Discussion of urban taxes, which introduces me to the idea of frontage taxes. My new love, along with land tax. http://urbankchoze.blogspot.com/2016/07/city-taxes-as-urban-growth-policies.html?m=1Read more... )

For the first time in years, I noticed that the TJ employees don't all wear the same thing. They've all got T-shirts saying "Trader Joe's", and mostly with a hibiscus flower, but one had an experimental 'Crew' (with oars) shirt[1], and more to the point, of all the employees I could see at once -- up to 4 or 5, I think -- none were wearing the ( Read more... )

Earth-sized planet found around Alpha Centauri B. With a three-day orbital period, so kind of hot ( Read more... )