Andrew Zimmern, writing in the Racket, about antitrust enforcement, independent businesses, and monopoly power? Be still, my heart. This rules!

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my neighborhood 7-11 closed a couple years ago and tried to reopen but couldn’t get the permit approved because there’s a preschool next door and 7-11s sell alcohol (the previous permit was grandfathered in). i saw a fence going up around the lot recently and looked up what was moving in: a gun shop

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One of the most important issues of our time is that the future of humanity is presently being authored by people who have nothing but total contempt for humanity and seek the erasure of everything that gives being a human meaning. It’s not just annoying. It doesn’t just suck. It’s existential.

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Run your own numbers. Don’t let your dad, or the government, or Dave Ramsey talk you into buying a house if it’s not your best choice.

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This is well under construction in the HQ2 site. I’m on the community board (I don’t speak for it) and I think we got a better deal for it: we upzoned the area on OneLIC and will get a school and homes instead of free space for Amazon.

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