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Daily Archives: September 6th, 2010

A “Better Belmar”? Let’s Look At The Belmar Of 2000.

If I had my druthers I would take the Belmar of 2000 over the Belmar we have today.  Ten years ago my taxes were less than 60% of what I pay today.  I could smoke on the beach without being hassled.  I didn’t have to come to a full stop at every *!!#*! intersection.  We hadn’t yet invited […]

Who’ll Say “No More” To The Public Worker Unions?

Amity Shlaes in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal: This weekend we celebrate Labor Day in a country divided between two kinds of workers. The first is the private-sector worker, the vulnerable one who rides the business cycle without shock absorbers. The second worker, who works for the government, lives a cushioned existence in which terminations take […]

New “Comments” Settings

I changed the settings for comments.  I didn’t realize that the default settings were requiring name and email to leave a comment.  I don’t want that.  It’s fine with me if you want to post a comment anonymously and without contact info.  I think this is the reason I haven’t been getting many comments despite the […]