• • Mass exodus to Texas 
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Atlas Shrugged  | With class warfare at fever pitch thanks to the Obama administration, it’s not surprising Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” is being discussed more frequently. How ironic that government demands businesses hire more people while at the same time demonizing them and demanding more and more of their profits to support government’s reckless spending.  

• 1984 comes knocking in Laguna Beach 
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How troubling it is to read that Laguna Beach blatantly trampled the property rights of the homeowner who went through every procedure, from purchasing the property to obtaining permits and did everything correctly until the “few” on the City Council decided to “change the rules.” [....] Yes, there are some big names behind the history of the Halliburton house: William Levy, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ayn Rand. But George Orwell and his novel “1984” come to mind with these events.