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Property Rights

Forget It, It’s the Coastal Commission

The central mystery of the 1974 neo-noir film Chinatown is an imagined water heist in California: A powerful man is stealing water during a...
Property Rights

Rockets in the Dark

The commissioners sat at a half-circle dais, all facing a nearly empty room. Because they weren’t looking at each other, they sometimes got confused about when it was their turn to speak. “I can’t tell who’s talking,” a commissioner said at one point.  
Property Rights

The No Trespassing Sign

It should have been easy. Dennis and Leah Seider just needed a sign to mark their property. There are 27 miles of public beaches...
Property Rights

Apocalypse on the Beach

The fire alarms started around noon. By 2:30 p.m., the flames had spread from Agoura Hills, a small town in the Santa Monica mountains, to the shoreline 13 miles away.
Property Rights

Mystery of the Sand Dunes

A half-mile from the Morro Sand Dunes in Los Osos, California, in a quiet residential neighborhood—the kind of sun-kissed neighborhood where neighbors walk to...
Economic Freedom

The MMA Fighter Who Loves the Constitution 

I’ve never been athletic. My only team sports experience was the crucial role of waterboy for my high school rugby team. A few years...
Economic Freedom

A Surfer Caught Inside a Legal Nightmare 

When a surfer gets trapped between an incoming wave and the shore, it’s said he’s been “caught inside.” Surfers dread being caught inside. You...
Uncategorized

The Strange Story of Title IX 

The newspaper quote is surprisingly diplomatic for a man named Moose.  “We have no desire to discriminate against women,” Edward “Moose” Krause, the longtime athletic...
Property Rights

Sorry, the Gym Is Closed

Helping Americans stay fit and healthy has always been a passion for Yvette Franco-Clark and her husband Randy Clark. Few people are fortunate to...
Property Rights

When the Government Takes Private Property for Sports Stadiums

Willie Mays was out at home plate.  It was August 10, 1955, and the New York Giants were playing a night game against the Brooklyn...
Regulation

A New Horse in the Race

Disqualified.  Four days after a 2024 horse race in New Mexico, Oscar Ceballos, the jockey who’d placed second, got bad news: He’d been disqualified, suspended,...
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Meet Colorado’s Wicked Witch of the West

Taralyn Romero's property dispute with her Colorado town earned her the title “The Wicked Witch of The West.” 
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Forget It, It’s the Coastal Commission

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The central mystery of the 1974 neo-noir film Chinatown...

Rockets in the Dark

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The commissioners sat at a half-circle dais, all facing a nearly empty room. Because they weren’t looking at each other, they sometimes got confused about when it was their turn to speak. “I can’t tell who’s talking,” a commissioner said at one point.  

The No Trespassing Sign

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It should have been easy. Dennis and Leah Seider...

Apocalypse on the Beach

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The fire alarms started around noon. By 2:30 p.m., the flames had spread from Agoura Hills, a small town in the Santa Monica mountains, to the shoreline 13 miles away.

Mystery of the Sand Dunes

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A half-mile from the Morro Sand Dunes in Los...
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