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Enforcement vs. Prohibition

September 12, 2019 Brian Phillips Business Regulations

In cities across Texas (and the country) local politicians are imposing severe restrictions and outright bans on short-term rentals (STRs).

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Texas Supreme Court Sanctions the Rule of Whim

September 10, 2019 Brian Phillips Property, Zoning and Land Use

Last year, I wrote about the case of Hinga Mbogo, a Dallas auto shop owner whose property was retroactively rezoned

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The War on the Republic

September 5, 2019 Brian Phillips General

Regressives (they call themselves “Progressives”) have long opposed the system of limited government established by the drafters of the Constitution.

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The Emancipation of Plumbers

September 3, 2019 Brian Phillips Business Regulations

As of September 1, in the state of Texas anyone can offer plumbing services. As of that date, the Texas

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When the Principals Have no Principles

August 29, 2019 Brian Phillips Business Regulations

I recently stumbled across an article by a doctor who declared: I am a capitalist and physician who believes competition

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You are Hereby Ordered…

August 27, 2019 Brian Phillips Business Regulations, Taxes

Last Friday, the Commander in Chief of the United States sent forth several tweets in response to China’s announcement that

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Free Market Alternatives: Life without the FDA

August 25, 2019 Brian Phillips Briefs & Papers, Business Regulations

When I make a statement that some government program or agency should be abolished, I am often asked how certain

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A License to Write?

August 22, 2019 Brian Phillips Business Regulations

Last year the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, sent a letter to novelist John Hart demanding thousands of dollars in back

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