Archive - Optimistic Skeptic

SCOTUS - Right answer, Wrong Reason

And there is no balance of payment problem

Feb 23 • Bob Gonzalez

Inflation/Prices January 2026

Feb 20 • Bob Gonzalez

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Feb 16 • Bob Gonzalez

CATO-what’s going on?

https://www.cato.org/commentary/trumps-claims-about-noncitizens-voting-are-false-we-can-prove-it

Feb 14 • Bob Gonzalez

EU ignores biology

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-10-2026-0010_EN.html

Feb 13 • Bob Gonzalez

Wildfires (less than you think?)

Most recent NASA data shows that global wildfires have decreased since 2020.

Feb 13 • Bob Gonzalez

CATO “ forgets” time value of money

CATO Institute recently shared their analysis of what they call “Immigrants’ Recent Effects on Government Budgets: 1994–2023.” They claim that…

Feb 13 • Bob Gonzalez

Jobs January 2026

Feb 12 • Bob Gonzalez

You get what you give

Feb 12 • Bob Gonzalez

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