Poll--People Blame Overspending for State Budget Crises
Rasmussen has a new poll out asking people about their state's budget crisis, what caused it and how to solve it. The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on July 5-6, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The...
View ArticleUnemployment Pointâ??Counterpoint
The weekend edition of the Morning Call (Pennsylvania) featured thoughts on the unemployment from myself and Center for American Progress economist Heather Boushey. The whole piece is here. Since we...
View ArticleStuck in Afghanistan
There is good news about Afghanistan.No, really. It comes from Jonathan Alter, Newsweek columnist and author of the book The Promise: President Obama, Year One. He thinks the president is firmly...
View ArticleWhere Do Libertarians Belong?
For those who cherish the ideals of free minds and free markets, 21st century politics in the United States has not been a particularly welcoming place. The big-government conservatism of George W....
View ArticleThe Trial of John Stagliano
It is business as usual in government, despite a president who was elected with a promise of hope, change, and the end of, well, business as usual.At a conference of the nation's governors in Boston...
View ArticleJustice for Johannes Mehserle
Early in the morning of January 1, 2009, in a now infamous incident captured on video by dozens of cell phones and replayed across the globe, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Officer Johannes Mehserle...
View ArticleMystery Train
If you were looking to take some easy shots at government waste and abuse, you’d have a hard time topping California State Auditor Elaine M. Howle’s recent assessment of the Golden State’s 14-year-old...
View ArticleClosed Court, Miller Time, and Joey Silvera's Solidarity
(Editor's Note: Richard Abowitz is covering John Stagliano's obscenity trial in Washington, D.C. for Reason. Follow Abowitz on Twitter for breaking news, and keep up to date with Reason's Stagliano...
View ArticleObamaâ??s Immigration Distraction
Even advocates of immigration reform cringed at President Obama's speech last month with its impressive juxtaposition of contradictory vices: sophomoric and professorial; hectoring and plaintive;...
View ArticleForcing Consumers to Buy Renewable Energy
Carbon rationing is dead on Capitol Hill. The Democratic leadership in the Senate has concluded that they cannot round up enough votes to pass a cap-and-trade carbon rationing bill that aims to cut the...
View ArticleSchool Turnaround Folly: $3.5 Billion Federal Grant Edition
As Leslie Maxwell reports at Education Week, the $3.5 billion in school improvement grants are overwelmingly going to schools who chose the easiest school improvement model: transformation. The rest of...
View ArticleWho's Afraid of Federalism?
Last week a federal judge confounded both sides of the political spectrum by ruling that the 10th Amendment requires the federal government to recognize state-approved gay marriages. Progressives...
View ArticlePorn Over National Security, Vice Squad Overreach, and Censorship in the...
(Editor's Note: Richard Abowitz is covering John Stagliano's obscenity trial in Washington, D.C. for Reason. Follow Abowitz on Twitter for breaking news, and keep up to date with Reason's Stagliano...
View ArticleToy Story 3 and the Tea Party Movement
Is Toy Story 3 a parable for today's deep political discontent?Think about it. A slick sloganeering teddy bear convinces a gaggle of beleaguered toys that he holds the key to a brighter future. The...
View ArticleSpending Can Be Cut
When times are hard financially, families frequently let their credit card balance expand. But they also slash expenses to meet their new financial situation. They stop going out for dinner, for...
View ArticleDisney and "Private" Government
Walt Disney World sits on of 25,000 acres in Central Florida governed and managed by an essentially “private” government—the Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID). RCID levies taxes on its residents,...
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The Stolen Auto Sales
Remember back in 2009, when critics (including us) were claiming in the Cash for Clunkers program would just steal demand from the future? Well, about a year later here is some evidence that could be...
View ArticleCA State Treasurer's Harsh Words on High Speed Rail
In an interview with the San Diego Union Tribune, State Treasurer Bill Lockyer, a Democrat, expressed some serious doubts about the state's high speed rail plan.Asked about private investment:“There...
View ArticleThe Obsolescence of Federal Censorship
When former NFL player Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan, Americans were more moved by it than by any other soldier's death in that war. There was intense interest, particularly in Phoenix, where...
View ArticleGovernment Attacks on Freedom
Something's happened to America, and it isn't good. It's become easier to get into trouble. We've become a nation of a million rules. Not the kind of bottom-up rules that people generate through...
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