David Green

The New York Times is grating its teeth over the prospect that a Christian-owned company is setting up shop in “liberal” Manhattan, as if having a business with religious morals would be a net negative for that God-forsaken city.

Just before Thanksgiving, the leftist think tank Demos issued a report by its own Catherine Ruetschlin advocating a $12 an hour minimum wage (stated as $25,000 per year by her) for those who work full-time in retail. What's interesting about Ruetschlin's suggestion is that there is a retailer out there which is actually doing that and more -- and it's not Costco, which "pays starting…