Imagine receiving a ticket after ordering food at a restaurant’s drive-thru window. Though frightening, it might become possible if two state governors find a way to combine their seemingly-unrelated efforts to raise taxes. A piece published in the New York Daily News almost two weeks ago outlined Gov. David Paterson’s effort to impose 88 new [...]
Governors Display New Hunger for Tax Revenue
December 29th, 2008 · No Comments
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Group Releases ‘Obesity GPS’ to Battle the Bulge
December 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Confused after reading a news release issued today by the STOP Obesity Alliance, I decided to rewrite the portion of that news release containing a description of the group’s “Obesity GPS.” In the news release, the Obesity GPS is described in long-winded fashion as the first navigation tool developed to guide public and private decision [...]
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I know it when I see it! Corn Ethanol is..
January 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart used the phrase, “I know it when I see it,” in the opinion he wrote about a landmark 1964 case that decided whether a French film, The Lovers, was an example of pornography. Almost 44 years later, another scourge has surfaced and holds the potential to inflict great pain and [...]
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