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Atlas Shrugs � part two

Chuck Elsey — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:19:00 CST

As I wrote at the end of part one last week, �Atlas Shrugged� is a novel that fearlessly explores the plight of the great industrialists of its time, as the world around them becomes depressingly indifferent as to its own productivity, giving way to the �intellectual� philosophy that man exists for the benefit of other men.

Atlas Shrugged

Chuck Elsey — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:10:00 CST

What a difference half a century makes! With the gross expansion of government fully underway it was interesting to be privy to a conversation between a college junior and near sixtyish �boomer� discussing the philosophies of Ayn Rand, writer of the timeless 1957, juggernaut novel, �Atlas Shrugged.�

COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE

Chuck Elsey — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:29:00 CST

No one likes the prospect of a divorce. We�ve all heard of the ugliness that can be the product of a messy, highly contested divorce. Reality though, is that one out of every two marriages ends in divorce.

Forced to drill

Chuck Elsey — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:02:00 CST

Until the promulgation and passage of the �Mineral Interest Pooling Act of 1965� (�MIPA�) there was no specific code in Texas that addressed the consequence of a mineral owner being left out of or refusing to participate in a pooled unit. The law seemed to satisfy the rights of mineral owners seeking their way into a unit, but was a nebulous collection of words forming an amorphous blob of ambiguity as it related to a mineral owner being forced into a unit against his or her will.

To drill or not to drill

No Author — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:49:00 CST

The issue of urban drilling has become a political maelstrom tearing at the fiber of our peaceful community. The Town of Flower Mound, known to have one of the strictest oil and gas drilling ordinances in north Texas, recently supported a decision by its Oil and Gas Board of Appeals, standing by the Board�s ruling regarding the denial of fifteen variances requested by Red Oak Gas to permit a drill site on the property now known as the �River Walk.� The decision was unanimous and the Board will defend its decision in Denton County court. The Town�s decision on this particular application does not seem to be arbitrary given that as of May, the Town has already provided drilling permits for 21 wells on 9 separate drill site locations, most in less densely populated areas.

THE PLACE TO BE FOR BUSINESS

Chuck Elsey — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:24:00 CST

In the case of the Flower Mound Chamber of Commerce it is obvious that some “things do change” and it appears the Chamber is continuing to grow as the place to be for local business.

Tort Reform, is it good or bad?

No Author — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:10:00 CST

Most of us are aware of the McDonalds case where a 79 year old woman was awarded $200,000 in compensatory damages and $2.7 million in punitive damages because she spilled a cup of McDonald’s hot coffee in her own lap. I’m sure like most Texans you were immediately shocked by the size of the award. Cases such as this fostered cries for tort reform.