David Morris
David Morris is Vice President and director of the New Rules Project at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, which is based in Minneapolis and Washington, D.C. focusing on local economic and social development.
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Views Wednesday, September 26, 2012 We're the NFL. We Don't Have to Care Watching professional football these days reminds me of Lily Tomlin’s Ernestine the telephone operator on Saturday Night Live and her famous punch line, “We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.” Read more |
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Views Tuesday, September 18, 2012 The Times They're a Changing. Or Are They? The recent colorful tirade by Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe against a legislator who demanded the Baltimore Ravens owner fire linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo for supporting gay marriage and the overwhelmingly positive response to it by football fans and players alike are heartwarming developments. It shows how far we’ve come. Read more |
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Views Thursday, August 16, 2012 For Good Customer Service Go to Government, Not Corporations In 2012 we accept as received wisdom that government is unresponsive while a competitive marketplace forces private business to offer quality customer service. Read more |
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Views Wednesday, August 08, 2012 After 20 Years, Charter Schools Stray From Their Original Mission On this, the 20th anniversary of the opening of the first charter school, kudzu comes to mind. Read more |
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Views Wednesday, August 01, 2012 US Health Care Debate: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous Nowhere is the phrase American Exceptionalism more appropriately used than when describing our debate over health care. Read more |
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Views Friday, July 27, 2012 No Peter Orszag, Let's NOT Privatize the US Postal Service If chutzpah is killing your parents then throwing yourself on the mercy of the court because you're an orphan then Peter Orszag is the poster child for chutzpah. In his recent article in Bloomberg News he insists the best fix for the post office is to take it private. Read more |
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Views Thursday, July 26, 2012 Texas Judge Rules 'The Sky Belongs To Everyone' “Texas judge rules atmosphere, air is a public trust”, reads the headline in the Boston Globe . A tiny breakthrough but with big potential consequences. Read more |
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Views Sunday, July 01, 2012 1st: Protect Obama's Health Care Reform. 2nd: Move Toward a Public Option It’s relatively easy for Americans to understand that parks, sidewalks, the environment or the Internet are all part of the commons. That’s because no one owns them. Read more |
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Views Tuesday, June 05, 2012 Business Can't Win the Privatization Game Without a Handicap Handicapping occurs in sports to equalize the winning chances of contestants of varying abilities. Read more |
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Views Saturday, May 26, 2012 How the Post Office Is Being Destroyed By a Phony Budget Crisis As every 6 year old learns, there is real and there is make believe. Read more |