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Obama, Crisis, and the State
Submitted by Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D on 4.30.2009
How should we take the long view after 100 days of Obamamania? In the course of completing my long book about the Reagan presidency and what conclusions we should draw from that experience more than 20 years later, I have been pondering two books from the time. One was Arthur Schlesinger’s The Cycles of American History, published in 1986.
Suits hurt consumers
Submitted by Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D on 4.30.2009
Making it easier to sue drug and medical-device manufacturers won't help patients, contrary to what Milton Younger claims in a recent Community Voices article ("Put FDA back to work for consumers," April 21). Instead, such federal legislation would unleash a torrent of meritless state lawsuits to the detriment of public health.
Our Obama opportunity
Submitted by William Watson on 4.29.2009
In his first 100 days in office, President Barack Obama favoured us with a visit, said very gracious things about us, made supporting our Afghan mission politically respectable again, offered to help out our economy by buying maple leaf cookies for his daughters and hit approval ratings not seen since Trudeaumania.
The 2009 Wacky Warning Label Contest results are in!
Submitted on 4.29.2009
To the joy of connoisseurs everywhere, the winners of the annual Wacky Warning Label Contest have just been announced.
Canada's advantage
Submitted by Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis on 4.28.2009
As Canada’s experience in the 1990s showed, the path to economic growth lies in shrinking government, not growing it.
Don’t Know Much About Capitalism
Submitted by Thomas E. Woods Jr. on 4.28.2009
After eight years of watching conservatives blow trillions of dollars and comport themselves like anti-intellectual, jingoistic blockheads, I found myself ashamed to admit that the Left seemed to have all the genuine intellectuals—people who seemed to possess real curiosity, who refused to accept whatever official line the government was shelling out, and who sought genuine understanding instead of name-calling and pointless vitriol... With the Left now in power, though, they’ve by and large reverted to form.
Tort Laws that Save Americans the Most Money
Submitted on 4.28.2009
San Francisco – The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based in California, today released Tort Law Tally, a new report identifying which state tort reforms reduce tort losses and tort insurance premiums the most.
The Nuttiness of Negative Interest Rates
Submitted on 4.27.2009
In his April 18 New York Times op-ed, Harvard professor (and Bush adviser) Greg Mankiw calls on the Federal Reserve to promise future inflation, in order to fix the economy. Mankiw's article beautifully illustrates what is wrong with today's economics profession: it consists of very sharp guys (and gals) who can develop interesting models that spit out policy recommendations that would destroy the economy.
How curious... GOPers in "target" seats endorse massive tax increases...
Submitted by Jon Fleischman on 4.24.2009
I am scratching my head a bit this morning, as I caught up with the news that two GOP Assemblymen from the Central Valley, Tom Berryhill and Danny Gilmore, have endorsed Proposition 1A. Other than the three infamous Republican Assemblymembers (Adams, Niello and Villines) who voted to tie $16 billion in taxes to the passage of 1A, Berryhill and Gilmore are the only two GOP Assemblymembers to endorse 1A.
The Legal Problems Facing Florida Demand Attention From Our Legislators
Submitted by Carlos Muhletaler on 4.24.2009
Florida's legal system is in shamble as indicated by three national rankings. Several months ago the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) ranked South Florida as the No. 2 "judicial hellhole" in the nation. A few months later the Pacific Research Institute ranked Florida's entire legal system the dubious distinction of being dead last in the nation because of lawsuit abuse.
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