An Alternative to Financing Public Works: A Case for Privatization
For the last five years the U.S. economy has been in the dumps. Yields on savings and CDs have plummeted. Corresponding borrowing rates have been attractive for households, and, apparently, states and municipalities as well....
Utah’s UTOPIA: Necessary Infrastructure or an Illegitimate Pseudo-Market?
A showdown in Orem earlier this week highlighted some of the (significant) problems faced by the Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency, commonly known as UTOPIA. It also puts on open display the rampant violation of...
Reviving the “Principles of ’98”
Many people feel that there is no hope in standing up to a tyrannical federal government. This despair is understandable, but unproductive. We can find hope in the knowledge that many of the federal government’s creators...
Federal Judge Strikes Down Utah’s Hairbraiding License Requirements
Jestina Clayton was raised in a village in Sierra Leone and was taught traditional African hair-braiding. Now living in Centerville, Utah, Clayton wanted to provide these services to a growing niche market. She started her own...
Drop the F Bomb, Go to Jail
KSL reported last night that Ogden city officials are responding to violence at kids’ sporting events by proposing that profanity be outlawed. To justify this component of the ever-increasing nanny state in Utah, Ogden...
Realizing True Personal Responsibility and Individual Accountability
Both sides of the political aisle claim a near monopoly on accountability and responsibility while demonizing the “other side” for its irresponsible behavior. These ideals, however, have changed meaning throughout the years....