The skills communicators need to thrive
Arm yourself with the data to make smart decisions for your professional development. Who wouldn’t like to gaze into a crystal ball to find out exactly what to do to prepare for an uncertain future? You don’t need magic when you have data. For communicators, …
Colorado Republicans Urge Polis To Veto Gun Control
Colorado’s Republican congressional delegation is urging Governor Jared Polis to veto recent legislation that forces residents who wish to exercise their Second Amendment rights to submit to a training program and an illegal gun owner registry. Senate Bill 00…Activist Judges Rubber Stamped Billions In Suspect Social Security Disability Claims
Administrative Law Judges Margo Stone (left, LinkedIn) and Som Ramrup (right, Association of ALJs) Dozens of administrative law judges grant disability payments to almost everyone who appears before them, overriding Social Security staff who determined the pe…
Micro, small businesses witness moderation in credit growth: Survey
Credit growth for micro and small businesses has decelerated, while medium-sized firms experienced a rise. Loan disbursements have moderated in 2024, with businesses increasingly relying on short-term working capital loans. Despite this, a significant portion…
Spatiotemporal analysis of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth distribution in three hi...
Author summary To combat soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections and schistosomiasis a school-based preventive chemotherapy program has been operating since 2013 and 2014, respectively, in the Angolan provinces of Huambo, Uige and Zaire. The program was in…The impact of a low-carbohydrate nutrition education program on food preferences: The corresponde...
There is reasonable concern that self-reported nutrition assessments do not reflect actual food choices. Yet, a correspondence between both is imperative to evaluate any intervention on food preferences. This paper makes such a comparison. It provides evidenc…
Supreme Court Hides Behind Ridiculous Procedural Argument To Allow Human Trafficking To Continue
The Supreme Court yesterday effectively provided the executive branch with a technical manual for legally disappearing people to foreign slave labor camps. While claiming to require “due process,” the Court’s ruling dismantles real protections by treating fun…
