by Warren Ross and J. Brian Philips | Jun 21, 2003 | Housing, POLITICS
In the months since the November 1993 zoning referendum, zoning advocates have launched a number of accusations against their opponents. Zoning opponents, pro-zoners said, were dishonest and unprincipled. They resorted to lies, misrepresentations and scare tactics to...
by Thomas Sowell | Jun 21, 2003 | Crime, POLITICS
In the midst of a bipartisan stampede toward “prescription drug benefits for the elderly,” someone needs to ask the question: Why should seniors be singled out to be subsidized by the taxpayers, except that their votes are being sought by both parties? We...
by Warren Ross and J. Brian Philips | Jun 20, 2003 | Housing, POLITICS
The purpose of zoning, and its sole reason for existing, is to give government control over the use of all land within the community. While the rightful owner remains responsible for that property, the government will determine how that property is used. Under zoning,...
by James Glassman | Jun 20, 2003 | POLITICS
Our story thus far. . . . After rising from 777 in the summer of 1982 to more than 11,000 in the spring of 2000, the Dow Jones industrial average declined for three years in a row, descending to 7524 on March 11, just before the start of the Iraq war. Then stocks...
by Warren Ross and J. Brian Philips | Jun 19, 2003 | POLITICS
In 1980 City Council passed an ordinance which, among other things, limited the size and location of outdoor signs and billboards. Advocates of the ordinance referred to Houston’s abundant sign population as “visual pollution” 1 and “a...
by Thomas Sowell | Jun 19, 2003 | POLITICS
The twentieth anniversary of the death of Eric Hoffer, in May 1983, passed with very little notice of one of the most incisive thinkers of his time — a man whose writings continue to have great relevance to our times. How many people today even know of this...
by Warren Ross and J. Brian Philips | Jun 18, 2003 | POLITICS
Over the past fifteen years, Houstonians have witnessed nearly constant attempts to place controls on the use of private property. These efforts have taken many forms — restrictions on billboards, prohibitions on indoor smoking, the landscaping ordinance, and...
by Bruce Bartlett | Jun 18, 2003 | POLITICS
Having grown up in an era when Republicans were seemingly condemned to permanent minority status in Congress, I have some sympathy for Democrats, who appear to be in a similar predicament today. There were a number of factors that cemented the Democratic majority from...
by Scott Holleran | Jun 17, 2003 | Healthcare, POLITICS
This week, at President Bush’s urging, the GOP-controlled Congress is likely to approve a bill that severely restricts seniors’ freedom of choice in health care. When Congress passes the Medicare bill — which Bush has promised to sign — every...
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