Every American ought to have had high hopes for Barack Obama’s presidency. An unsuccessful administration is bad for the country and, given America’s global status, it’s bad for the world too. That’s not to say you should have supported his entire agenda. Rather, as with Bill Clinton, you might have hoped the realities of governing […]
Open letter to the 1%
<I originally posted the following to Facebook at the beginning of 2013 when the income tax rate for top earners was raised to 39.6%> Jan 3, 2013 Dear Taxpayers Whose Income Taxes Were Raised on 1/1, Most of you are hardworking, successful people. Countless numbers of you have started and run companies that we’ve worked at, […]
Trump v. Obama, or why Clinton campaign supports Citizens United
In the frenzy following the presidential election, little post-mortem attention has been given to how campaign spending was scarcely a factor in Donald Trump’s surprise victory. In fact, Hillary Clinton’s campaign supplies an excellent argument against the need for campaign finance reform following the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in Citizens United. The Clinton campaign raised more […]
Prejudice and paternalism in Seattle
The following is an exchange on a community discussion board that I had this week with my neighbors about a “Day of Solidarity” that took place in public schools. I’ve changed the names of my neighbors and edited some of what I and they wrote for the sake of brevity. To me some of the […]
City law a loser for landlords and renters
Seattle’s new first-come first-served renters law is unfortunately more of the same from our city council. It’s legislation in search of a problem, passed with little public notice or consultation, assumes the worst of business people, takes away property rights, won’t deliver the results that are promised and will hurt the very people it’s intended […]
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