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Nightclubs can make for very poor neighbors. Loud noise, traffic, and drunken patrons can be disruptive to the residents of nearby homes. These types of nuisances are the basis for a controversy brewing in Abilene. A developer wants to build housing for low-income families near a nightclub. The club’s owner fears that the residents of…
Big Tech and Censorship
Texas Senator Ted Cruz (among others) has been accusing “big tech” of censorship. On Fox Business, Cruz said, Big Tech has gotten really bad with censorship, manipulation, open political bias. Google is by far the worst. Google is naked and brazen. Big Tech is a monopoly. I think they’ve brazenly violated the anti-trust laws. It is…
It’s for Your Own Good
A quiet movement is underway in Texas to reform the state’s mineral laws. The proposed reform would force owners to “pool” their resources. Pooling is the joining together or a combination of small tracts or portions of tracts for the purpose of having sufficient acreage to receive a well drilling permit under the relevant state…
Subjectivism, Obscenity, and Capitalism
On January 1, 2024, vendors who sell books to Texas government schools will be required to rate each book they offer for sexual content. Any book that portrays or describes sexual activity must be labeled as sexually explicit or sexually relevant. The former is defined as books with content that is “patently offensive” which Texas…
Short-term Rentals and Property Rights
In the 2017 legislative session, Texas lawmakers considered numerous bills aimed at limiting the ability of local governments to pass ordinances regulating private property. One of these bills addressed short-term rentals (STRs). According to the Texas Tribune, proponents of SB451 (the Senate bill addressing STRs), said that the bill “would protect homeowners from strict local…
Property Rights in Space: A Duty to Sacrifice
Beginning with its position that space is a part of the “celestial commons,” the Left argues that we need “democratic use of celestial resources for the benefit of all.” Property rights in space would allow “a few exorbitantly wealthy billionaires” to profit from space, while most of mankind is denied a share of the wealth….