DUKE: Lowest Common Denominator Politics Is Making Your Life Miserable |
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As we head into the New Year, I’ve been thinking a lot about our modern policymaking. Let’s get to it.
LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR
For a decent chunk of my childhood and young adulthood, I went to the same hairdresser. She lives just down the street from my mom and converted part of her house into a home salon years ago. She tipped us off to a new law the Maryland legislature passed in 2025, which takes effect in the New Year.
The State Board of Barbers and the State Board of Cosmetologists will now require barbers, hairdressers, estheticians, blow dry stylists, and eyelash extension technicians to take a one-hour course on domestic violence awareness.
The course is supposed to train these folks to recognize signs of domestic abuse, learn how to talk to potential victims, and connect them with appropriate resources.
At the risk of pulling a 2010-era Koch brothers move, is it really necessary to require hairdressers to effectively be state-trained domestic violence reporters?
We used to allow people the space to be decent humans instead of making it a government mandate. If a longtime hairdresser notices odd bruises on a........