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Swifties: You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Taylor Swift fans, aka “Swifties,” should learn a lesson from Mick Jagger. Specifically, you can’t always get what you want. Many Swifties are upset with Ticketmaster and are suing the company for “anti-competitive” practices regarding ticket sales for Swift’s 2023 tour. According to CNN, plaintiffs are alleging that Ticketmaster forces [bold added] concertgoers to exclusively…
Tea Parties and Coalitions
ByjbpThis was originally posted on Live Oaks on April 17, 2009. Comments have not been migrated. I attended the Houston Tea Party on Wednesday, and along with a dozen friends distributed 150 copies of Atlas Shrugged and a similar number of pamphlets such as “Man’s Rights”. At an organizational meeting for the Tea Party, the…
Purple Lines and Property Rights
States cross the nation have enacted laws that allow property owners to designate their property lines by painting purple lines on trees, fence posts, and various other things. The purple lines are intended to take the place of “No Trespassing” signs. While I have no problem with a property owner explicitly stating that others are…
The Morality of Tree Ordinances
On Christmas Eve, 2017, owners of a parcel of land in Victoria, Texas, had several oak trees removed from their property. The owner’s actions renewed a debate that has been raging across Texas: Should property owners be allowed to remove trees on their land whenever they desire? Or should government regulate tree removal? As the…
The Evil of Accepting a “Necessary Evil”
Atascosa County Farm Bureau President Pete Pawelek has called for reform of Texas’s eminent domain laws. He claims that current law “favors for-profit companies, giving landowners few options in a fight for their property.” Pawelek went on to say, Eminent domain is a necessary evil, but it should always be used as a last resort….