Raise the Minimum Wage to $50 an Hour

• Robert Yarbrough
• Mar 25, 2013

Why wouldn’t want the minimum wage at $50? If we are going to raise the rate from its current level, then why stop at $10.10? That equates to only $20,220 per year – who can live on that?

Government

Green and Red Plates and how Gov't Works

• Robert Yarbrough
• Feb 15, 2013

Green and Red license plates - what do they say about our Government's thought process?

Government

Mystery of the 5¢ Coke

• Robert Yarbrough
• Jan 1, 2013

The 5¢ Coke. It has gone the way of the cent symbol on your keyboard. But why? Is it greed? Is it just "the way things are"? Can we do anything about it?

Open Letter to Representative Capuano (in South End Patch)

• Robert Yarbrough
• Dec 21, 2012

With 311 million citizens and 435 US Representatives in America, that is over 710,000 people per Representative. It's no wonder talking to them feels like a fool's errand. Here is my experience.

No Cabs?! Thank a Medallion!

• Robert Yarbrough
• Dec 5, 2012

There are never any cabs when you need them, the dispatch phones are always busy, and the prices are sky high. Why does it have to be this way?!

Issues

Mayor Menino Uses Taxes to Remind Us About Winter

• Robert Yarbrough
• Nov 25, 2012

As I walked the streets of Boston this past weekend, I noticed something that was attached to doorsteps all across the city.

Parking Tickets or City ATM?

• Robert Yarbrough
• Oct 27, 2012

What are the real costs of parking tickets? Are you seeing more tickets this year than last? Is there a quota?

Newspaper Endorses Gary Johnson for President (in South End Patch)

• Robert Yarbrough
• Oct 24, 2012

Fed up with the Dems and the GOP? Gary who? Gary Johnson, presidential candidate, received an endorsement from Chattanooga Times Free Press on Wednesday. See why they chose to "Be Libertarian".

Boston Libertarians? (in South End Patch)

• Robert Yarbrough
• Oct 17, 2012

Is Boston full of Libertarians? Walk the streets and see for yourself.

Political Parties (in South End Patch)

• Robert Yarbrough
• Oct 3, 2012

Ever wonder what is behind all of the political party rhetoric? Have debates turned into "my way or the highway" debacles? Frustrated with the whole thing?