The Privatopia Papers

Cities call eminent-domain bills too harsh The backlash against the USSC's Kelo v. City of New London decision continues, this time in A...

JournalStar.com: City considers ‘red-tagging’ problem houses Is it my imagination, or are municipalities starting to become more like HOAs? ...

Thriving under our noses, but stealthily: coyotes Scientists have long thought coyotes intently avoid cities, but a new study has found the ...

No Bids for Love Home at Foreclosure Sale - Yahoo! News Q. What does it mean when they give a foreclosure sale and nobody shows up? A. Tha...

The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Top forecaster sees U.S. recession This prediction, by Prof. James F. Smith of the University ...

Banished Words List :: Complete List In case you need the whole thing...

Banished Words List :: 2006 This blog is a community of learners, dawg. We have our talking points ready, there's no junk science, and w...

Boing Boing: "Outlandish" Tacoma, WA house due for demolition From Mystery Reader comes this saga of a house whose unique appearan...

nbc4i.com - News - Homeowners' Associations Want To Ban Sex Offenders Fred Pilot sent this link along. This is a good test of the limit...

New Year Brings Array of New State Laws - Yahoo! News It's nice to know our public servants are looking out for us. Here's my favori...

United Press International - NewsTrack - Home builders try extras to lure customers The evidence is mounting that the new housing market is ...

Holy cows remain subject of legal fight Another non-HOA story concerning differences of opinion regarding what constitutes a family membe...

US home sales data signal end to boom Not to talk down the US economy in unpatriotic fashion, mind you, but there are lot of unsold HOA ...

'Inversion' in Bond Rates Hits Stocks: The yield on the 10-year Treasury note drops to a level at or below those of shorter-term sec...

PJM News - Amazon.com Exec to Open Aerospace Venture (6778237/AP) Further progress toward the privatization of space travel? Got this link...

Kansas man appeals ticket over anti-war signs Not in an HOA, either. This happened in... PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. - A suburban Kansas Cit...

Abiding by rules of your neighbor: Disputes increase as more live under home associations - baltimoresun.com From Nancy Levy comes this l...

Condo alliance heads to capital -- Coalition targets homeowner association laws Fred Pilot sent this link. Some sort of evil pop-up ad that...

Judge upholds Chicago's pigeon ban A federal judge has ruled that Chicago's ban on keeping racing pigeons is constitutional. -...

A Man's Home May Be His Castle, but Only to a Point Here's a link to the New York Times article on HOAs, with a quote or two from me...