by Radley Balko | Jun 25, 2003 | POLITICS, Regulation
Ever wondered how the whole airline fare system works? Why is it, for example, that the guy you sat next to on that flight to Schenectady got a fare that was half of what you paid? Why is it that fares booked a month out are cheaper than fares booked two weeks out,...
by Bruce Bartlett | Jun 25, 2003 | POLITICS
One of the problems with polling is that people are often given open-ended alternatives to specific people and issues. For example, a political candidate may poll poorly when an opponent is unspecified, because people in effect insert their ideal candidate as the...
by Scott Holleran | Jun 24, 2003 | Education, POLITICS
Giving kids a better grasp of what America means usually begins with a good book. The combination of appealing pictures and exciting ideas may spark a young person’s interest to learn more about a topic. Several classic children’s books offer reasons to...
by Bruce Bartlett | Jun 24, 2003 | POLITICS
On June 24, the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee meets to set monetary policy. The conventional wisdom — which is almost always accurate in this area — is that the FOMC will cut the federal funds interest rate by at least 25 basis...
by Don Luskin | Jun 24, 2003 | POLITICS
I have an idea for Eliot Spitzer. As you know, the New York state attorney general has been crusading against stock research tainted by investment-banking relationships. He has fined Wall Street billions and ruined the careers of superstar analysts. So why...
by Warren Ross and J. Brian Philips | Jun 23, 2003 | Housing, POLITICS
Zoning proponents have presented zoning as the solution to many of the “problems” confronting Houston. At a time when the nation, and indeed much of the world, is rejecting government programs as the solution, zoning advocates endorse a massive government...
by Radley Balko | Jun 23, 2003 | Africa, WORLD
“You’ll think I’m off my trolley when I say this, but the Bush administration is the most radical – in a positive sense – in its approach to Africa since Kennedy…” – Musician/activist Bob Geldof, to the Guardian newspaper....
by Warren Ross and J. Brian Philips | Jun 22, 2003 | POLITICS
In contrast to the advocates of zoning, who hold that society may force its values upon individuals, we repudiate the initiation of force in human affairs. We assert that each individual is a sovereign entity, that each individual has a moral right to pursue his...
by Walter Williams | Jun 22, 2003 | Economics, POLITICS
Disagreement with the world’s environmentalist wackos doesn’t mean that one is for dirty air and water, against conservation and for species extinction. Dr. Richard Stroup, Montana State University professor of economics and senior associate of the Center...
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