An opinion piece published this week on Crosscut by Walter Hatch, who lives in the Phinney Ridge / Greenwood area, was bizarre. In it he suggests that most of his neighbors who comment on Nextdoor lack any compassion and are profoundly contemptuous of the homeless. While his piece amounts to nothing more than a whiny rant, it’s […]
Five years of ‘The Kerrant’
Five years ago today I launched my blog and began this labor of love. When I embarked on this journey, my goal was to write one or two posts a month on the twin topics of public policy and being a dad. In publishing my 100th blog post earlier this week, I comfortably hit that […]
Elizabeth Warren’s financial illiteracy
Over the weekend, Elizabeth Warren released a video denouncing stock buybacks in another of her trademark attacks on employers, attempting to sow resentment and divide Americans. Her usual style is to rely on rhetoric and academic theory that is difficult to parse and believable to those who’ve not studied a subject in depth. What’s striking […]
Seattle’s sickening rape that could have been prevented
Today the Seattle Times reports on a rape at a local car dealership. The manager, Jen Moran, called the attack “just sickening” and commented that the victim “should’ve been safe.” The accused is Christopher Teel, a 24 year old homeless man. While a homeless person committing a crime isn’t big news in Seattle, this person […]
Gun control that works requires smaller government
Americans are understandably outraged at another school shooting, sparking immediate calls by many for more gun control. It’s disappointing that few of these same folks are expressing equal amounts of indignation at the FBI, which has confessed to failing to follow its own protocols upon receiving a credible and specific tip. This is government failure […]
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