“Market Failure” Doesn’t Exist

In a recent column in Canada’s National Post (June 10, 2006), “economist” and author Mark Jaccard of Simon Fraser University argued that (alleged) manmade global warming represents a “market failure” that must be corrected by government...

An Energy Lesson from Cuba and China

An unlikely political figure is willing to fight for lower gas prices. His name: Fidel Castro.He’s working with foreign investors, including China, to find oil off the Cuban coast, close to American waters.In contrast, American companies aren’t looking for...

In Defense of Pleasure

I read an interesting quote the other day, on a church front, which went something like this: “Those who actually seek out ‘pleasure’ rarely find it.” This is a very appropriate slogan for an organization with a religious point of view....

High Gas Prices Courtesy of Environmental Rhetoric

As the price of gasoline and the myriad products that utilize petroleum in their manufacture rises, Americans are going to ask why the Congress has resisted accessing the billions of barrels’ worth of oil and natural gas in our offshore continental shelf. As the...

Letters to The Editor: June 2006

European Governments Have No Right To Take Over Apple’s Itunes Dear Editor:European governments have no right to force Apple to make downloads from iTunes compatible with the products of its rivals.If music listeners don’t like the limitations of...