Like many Americans, I began this week in dire need of a haircut, and I couldn't have been more thrilled to discover that two counties near mine in California have now famously decided to buck the state's reopening guidelines; wrestle back a piece of their liberty (imagine that!); and open some restaurants, salons, and the like.  Naturally, I looked up some places to get a cut.  I googled "barber" along with the name of a town that is over an hour's drive away in Yuba County.  Most were closed, and I finally saw one that showed as open, and called, asking the woman who answered if they were indeed open for business.  "We can't be open; it's against the law," the woman told me.  I told her that's a shame, because I'd heard that there was some leeway for barbers to be open, in spite of this nonsensical lockdown.  She agreed about the lockdown being nonsense, and we had...(Read Full Post)