Get Government Out of the Airport Security Screening Business
My new op-ed for the Washington Times' "Cut or Be Cut" series explains why it is time to get the TSA out of the passenger and baggage screening business:Following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11,...
View ArticleUp from Serfdom
Editor's Note: On April 6, Reason published David Boaz's "Up From Slavery: There's no such thing as a golden age of lost liberty," which argued that libertarians who omit or minimize slavery and other...
View ArticleObamaâ??s Education Spending Frenzy
A year after coming into office with promises to shake up the way public education is managed in this country, how have Barack Obama and his highly regarded education secretary, Arne Duncan,...
View ArticleCapitalism for Punks
Arguably the most anarchist force ever unleashed by pop culture (their bitter, funny "God Save the Queen" was redacted from the top of the U.K. pop charts because it defamed Elizabeth II), the great...
View ArticleGet the Government Out of Airport Screening
Washington Times Following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, governments across the world increased airport security, and rightly so. But in a hasty overreaction to that tragic day, Congress...
View ArticleL.A.â??s Pot Revolution
On a warm, bright winter day in January, I spent a few hours driving around two neighborhoods in Los Angeles, looking at marijuana stores.You know, marijuana stores. Where you (well, not necessarily...
View ArticleJustice John Paul Stevens' Mixed Record on Civil Liberties
Retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is being hailed as a champion of the accused. Stevens, The New York Times editorial board opined, has a "record of being on the side of fairness and...
View ArticleNews Flash: Postal Service Not Viable Business
A federal audit of the U.S. Postal Service says its business model isn't viable. Surprise! It's long overdue for privatization.The audit, however, doesn't got that far. In a blog post at the Washington...
View ArticleA Different Kind of Story About Free Enterprise
A story about the obvious—and not so obvious—supporters of free enterprise.This video has been entered in the "I Am Free Enterprise" video contest sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and was...
View ArticleDon't Let Obama Touch Immigration Reform
Forbes America's immigration system is badly broken and in desperate need of fixing. And that is precisely why President Barack Obama should not be allowed to touch it. After the bruising battle over...
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On Being a 21st Century Peasant
“Here’s all I’m trying to say: The planet on which our civilization evolved no longer exists,” asserts environmentalist Bill McKibben in his new book, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet. “The...
View ArticleThe Son Also Rises
The Rally for the Republicans at the Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center isn’t your standard rubber-chicken campaign event. Frank Simon, a Louisville religious-right leader known for his strong...
View ArticleUpdate on Ports: Looking for Private Partners and a New Perspective
A very interesting and comprehensive article appeared in the Galveston County Daily News. The article traces the (short) history of large public-private partnership proposals for ports, beginning...
View ArticleInnovative Road Finance Plan Unveiled in England
Our friends at Tollroadsnews.com are reporting on a potentially pathbreaking report by the London-based Social Market Foundation outlining a plan to fund roads through distance-based charging. This may...
View ArticleTaking State Parks off the State's Books
Bacon's Rebellion The Commission on Government Reform and Restructuringâ??established under executive order by Gov. Bob McDonnellâ??will soon begin the important work of identifying opportunities to...
View ArticleUnfaithful Friend of Liberty
As Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens "gradually became the leader of the court's liberal wing,"The New York Timesreports, "he became increasingly skeptical of claims of government power."...
View ArticleThe Senate v. The Constitution
With all the praise being heaped on departing Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, a person might have forgotten momentarily that the man spent a good chunk of the past two decades working to...
View ArticleA Nanny State Assault on Internship Programs
As if I didn’t have enough to worry about raising money for my non-profit college journalism education program in this lousy economy, the nanny state is now threatening my Politics & Journalism...
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Housing Finance Reform: The Case for Beginning the Process for Winding Down...
Chairman Frank, Ranking Member Bachus, and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the invitation to testify today on the important matter of reforming our nation’s framework for housing...
View ArticleFinancial Services Reform Debate on RT Tonight at 6pm
I will be back on RussiaToday tonight to discuss the most recent news in the battle to reform Wall Street rules. Click here for a live feed. The show begins at 6pm, my segment will be on somewhere...
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