The Outstater
The Power of Individuals “Top management is discouraged and saddened, and middle management is drinking too much. Morale in the newsroom is fair, because of the recent raises, but the shining brows of the copy boys, traditional emblems of energy and hope, have begun to display odd, unattractive lines. At every level, people want management Read the full article…
McGowan: John Locke Wishes You a Happy New Year
By Richard McGowan, Ph.D. Englishman John Locke wrote over 3,000 letters to luminaries in England, France, Netherlands and other European countries. His ideas appear in American documents and provide the foundation for our government. However, during his lifetime, his arguments and reasoning brought him under attack severe enough for him to exile himself to the Netherlands. Locke was Read the full article…
Arp: A Council in Economic Oblivion
by Jason Arp At our weekly meeting something completely unsurprising happened: Yet another real property tax abatement was granted by the city to a real estate developer. These have become a regular part of the proceedings of any council meeting. This particular abatement was in the form of a 10-year phase-in of real property tax. The Read the full article…
Franke: My New Year’s Resolution
by Mark Franke It’s that time of year when all insist on putting themselves through the annual ritual of making New Year’s resolutions, resolutions honored mostly in the breach. Instead, I intend to spend my intellectual energy reflecting on the major issues of our day. Why does January 1 get to be the start of Read the full article…
Morris: Bless the Storm’s First Responders
by Leo Morris It was just last week when I announced my intention to embrace the joy of the Christmas season, “wherever I find it, even if I only stumble across it by accident.” Little did I know that it would don a disguise and hide, daring me to find it. My car wouldn’t start Read the full article…
Schansberg: Education Analogies to Real Life
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. The economist James Gwartney has a thought experiment which illustrates why a system which features socialism and monopoly power is not a good idea. Imagine that government decides to operate all restaurants. Further, your geography determines your restaurant; you will eat at the government (“public”) restaurant in your neighborhood. (To make Read the full article…
