Bill could affect gardens, farmers markets, CSAs, and more.

Designating the Food Safety Administration (FSA) as sole regulator of food safety rather than the individual states, including granting FSA the power to implement and administer a “national system for regular unannounced inspection of food establishments” under its own terms. (“Food establishment” is so broadly defined in the bill that it can be anything from a meat packing plant to a backyard garden.)

As a “little guy”, I’ll let the rest of you “little guys” in on a secret…

Bigger government (more regulation) is not good for you. It only helps those big enough to  bankroll compliance with the regulations maintain their market share and take yours as well.

Sounds reasonable to me.

Let the bad economy run off advertisers.

George Will‘s got the kind of smarts I wish I had, and not just about baseball either.

The Voting Rights Act was written to protect each individual’s right to vote. Having been twisted to serve group rights — certain groups’ entitlements to win quotas of offices — the law has become emblematic of both the noble flourishing and the ignoble decline of the civil rights movement