Unconstitutional Property Takings Continue
The government has gone after this gentleman 11 times in his lifetime. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VelagG6plOE[/youtube]
Haiti suffers from lack of Property Rights
North America A solution in Haiti: Try Freedom By Garrett Glass Mar 3, 2004 The troubles of Haiti are once again making front-page news all over the world. Every expert [...]
Property seizures characteristic of despotic regimes
China. A large proportion of China's estimated 100,000 or so public protests each year are driven by rage over compulsory evictions. Over the past decade, hundreds of thousands of Chinese [...]
BB&T Bank Chairman is Ayn Rand fan
John Allison of BB&T bank says, in this interview with John Stossel, that his bank bases its business practices on Ayn Rand's principles. This means rejecting eminent domain as a [...]
LA Times: ‘Avatar’ is about property rights
They do have a point. H/T to The Cato Institute. Conservatives have been very critical of the Golden Globe-winning film "Avatar" for its mystical melange of trite leftist themes. But [...]
Property Rights for “Sesame Street”
Janet Beales Kaidantzis Ever seen two children quarreling over a toy? Such squabbles had been commonplace in Katherine Hussman Klemp’s household. But in the Sesame Street Parent’s Guide [...]
Thomas Sowell gets it
The Left has never understood why property rights are a big deal, except to fat cats who own a lot of property. Through legislation and judicial rulings, property rights have [...]
U.N. once flirted with property rights, demurred
That was a long time ago. I suppose dictators and property rights, like oil and water, just don't mix. In 1948, property rights got their own article in the United [...]
Will City-Slicker Chickens find Home in Knoxville?
We'll soon find out. A meeting to discuss a proposed city ordinance allowing the raising of a limited number of hens on Knoxville properties is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 10 [...]
It’s the old ‘Redefining Blight’ trick
Neighborhood blight, as properly understood, looks like this: It is not difficult to comprehend. 'Blight' as redefined by self-serving authoritarian bureaucrats (these particular politicians hailing from Nashville), however, looks more [...]