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#JeSuisPlatitude – the emptiness of political hashtags

March 26, 2016 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

Given the absence of any serious response to ISIL from our world’s leaders, another radical jihadist attack somewhere in the world was entirely predictable. Just as inevitable, following last week’s tragic events in Brussels, were the meaningless hashtags intended to show solidarity with the victims and citizens of Belgium. The most popular – #JeSuisBrussels – […]

Filed Under: Random Rants Tagged With: Belgium, Brussels, ISIS, Mark Steyn

Keep your schedule ideas to yourselves

March 4, 2016 By Nicholas Kerr 1 Comment

Two Seattle council members, Lisa Herbold and Lorena González are proposing regulating employees’ schedules in the city. Some are calling the idea “livable schedules” and venture capitalist Nick Hanauer supports it because he argues: “Most workers in our economy have very little leverage or bargaining power and owners and people like me have enormous amounts […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: labor market, nick hanauer, Seattle city council

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I’m Nicholas, a marketing consultant and dad in Dallas, TX. I like to follow policy debates, chat about parenting and share stories. Read More…

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