Nicole Yeatman

The American Revolution and the Pursuit of Happiness

Not only is the American Revolution the most important event in American history, but it may very well be the greatest event of the modern world. The Revolution changed everything.

Jerry Schauffler: He Built Homes and Protected the Right to Build 

Jerry W. P. Schauffler, longtime Pacific Legal Foundation trustee, former Board of Trustees chair, and Bay Area developer, passed away in the San Francisco...

He Wants to Finish Building His House. Massachusetts Won’t Let Him.  

In Massachusetts, anyone who does their own plumbing without a license is breaking the law. 

A Room for Grandma 

“The nuclear family was a mistake,” David Brooks declared in The Atlantic in 2020. He meant it not as an attack on the family but as nostalgia for multigenerational living.

The Dangers of Renting a Room 

There are sudden home invasions and then there are slow ones, the kind that unfold over months or even years, by increments so small you don’t realize you’ve lost control of your home until it’s too late. That’s what having a nightmare tenant is like.

The Beach Home that Cannot Be Fixed 

In Rhode Island, it seems, the storm is just the beginning. The real damage to your home comes afterward, at the hands of the State. 

At the Supreme Court: Michigan Family Loses Home to a Government Mistake 

Marc and Tia Pung were in the middle of remodeling their home in Isabella County, Michigan, when they lost the house to the government.

The Storyteller’s Role 

By the time I met Annette Hubbell in person at her sun-dappled home in a San Diego suburb, I’d already watched her on stage:...

Can New York City Force Homeowners to Sponsor Art? 

Before artists moved into SoHo, the neighborhood was known as “hell’s hundred acres,” says photographer David Lawrence. “It was full of warehouses and flop...

Criminalizing Joy: The Dolphin Therapists of Hawaii 

Eliza Wille used to start her therapy sessions by inviting her patients to wade into the crystalline waters off Kona, Hawaii. The ocean was...

Nurse Forced to Pay $50,000 State Fee 

It is a special kind of science: the science of helping someone get well. Some doctors approach it with a sniper’s precision, zeroing in...

Alabama Family Punished for Conservation Efforts

It was the listing that spooked Gray Skipper’s family. If a threatened species is allegedly sighted on your property, it’s game over: You lose the legal ability to use your land the way you want.
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The American Revolution and the Pursuit of Happiness

Not only is the American Revolution the most important event in American history, but it may very well be the greatest event of the modern world. The Revolution changed everything.