It would be easy to assume that most psychics, tarot card readers, and mediums want to do away with the red tape, but that isn’t necessarily the case. Salem licenses more fortune tellers than any other community in the state, and many say although the archaic statute may have been rooted in distrust and prejudice, there are tangible benefits of the law today.
Government regulation
Posted inOpinion
Thoughts on the advocacy of regulators
WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT from government regulators? Do we believe they can serve in an austere, removed fashion, eclipsing social context and eliminating personal bias through a mechanical reading of […]
Posted inOpinion
How do you license a fortune teller?
IT’S ONLY NATURAL this time of year that we turn our attention to ghouls and ghosts and things that go bump in the night. Jack-o-lanterns, trick or treaters, funny costumes, […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download, Transportation
The Codcast: Ride-sharing regs redux
After several years of fits and stops, the Legislature finally passed a bill last summer that would  regulate transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft with an eye on […]
Posted inEconomy
Home wreckers
Photographs by Mark Morelli FOR MOST HOMEOWNERS, their house is their past, present, and future, the hard shell around their nest egg. That shell requires regular attention and occasional investment, […]
