A federal judge ruled yesterday that women of all ages can purchase emergency contraception without a prescription. This ends the ban that kept young women under 17 from being legally allowed to buy the morning after pill. If you’re surprised this ban existed, that makes sense, as the morning after pill has been proven safe … [Read more…]
If you enjoyed the first mortgage lending financial meltdown, you’ll love part 2! Today the Washington Post reported that the Obama administration wants to assure banks that he’ll bail them out (again!) when risky borrowers default on their home loans. Obama is sadsies that many young people and deadbeats still can’t get mortgages. Though it might … [Read more…]
Tweets from @CathyReisenwitz/politics !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js”;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,”script”,”twitter-wjs”);
Sean Malone crafted a great graphic using data from economist Antony Davies that shows what minimum wage increases do to unemployment, broken up by education level. Hint: it’s not good! Click twice to view at full size. Here’s Julie Borowski on the subject: Here’s some background And here’s a site to follow for more info: http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog
Yesterday, former congressman Ron Paul sent the following Tweet: Chris Kyle’s death seems to confirm that “he who lives by the sword dies by the sword.” Treating PTSD at a firing range doesn’t make sense — Ron Paul (@RonPaul) February 4, 2013 Chris Kyle, highly-decorated veteran, was killed at a Texas gun range by another … [Read more…]
Two posts went up this week! First, I wrote about Google again for Doublethink with Google should say au revoir to France: Yahoo Finance reports that the French government has decided to go after American web giants Google and Amazon for billions of dollars in back taxes. This comes on the heels of a recently released … [Read more…]
Sacre bleu! France’s President François Hollande has proposed that companies like Facebook and Google pay taxes for the privilege of collecting French users’ data. The proposal is part of a report on how the French government can profit from internet companies not subject to high French capital gains, dividend and corporate taxes. The report tries to … [Read more…]
I got choked up watching this Verizon wireless ad. It reminded me that innovation is the most powerful answer to the world’s problems and the single biggest contributor to increases in standards of living. A more libertarian world helps foster the innovations required to move past problems of scarcity and disease. It helps us lead … [Read more…]
The recent suicide of Aaron Swartz, open-internet activist and the genius behind RSS and Reddit, has left many people questioning the legitimacy of copyright laws and selective, overzealous prosecutions. Swartz faced up to 35 years in prison if found guilty of violating a handful of laws protecting intellectual property after he was accused of what … [Read more…]
It’s my second video! Here I am not responding to anyone, just giving my own thoughts about California Attorney General Kamala Harris’ privacy recommendations to app developers. Basically I’m all, if these are good for apps, which just want to serve you better ads, it’s good for governments, who want to throw you in jail. … [Read more…]