Since I wrote this (five months ago as of this writing) more arguments have been added to the four I here enumerate. The opposition is…
New York City.
Posted on 0 commentthe starlings and the pigeons in city hall park the traffic coming off the brooklyn bridge then into the subway and under the river a…
2014.
Posted onIt’s always fascinating to look to the new year. All we can do is guess what’s going to happen. Will we be okay? Will all…
Minimum wage?
Posted on 0 commentEmmett J. Hoops· Minimum wage laws rigidify urban poverty. Picture this: You get $8.50/hr. in a town where you can buy a house for $60,000.…
The “Defense” budget
Posted on 0 commentTalk about a bunch of doggerel: six hundred billion dollars for “defense.” They used to call it the War Department, before 1945; unless there was…
This Pope
Posted on 0 commentPope Francis isn’t a bad fellow at all. I know that today we’re expected to dissect every public figure to find out what isn’t all-good…
How television destroys reading comprehension
Posted on 0 commentI am not a big fan of television. I’m not really what one might call a fan of motion pictures, except for the ones that…
Well, this certainly stinks.
Posted on 0 commentPine beetles have been destroying the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Of course, they didn’t just recently develop an appetite for pines: they are called pine…
Thanksgiving 2013
Posted on 0 commentHappy Thanksgiving. If you’re a cop, work in an electric power plant, run a radio station, drive a snowplow, work in a hospital, or do…