The Current State of Housing
New housing start numbers were released this morning, showing an uptick of more than 10 percent. But lest this lure Americans into an optimistic view of the housing market, Mortimer Zuckerman has a...
View ArticleRecession is Officially Over--Now What?
The National Bureau of Economic Research, a private nonprofit organization of economists and official arbiter of when recessions start and end, has declared that the Great Recession ended in June 2009....
View ArticleWant More Jobs For Kids? Gov't Employment Is Not the Answer
Over at Ezra Klein's blog, Andy Stern, former president of SEIU, and Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research have agreed on a number of job creation measures to finally scrub away the...
View ArticleD'Souza to Obama, With Malice
Just when the ObamaCare debate was heating up, I was dining with a renowned conservative professor with impeccable Ivy credentials when the conversation suddenly turned surreal. Encouraged that I too...
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The Bioethanol Binge
Aberdeen, South Dakota—“I’ve always wanted to know, can you drink what you guys make?,” I asked, sitting in Jim Lane’s office at the Advanced Bioenergy ethanol plant in Aberdeen, South Dakota. After...
View ArticleAd Rage
As Democrats head for what promises to be a midterm election fiasco of historic proportions, a pre-emptive excuse has begun to circulate: It's all because of Citizens United. Team Donkey fans claim the...
View ArticleA Wasted Decade?
Yes, the economy is in atrocious shape. Yes, what's happening has terrible real-life consequences for millions. But why is it that the worst Chicken Littles are always running for office?Take Sen....
View ArticleLive Forever, Or Die Trying
As Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist Jonathan Weiner details in his new book Long For This World: The Strange Science of Immortality, dreams of eternal life on this side of the great divide...
View ArticleBank Shot
I don’t know about you, but I like my Oliver Stone straight-up, with all the lunatic delusions writhing in my face. JFK, Ollie’s 1991 fever dream about the Kennedy assassination, is the platinum...
View ArticleThe Future of a Long-Term Transportation Bill Bleakens
Ken Orski weighs in on a few worthy insights on the prospects for a long-term transportation bill passing Congress in the wake of the Obama Administration's announcement of a $50 billion transportation...
View ArticleArizonas Commission on Privatization and Efficiency Releases Initial Report
Arizona's Commission on Privatization and Efficiency (COPE), which includes Reason Foundation's Len Gilroy as a commissioner, released their initial report on Tuesday, outlining an initial set of...
View ArticleThe Failure of Obama's Stimulus
No one spends money like the federal government. This year alone, it will shovel out $3.7 trillion, which works out to $7 million a minute. So it may surprise you to find out the clearest lesson from...
View ArticleThe Battle for the Future
For most of the life of America, and when it grew fastest, government spent just a few hundred dollars per person. Today, the federal government alone spends $10,000. Politicians talk about cuts, but...
View ArticleAyn Rand's Revenge
This primary season, a young woman named Reshma Saujani waged an audacious, well-funded challenge to an 18-year veteran liberal congresswoman, Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney, in New York’s 14th...
View ArticleCalifornia's Education Database Project Failing
California's statewide data system tracking student information was to be fully functioning by now. But CalPADS – the state's $34 million student database project – is a year behind schedule. According...
View ArticleLet Them Eat Frankenfish!
We humans developed a bad habit of killing too many fish. But it's their own fault. Aside from being delicious, they're lazy. Atlantic salmon, for instance—one of the tastiest, fattiest fish—attain...
View ArticleFederalism and Medical Marijuana
Since medical marijuana was legalized in California in 1996, use has been widespread. And once the Obama administration reduced the harassment, the number of dispensaries has grown rapidly. Not that...
View ArticleLibertarians on Republican's Pledge to America
Libertarian's have not exactly embraced the Republican's new Pledge to America. Reason's Nick Gillespie raised some interesting questions even before the release of the pledge, based on advance...
View ArticleDon't Whitewash the Jobs Leaving California
Joe Vranich has an interesting column on what he personally experiences with businesses leaving California, vs. reports that say it doesn't matter.My job is to help companies in any state relocate...
View ArticleTowards an Alternative Regulatory Culture
It can be very hard to break trends. Just ask the Chicago Cub's and their lack of World Series wins. Trying to reform the firmly established mental framework for financial regulation in the United...
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