What The New York Times Gets Wrong About Cheap Nail Salons
Even if Asian nail salons are as exploitative and toxic as the Times says, the answer isn't more government oversight.
Small Business
Sex Club Rebrands as Church to Thwart Nashville Zoning Laws
Do not deliver us, oh Lord, from temptation...
'A World-Class City Like Chicago' Needs Topless Strippers, Says Alderman
Measure would allow licensed "cabarets" to offer both alcohol and topless dancing.
Obamacare Is Really Expensive for Small Businesses. Surprise!
Lousy news for growing the economy, creating jobs, and overall increasing prosperity
Lessons on Sticking It to the Little Guy
Cities throw tax money at big deals while small businesses get the shaft for stupid reasons.
A Strike Against State Regulation of Yoga Teachers in Colorado
Bill would exempt yoga teacher training schools from costly state certification
"The Tyranny of Nostalgia": Landmarking Businesses Won't Preserve NYC's "Authenticity"
Professional nostalgists advocate for regulations that actually make life more difficult for small businesses.
How Gasification Beat Berkeley and Broke Big
From fighting with Berkeley city government to a $5 million green-tech company
Gay Wedding Cake (and Lack Thereof) May Cost Oregon Bakers $150,000
State rules religious shop owners discriminated against couple.
San Francisco Minimum Wage Law Claims Scalp of Great Science Fiction/Fantasy Specialty Bookstore
Yes, a higher minimum wage can kill small businesses.
'Power Drunk' Agency Targets Local Winery
California's Department of Industrial Relations slapped the owners of the Westover Winery with more than $115,000 in fines and assessments for using volunteer workers.
Is American Entrepreneurship Declining or Simply Changing?
A parallel trend to the new-business nosedive is the rise of the freelance economy.
How Tacky T-shirts Became Contraband in New Orleans
Zoning enforcement is being used to rid the French Quarter of souvenir shops.
Regulating Away the American Dream
Government mostly hinders us, and then brags that it is waiting to take charge when we fail.
Is There a Dry Cleaning Gender Gap?
President Obama laughingly promised to look into discriminatory dry cleaning pricing, but it's no joke for some.
News Flash: It's Already Legal to Deny Service to Gays in Arizona
Current fight a consequence of people on both sides using law as a blunt weapon
Libertarian Businessman Says Goodbye to California with the New Year
Death by a thousand regulation-mandated cuts
Rate Increases For Small Businesses Could Be the Next Obamacare Crisis
Changes will kick in just before the 2014 elections
Indiana Restaurant Pressured to Stop Feeding Homeless
Nearby businesses complained constantly
Ohio Fails to Return Millions in Business Tax Overpayments
Even when companies properly requested the money back
The Government Shutdown and Our Permission Society
Many private harms caused by the government shutdown are due to its own insistence on meddling in our lives
Forfeiture Laws Turn Public Officials Into Profiteers
The lure of revenues has distorted police priorities as money-hungry agencies think more about grabbing property than about fairly applying the law.
