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Elizabeth Warren’s financial illiteracy

August 7, 2018 By Nicholas Kerr 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Random Rants Tagged With: CFPB, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Corporations, Elizabeth Warren, stock buyback

Seattle’s homeless contradictions

June 2, 2018 By Nicholas Kerr 5 Comments

Seattle’s ongoing homeless crisis is surrounded by an absurd number of contradictions that if not addressed will only result in a continuation of this human tragedy. Leaders and supporters of the city’s current approach claim compassion, but have delivered heartlessness. When residents have been asked for and given more tax dollars, the result is only […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: Building Code, homeless, Homelessness, Jenny Durkan, seattle

Seattle’s sickening rape that could have been prevented

May 16, 2018 By Nicholas Kerr 4 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Random Rants Tagged With: homeless, seattle

Gun control that works requires smaller government

February 17, 2018 By Nicholas Kerr 3 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Random Rants Tagged With: dylan roof, gun control, nikolas cruz, sandy hook

Pumping up freedoms in Oregon – redux

January 1, 2018 By Nicholas Kerr 1 Comment

<A new amendment to Oregon’s law, effective 1 January 1, 2018, further frees some Oregonians to pump their own gas. This is an update to a December 2015 post. > Two cheers for a tiny wave of liberty rippling through the state to our south. Beginning January 1, some Oregonians will have additional rights to […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: economics, gas, oregon, portland

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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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