I spent my working life as a licensed professional but I question whether licensing still serves the public or if it is just a tool for maintaining a monopoly. Continue reading “Occupational Licensing? An Idea past its ‘Best if Used By’ Date?”
Editorial: Dark clouds on Virginia’s economic horizon
Editorial: Dark clouds on Virginia’s economic horizon
The editorial board reports that Virginia is spending more than it’s making and then tries to link this bad economic policy to the mainstream media’s recent predictions of a recession. Never mind the fact that Virginia’s revenues grew by 3.5% last year; the nation’s, by 2% last quarter.
Instead of asking a question, I’ll just answer it: Yes, they really are that stupid.
AP: Colt suspends production of AR-15 for civilian market
https://apnews.com/fbdf5e5f6d654332bbedfaffe3663154
I expect we’ll be hearing more about this soon.
11 AM Thursday and still no word
This is an important local story and 36 hours after the meeting still not a word.
Trump blocks California auto emission rules
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/17/epa-california-obama-waiver-1500336
The party of “States’ Rights” strikes again.
CEI: Wrong Again: 50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions
https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-failed-eco-pocalyptic-predictions
A trip down memory lane, amazingly.
Kitty letter
This is what The Pilot’s opinion page has been reduced to, folks.
Nothing… & Something
Fair…

warning.
wE’rE a rEPuBLiC nOt A dEMoCRacY
https://thebaffler.com/latest/were-a-republic-not-a-democracy-burmila
When faced with the predictable right-wing backlash against the suggestion that everyone should have a say in how they’re governed, rather than trying to engage on their terms, I’ll just share this.
Pilot Letter: No safe fossil fuel technology
“With climate change happening faster than was first predicted, we need to get away from fossil fuels and move even faster toward non-polluting solar energy.”
Continue reading “Pilot Letter: No safe fossil fuel technology”