Has parking eaten American cities? A recent study says the answer is yes.
President Mitch Daniels? If only we were so lucky.
How abortion polls across the country. With all of this talk about Judge Kavanaugh and Roe v. Wade, our colleagues at the Examiner look at how abortion polls in every state.
Employee cafeterias on the chopping block in the San Francisco bay area. As Walter Olson puts it: “Appalling — and both the Golden Gate Restaurant Association and the San Francisco supervisors sound like villains in an Ayn Rand novel.”
“The summer of snitches.” Has a good ring to it, but not something we should be proud of. Seems like after “BBQ Becky” and “Permit Patty” we have another do-gooder complaining that a kid selling hot dogs is a threat to the public. But rather than shut down the young entrepreneur, a municipality helped him get street legal. While better than the heavy hand of the state, they could have just let it slide. It’s a kid selling hot dogs.
Alex Jones is mad Rep. Gaetz broke up with him. Hell hath no fury like a conspiracy theorist scorned.
Disgraced politician resigns. Rare to type that sentence in the Trump era, but hey, it happens.
That sounds like a great idea! A California business tried to get on the socially conscious bandwagon and support a bill to ban plastic straws… only to find out the proposed bill could put them out of business. Whoops!
Farmers against the trade war. This op-ed from a Trump voter in Missouri about how President Trump’s trade war is hurting her farm is a must read.
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