Lesser of Two Evils
We live about five miles, 11 minutes, by car from the Kindergarten, but the Big Sister rides the bus for 30 minutes or more. Last night residents in the Mahopac...
Category: economics
Demand in Action
After selling out to Dell so that they could experience the same joys I did this morning, the Henrico County (Virginia) School District sold their collection of...
The Economics of Government Schools
Grumbles upon receiving the school district's budget
Big School Districts
We just voted down the proposed budget for the Mahopac Central School District, because of the 9.95% property tax increase involved. 2,593 persons voted, with 1...
Amtrak Subsidies
Are Amtrak subsidies equivalent to the monies used to prevent the commercial airlines from going belly up after 9/11? If the government pays to maintain private...
No Video on Demand
Because HBO has nothing we want to watch while we wait for The Sopranos, because we’re not that desperate, and because DirecTV makes changing packages sim...
While I’m on the Subject
Dear DirecTV, I just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that you’ve lost a customer. My loyalties are to my TiVo. I can get plain TV anywhere. Just...