Archive for Richard R. Mayer
Celebrating the Constitutionand Village Fires
Mr. Mayer is a surveyor living in Schuylerville, New York The really interesting thing about a fire isn’t watching the fire, or even the fire engines and firemen who are fighting the fire; rather, what’s really interesting is to watch the people who are watching it all. So with our recent celebration of the Constitution. [...]
1Jun1988 | Richard R. Mayer | 0 comments | ContinuedEthics and Bottle Deposits
Mr. Mayer is a surveyor living in Schuylerville. New York. We seem to have abandoned ethics in our public lives. Bottle deposit laws, which in many parts of the country require mandatory deposits and mandatory payment for returned bottles, are a good example. I shop in my home town at Sulli’s Supermarket. Actually it’s not [...]
1Feb1988 | Richard R. Mayer | 0 comments | ContinuedWho Is an American?
Mr. Mayer is a surveyor living in Schuylerville, New York. As Americans we are often un-American when it comes to illegal aliens. The word illegal connotes something contrary to the law; yet what more clearly defines our law than those unalienable rights spelled out in the Declaration of independence or what better describes our land [...]
1Jan1988 | Richard R. Mayer | 0 comments | Continued-
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JPMorgan Chase and Casino Banking
JPMorgan Chase & Co., one of the nation’s leading banks, revealed in May that a London trader racked... Read More
Individualism, Trade-Unions, and “Self-Governing Combinations”
Who do you imagine said this? “[Trade-unions] seem natural to the passing phase of social evolution,... Read More
Bubbles, Malinvestment, and Higher Education
Many commentators are asking whether the next big bubble to burst will be the debt associated with the... Read More
JPMorgan’s Blunder Is No Market Failure
I am not going to try to defend JPMorgan Chase for its recent, widely reported financial blunders. ... Read More
For Equality; Against Privilege
This TGIF originally ran July 7, 2006. The freedom philosophy can be boiled down to two phrases: for... Read More




