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Here’s something to celebrate on the Fourth of July. For the first time ever, North Korea’s state television station has broadcast a beer commercial. (Under normal circumstances, North Korean state programming eschews advertising in favor of documentaries about communist dictators.)
Not surprisingly, given Kim Jong Il’s opposition to free markets, [...]
Did you know that you can be denied a law license if you have too many outstanding student loans? Look at this quote from the New York Times:
“Applicant has not made any substantial payments on the loans,” the judges wrote in a terse decision and an unusual rejection of [...]
Governor Beverly Perdue has sent out misleading messages about “Protecting Public Education.” While this state has an unemployment rate over 11 percent and a record $4.7 billion budget deficit, she calls for more spending—“investments”—for “green energy jobs” and education.
Frantically, her message declares: “We are at a [...]
Susan Stabley over at The Charlotte Business Journal provides a detailed run-down of the contractors claiming they have not been paid for work on the EpiCenter. She also quite amazingly gets Afshin Ghazi to comment after weeks of chasing him down. Ghazi relates that it is perfectly normal to [...]
Ed Cone called Greensboro City Council candidate Ryan Shell’s proposal to filter porn at the public library ‘pretty thin gruel,’ yet he latches on to Shell’s idea to provide shelter for all city bus stops.
Everyone knows my views on public transportation, but I wouldn’t suggest that [...]
Entrepreneur Randy Lively is building a wireless-internet system covering the coastal strip from Morehead City to Jacksonville, Florida. As the Greater Wilmington Business Journal reports, Lively’s firm is setting up a network of repeater radios to provide the service:
Those looking for Internet connections within the range of the receivers [...]
Here’s a great column from Karl Rove about a family that gives me hope for this country.
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Further to my post below on public spending, there are of course many good reasons why ever-higher public spending is a bad thing. Chief among these is the deleterious effect it has on economic growth.
The obvious point here is that public spending requires either [...]
Walmart certainly has some admirable qualities (see these articles). But Wal-mart’s self-serving position on health care is disgraceful: “Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Tuesday that it supports legislation that would require large companies to offer health insurance to their workers,” reports the Denver Post. See also the USA [...]
Brown will reduce child poverty by making all families equally poor, while Cameron will take politics out of social action by putting the Conservatives at the centre of it. Where can one turn to for some logical thinking on poverty, charity and the state?
Certainly not to [...]
The City of Asheville expects to receive $509,460 for homelessness programs by way of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. Now, it has to figure out where to stash the loot. It is soliciting pre-applications from potential subgrantees.
[...]The John Locke Foundation gave Asheville and Buncombe County B grades in transparency. There is, however, a great deal of difference in the way the two bodies handle information. Asheville publishes hundreds of pages of staff reports with each formal meeting agenda, which often runs three pages long. Buncombe [...]
I'm pleased that the Conservatives have – at least in part – woken up to the fact that they are going to be forced to cut public spending if they win the next election. As Nigel 