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Wall Street Journal: Mr. President, allow more suburban houses to be built, not less
In an August 16 Wall Street Journal op-ed, President Donald Trump and Ben Carson, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, pledged to protect America’s suburbs against federal regulations and “ultra-liberal” attempts to “abolish single-family zoning.”
But as Jim Burling explains both here and in his letter to the WSJ editor, the reality is that it’s not the suburbs that need saving—it’s the homeowners and developers trying to build more homes and make suburbs more affordable.
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The Hill: Pandemic or not, regulators are cooking up bad news for bakers
As we enter our sixth month of pandemic life, amateur bakers and chefs are looking to turn their skills in the kitchen into a little extra cash by selling their culinary creations online or in their local communities.
Daniel Woislaw says that this popular “cottage foods” trend, however, comes with a sea of red tape and threats of home intrusion.
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Governor Cuomo’s quarantine exemption for MTV reveals problems with giving governors unchecked power during COVID-19
In June, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo began issuing big fines—up to $10,000—against New Yorkers and New York visitors who travel to other COVID-19 hotspot states but refuse to properly quarantine after arriving in New York.
This week, however, the state announced artists performing at the MTV VMAs are exempt from the quarantine requirements. Mark Miller tells us how video apparently killed the radio star and the legitimacy of broad gubernatorial executive orders.
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