Author Archives: the proprietor

The “Petticoat Mafia” Of Benham, Kentucky

The AP (via the Dallas Morning News) asks the question, “What happens when the garden club takes over the government of a Kentucky coal town?” The answer turns out to be a great story about a particularly different approach to government, one involving bake sales, concerts and a thrift shop instead of more usual, and […]

Red Tape, Street Kids, And A Bakery

This article from the Christian Science Monitor makes me angry. A group of homeless kids in Mexico City are trying to open their own bakery, but can’t get a business permit from the city. They’ve got donated equipment, donated cash for the flour and so on, and a local baker who is willing to teach […]

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