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Breaking a Few Eggs
ByjbpThis was originally posted on Live Oaks on December 16, 2008. Comments have not been migrated. I have previously written how the Texas Open Beaches Act may be used to prohibit beach front property owners from rebuilding their homes in the wake of Hurricane Ike. This is bad enough, but California officials are attempting to…
By What Standard?
During the lockdown, businesses that were declared “non-essential” were prohibited from opening. In Texas, liquor stores were considered essential, but hair salons weren’t. By what standard was a business considered essential? Like many aspects of the lockdown, government officials weren’t very transparent regarding their criteria and standards. Instead, they issued dictates and expected the masses…
Let’s Be Honest
ByjbpThis was originally posted on Live Oaks on January 11, 2010. Comments have not been migrated. Last Friday KPRC reported that Stages Repertory Theatre owes the city more than $350,000 in back rent. In an amazing display of evasion, both the city and the reporter ignored the facts of the situation. The report calls Stages…
Conceding Moral Premises
An Oakland couple was recently forced to pay $6,582 in order to reoccupy their own home. The military couple had been renting the house while stationed in Washington, D.C. An Oakland ordinance, passed in January of this year, requires landlords to pay tenants a “relocation” fee if the landlord wants to end a lease for…
Repealing Net Neutrality is the Right Policy
For decades, the Left has asserted that we have a right to a variety of values, from a “living wage” to education, from health care to high speed Internet access. In making these fallacious claims, they advocate violating actual rights. If we have a right to a particular value then the producers of that value…
Politics Makes Strange (and often dangerous) Bedfellows
It is said that politics makes strange bedfellows. Individuals who normally disagree politically sometimes find themselves working for a common cause. As an example, consider the conservative response to Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan and the Leftist response to the Cedar Point ruling. Though these are two very different issues, both conservatives and Leftists are supporting…