My local rulers recently banned the use of disposable plastic shopping bags. Their stated goal was to promote the use of reusable bags and probably something about the environment.
I was unhappy about this. I’m usually unhappy when technocracy rears its ugly, empty head, but above and beyond that, this has make my life worse in a few small but noticeable ways. […]
Dateline Oregon (MSN): Starting in January, a real estate agent must reject any communication that would reveal the buyer’s race, […]
Dateline Kathmandu: Even though the lockdown is still in effect with only designated economic activities allowed, people in Kathmandu have […]
Micah Lang writes in The Outline about her old college roommate, who’s gotten into landlording: The ranch was an investment, […]
Here’s how a company run by sensible people could have reacted to the recent change in the federal smoking age: […]
BDN: The share of Maine high school students using e-cigarettes has nearly doubled in the past two years, according to […]
Buried deep within the BDN’s triumphal celebration of compliance with Bangor’s upcoming Styrofoam ban was this tidbit: Governor’s, which has […]
CNN: Lawmakers have approved a sweeping overhaul of copyright rules, dealing a blow to major tech companies that argued the […]
Today I learned that Tunisians have a widespread practice of ignoring the government’s zoning regulations and not paying the government […]
Reuters: The Environmental Protection Agency has exempted one of the nation’s largest oil refining companies, Andeavor (ANDV.N), from complying with […]
Ray of Infamy 