There’s always something to howl about.

Overnight News: Tinpot tyranny and the HOA pressure valve: Government will tend to be both non-confrontational and self-correcting where people are free to escape.

Ya think it's easy?

“A buddy of mine found a dead coyote in the desert. She rolled all around in the carcass, to capture the scent. She still smelled better than New York.”

Here’s something that happens all the time: An HOA gets high-handed, so people start selling to get out from under it, pulling resale prices down. To stanch the blood, the homeowners elect a new, better-behaved board-of-directors. In due course, prices recover.

Hurray! That is successfully-self-correcting government, a phenomenon too-rarely seen at higher levels of high-handedness. Half of it happens – the exodus – but since it’s an exodus of Ants, the Grasshoppers left behind in places like Detroit – and now New York, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, etc. – don’t know what’s killing them – so they vote for more of it.

Alas, the Grasshoppers will always be with us. Liberty, what’s left of it, is the freedom of Ants to escape the predations of Grasshoppers.

Looking for a happier New Year? It’s easy: Take your business elsewhere.

Christmas Brutality: “Merry Christmas, Princess Peach.”

In other news:

Housing Wire: Existing home sales end five-month streak increase in November.

Housing Wire: Mortgage applications increase for second straight week.

New York Post: NY leads nation in population drop, could lose House seat.

Housing Wire: Movement Mortgage invests $200M into charter school network. Change the world? First, better fathers. Second, better schools.

Kyle Olson: Antonio Sabato, Jr. Launches Conservative Film Company to Produce Movies that ‘Support Our Country’.

Tristan Justice: A ‘Disgrace’: Trump Threatens Veto Of Pork-Stuffed Blue-State Bailout ‘COVID’ Bill.

Rachel Alexander: RINOs Should be Ashamed for Turning on Trump.

Newt Gingrich: Why I will not accept Joe Biden as president.

Paul Bedard: McConnell and GOP told to back Trump: ‘They all won because of him’.

Steve McCann: The Biggest Political Blunder in American History.

The Washington Examiner: 2020 exposed the teachers unions for the frauds they are.

Robby Soave: An Anti-Racist Education for Middle Schoolers.