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Monday, April 9, 2007Tell Target: Eminent Domain is WrongFiled As: GeneralThe Sam Adams Alliance folks have a favor to ask: Print out this flier and give it to your local Target store manager. Let him or her know that eminent domain is wrong. I’ve printed mine and will do my part to send a ... more »»
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Monday, April 30, 2007Term Limits Good for Minorities, WomenFiled As: GeneralThe Arkansas Policy Foundation tells us, in memo (not available online) of a side effect of term limits: more women and minorities in the legislature. In 1992 voters approved term limits, and reaffirmed the idea in 2004. In the 1991-1992 session, 9 of 135 ... more »»
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007Arkansas Enacts Market-Oriented ReformsMurphy Commission recommendations approved Filed As: Education (k-12), GeneralAre policy shops such as the members of State Policy Network merely places for people to talk to each other? Thankfully, no; ideas do have a way of making their way into law. The Arkansas Policy Foundation reports that in April, two policy recommendations of the ... more »»
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Monday, April 23, 2007Why Earth and All Days Keep Getting BetterApplauding technological advancements in the airline industry Filed As: Economic principles, General, TransportationThis past Saturday I visited an Earth Day celebration. I shall skip commenting on the disposable cups and electrified bands. More importantly, that afternoon I read about Boeing’s new Dreamliner plane, which exemplifies why even better Earth days are to come. A March 24 Oregonian editorial ... more »»
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Monday, April 23, 2007Going Back to First PrinciplesWhat should we expect of government? Filed As: GeneralCost-benefit analysis is a useful tool in constructing public policy. But some even more fundamental points need to be kept in mind. The Mississippi Center for Public Policy has started an educational campaign that talks about this idea. The campaign is called more »»
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Thursday, April 19, 2007Das Leben der AnderenPut this 2007 Oscar-winning German film on your must-see list Filed As: GeneralMy friend had tears in her eyes as the film credits rolled for “The Lives of Others.” She had grown up in East Germany, the wall fell when she was 11, and the movie resonated with her memories: the East ... more »»
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007Dependency on Government GrowsMajority of U.S. population receives "signficant income" from government Filed As: Budget and Tax, GeneralIf you're among those of us who still pay income taxes, you may wonder why the burden keeps going up, even if "the era of big government is over." Here's one reason: a majority of Americans receive "significant income" from government programs. The more »»
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Tuesday, April 3, 2007What Next? A Trademark for the Jefferson Memorial?Filed As: Education (higher), General, PrivatizationThe trademark “rights” held by government universities is exemplar of Orwell’s some animals being more equal than others, and makes a case for their outright privatization. The March 23-25, 2007 USA Today published “more »»
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Sunday, April 1, 2007Unleashing Capitalism in West VirginiaNew WV think tank publishes 237-page roadmap for prosperity Filed As: Budget and Tax, Economic principles, Employment, GeneralIn March, the Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia published its first book, Unleashing Capitalism: Why Prosperity Stops at the West Virginia Border and How to Fix It. This 14 chapter, 237-page roadmap suggests specific free market policy reforms that would promote long-run economic growth ... more »»
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Sunday, April 1, 2007Wanted: Revolutionaries for LibertyFiled As: GeneralCountless opportunities exist for newly graduated students, as well as young and well-experienced professionals to work at free market think tanks and related organizations across the country. Like the sun? Review the Phoenix-based Goldwater Institute's several more »»
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