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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

Capturing your kids’ moments from behind

December 29, 2017 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

We have a couple of walls of photos of our children through the years, which I sometimes like to get lost in as I remember the milestones and moments. The other day I noticed that many of my favorite shots all have one thing in common – I didn’t capture their faces. Like other favorites, […]

Filed Under: Daddy Rants Tagged With: photos; kids; photography

If not economic growth, then what?

December 5, 2017 By Nicholas Kerr 1 Comment

In a column entitled “Everything must go“, George Monbiot writes that economic growth “will destroy everything”. While he rails at length against growth, he doesn’t go into any detail about his preferred alternative. Moreover, his diatribe is mostly against consumption, whereas an increase in productivity (for example, doing more with less) is usually the primary […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: economic growth; george monbiot, Nike, Phil Knight

New Seattle Mayor and her opponent opt their kids out of public school

November 12, 2017 By Nicholas Kerr 1 Comment

Time and time again we come across elected officials who conclude the public school system is inadequate, and because they have the means, remove their kids. Liv Finne discovered prior to the election that our new mayor and her opponent did exactly that. As Mayor Durkan acknowledged in an interview, it was a “great privilege” […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: Cary Moon, Cory Booker, education, Elizabeth Warren, Jenny Durkan, school choice, Seattle Public Schools

Politics and the science of motherhood

November 5, 2017 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

As the son of a scientist (Mum) and policy maker/economist (Dad), I was fascinated by James Taranto’s Wall Street Journal interview  with Erica Komisar on her book “Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters.” Komisar is a self-described New York liberal who supports a year of government mandated maternity leave and […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: James Taranto, maternity leave, motherhood

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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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