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Friday, March 21, 2008

Think Tanks: What is your response to this? 

By Liberty is for me .

Filed As:  Health Care

Why isn't our side pumping out videos like this?

Watch this!

Socialists are winning; their message is prolific on the Internet.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Health Care Transparency Bill 

Kudos to South Dakota

By Liberty is for me .

Filed As:  Health Care

Governors across the country promoted open government and transparency on March 17, the first day of Sunshine Week.

On Monday, Governor Rounds signed a health care transparency bill into ... more »»

Thursday, March 20, 2008

More Opportunities for College Students  

Seminars, writing competitions on the environment, human rights, law

By Kurt T. Weber

Filed As:  General

Here’s a sampling of numerous opportunities for college students interested in liberty. Pass them along! The Mont Pelerin Society seeks submissions for its 2008 Hayek Essay Contest. Entries due April 30. The Institute for Economic ... more »»

Friday, March 21, 2008

Lessons from Universal Health Care Systems 

Filed As:  Health Care

Critics of the U.S. health care system frequently point to other countries with government-run, national health care systems as models for reform. However, a closer look shows that nearly all health care systems worldwide are wrestling with problems of rising costs and lack of access to care, writes more »»

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Land Use Planning… and Climate Change Conference 

By Kurt T. Weber

Filed As:  Events, General

Paul Chesser of Climate Strategies Watch wrote an aptly titled blog, "Transportation and Electricity Have All the Fun." Chesser highlights the May 5-6, 2008 "more »»

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Two Errors for the Price of One 

Colorado RTD Uses Eminent Domain to Expand

Filed As:  General, Transportation

In Colorado, you can get two errors for the price of one--though at a very steep price.

Writing for the Independence Institute, Kate Melvin says the RTD, a Denver-area transit authority, is abusing its power of eminent domain.

The problem is not RTD creating ... more »»

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Did 60 Minutes get it right? 

My two cents

By Liberty is for me .

Filed As:  Health Care

Today, on my drive back from Austin, I heard one of my favorite podcasts, 60 Minutes.

The March 3rd edition reported a story called: Remote Area Medical Finds It's Needed In America To Plug ... more »»

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Grandmother Paid Her Own Bills 

When bureaucracy was limited

Filed As:  Health Care

In the three decades I have been involved with surgical education, dramatic changes have occurred. These changes significantly impacted me and my ability to care for patients. Virtually all of the adverse changes have been due to the intrusion of government into the delivery of health care and the ... more »»

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Public Dollars, Public Meetings? 

Filed As:  Budget and Tax, Education (k-12)

If your tax money is at stake, shouldn't you be able to listen in on negotiations between public managers and union representatives? That's the idea behind a proposal by Rhode Island governor Caricieri, as reported by the Ocean State Policy Research ... more »»

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

JeffCo, Alabama to Make History 

But not for anything good

Filed As:  Budget and Tax

Gary Palmer, president of the Alabama Policy Institute, says that Jefferson County may soon make history--but for the wrong reasons.

"If Jefferson County defaults on its bond debt," he says, "it will be by far the more »»

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