The hair-stylist industrial complex strikes back, and the little guy (or gal) is the loser. There are many things that government should do. Is regulating hair braiding one of them? It’s almost as bad an idea as government raising the cost of rental housing. But Democratic state legislator Karen Mayne thinks it is a good idea. […]
Up Next: Republican mud wrestling!
October 18, 2011 by
In case you missed the debate tonight, catch my play-by-play: @publiusdb on Twitter. Please follow. Tonight was rough. The candidates were sharp. They were angry. And they came looking for blood. With the Primary season about to begin and the money starting to dry up, time is short and the candidates know it. That translates into […]
An interesting thing happened on the way to Occupy Wall Street…
October 18, 2011 by
An interesting thing happened on the way to the Occupy Wall Street protest… The wealthy got involved. Since sometime last week, a new meme has circled the internet. “We are the 1%,” it says, and it shows independently wealthy twenty and thirty hoisting cardboards and papers with short manifestos written in Sharpie. It almost always […]
Salt Lake City raises the cost of rental housing…by raising the cost of owning rental property.
October 14, 2011 by
I’m no fan of slum landlords, but does the government have to make it more costly to profit from property ownership? In Salt Lake City, apparently the answer is “yes.” Since 2009, Salt Lake City has required owners of three or more properties to get a business license. But on Sept. 1, a new rule […]
Meet Matthias Shapiro, the creator of “10,000 Pennies.”
October 13, 2011 by
Have you seen “10,000 pennies” on YouTube? If you have, you’re one of the 1,637,308 views of the simple but profound look at President Obama’s cynical budget chicanery. If you haven’t, go become the 1,637,309th view. It’s worth it. And you could meet him this weekend. Matthias Shapiro has been a contributor on Fox News regarding […]
Hanover Economic Debate: A different debate, a similar result.
October 13, 2011 by
This debate was different. I tried and tried and tried to write a post about Bloomberg’s “Hanover Economic” Debate on Tuesday night, but just couldn’t do it. I started watching it late, from the beginning, and by the time I finished, even the pundits had packed up. The immediacy of the event had passed, and any […]
Christie Endorses Romney
October 12, 2011 by
If I didn’t know better, I’d think the Matt Drudge wants Mitt Romney to win. Romney gets more face time on the site than anyone else in the Presidential field, except perhaps President Obama (and that’s never in a very positive light). [Cut to the chase] Chris Christie, who last week was the Republican Party’s […]
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