Restaurant owners across the country who eliminated tipping have reversed course in droves, to the relief of their staff and the benefit of their bottom lines. As Nikita Richardson documents in Grubstreet, beginning in 2015 numerous marquee establishments from New York to San Francisco instituted no-tipping policies. While their motivations were noble–they liked the convenience […]
It’s not Ebola that scares us, it’s our government – or Bruni vs. Bruni
Frank Bruni wrote an Op-ed in the New York Times on October 14 entitled “Scarier Than Ebola” in which he argued that we should be more worried about things such as the flu, car crashes and skin cancer than Ebola. His argument immediately began to fall apart when I applied the lessons in logic I […]
No need to force labeling of GE food
Washington State’s Initiative 522 would require products containing genetically engineered (GE) food to carry a label. Other states and countries have passed or have considered similar legislation. I’m not against food manufacturers choosing to label their foods. But requiring speech by businesses large and small isn’t something a government should embark upon lightly. GE food, […]