No Bag for You: The Stupidity of Banning Plastic Bags

By: Brad Jackson (Diary)  |  March 4th at 12:34 PM  | 

I live in Austin, Texas and I love it. It’s the live music capital of the world, has an amazing food culture and is nearly always warm and sunny. It’s a young city and a vibrant one, growing with a constant influx of folks from across the country including a lot of Californians. However, Austin is also something that most of Texas is not – | Read More »

Fallout from Seattle’s killer plastic bag ban policy.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  March 1st at 10:30 AM  | 

Quick background: Seattle last year instituted a ban on plastic bags and mandated a charge for paper bags, on the grounds that doing so would force consumers to use recyclable bags. This is all ostensibly for improving the quality of life in Seattle: “I think we’ve gotten to a place where it’s really going to work for the environment, businesses and the community in general,” | Read More »