The Real Costs of the Wars
When the book The $3 Trillion War debuted in 2008, it was roundly criticized by such notables as John Lott, Richard Zerbe and...
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The Coming Third Trillion-dollar Bailout: The States
It was appropriate for Meredith Whitney to title her latest 600-page report for her investment clients The Tragedy of the Commons. That title...
Bank Failures: 127 Down, 800 to Go
When Zacks Equity Research announced on Monday the failure of two more banks in the current recession, the silence was deafening. The report...
Wiretapping Your Emails
As communications technology has raced ahead of government attempts to tame it, in the name of law enforcement, the Obama administration, the FBI,...
Pulpit Freedom Sunday Confronts IRS
On Sunday more than 100 preachers will be speaking out on political issues and candidates in direct contravention of the IRS. And then...
Armed Citizens 1, Criminals 0
The report from NewsNet5 in Wadsworth, Ohio, was scarcely considered news, rating only a few brief paragraphs: “A gun-carrying couple helped [police] catch...
GM Caught in a Lie, Still Owes The United States Billions
Daniel Akerson, the new CEO of General Motors, said last week that the rate of payback of U.S. government bailout monies "will be...
Bell City: Lessons in Looting
Eight former or current Bell, California, officials were arrested on Tuesday for looting the city for themselves and their friends, according to Los...
Recession is Over?
With a straight face, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced that the Great Recession ended last June. June of 2009, that...
Who is Mike Pence?
In an early straw poll, Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) was the choice for presidential nominee in 2012 over such conservative luminaries as Sarah...
Reids Lame Duck Session: Just Mopping Up?
Last Tuesday, September 7, when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he intended to focus the current lame duck session on "mopping...
The Impeachment of Judge Porteous
The impeachment of Judge G. Thomas Porteous of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana appeared initially to be an...
Austan Goolsbee Is Obamas New Top Economic Adviser
Few were surprised when President Obama replaced Christina Romer, chair of his Council of Economic Advisers, with another statist economist, Austan Goolsbee. Goolsbee...
NFL Means No Free Lunch for Taxpayers
When the 82,566 fans of the New York Giants cheer their team at the home opener of the season this Sunday at the...
Finally, a Sensible Solution to Unemployment
When Kevin Hassett, director of economic-policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, wrote in Bloomberg.com that “the biggest problem with the labor market...