I blogged yesterday about how tax policy distributes people and businesses. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal illustrates […]
An op-ed in the Birmingham Weekly contains an error that’s familiar to anyone following school lunch policy. It conflates “healthy” […]
The Michigan House passed a bill that would exempt babysitters like the woman who watched neighbors’ kids at a bus […]
Voters in Saint Louis County and Jackson County have some tax and smoking proposals on the ballot Tuesday. Most of […]
The headline for this AP article on rail subsidies says it all. Shockingly, a government agency has overstated its efficiency […]
George Soros believes that the free market is “a dogma whose time has passed,” and according to an article in […]
A debate on the New York Times website examines the question of regulating twins. Just as many people called for […]
A 2009 study in the October issue of the Journal of Labor Economics finds that teacher unions have no effect […]
I wrote two posts about Quest to Learn under the impression that it’s a charter school. I was mistaken. Quest […]
Today’s edition of the Maneater featured an op-ed attacking the notion that a public option in health care is necessary […]
The St. Joseph News-Press reports that Missouri lawmakers recently proposed a solution to the problem of “tax stacking” — the […]
If Pennsylvania were to rescind its remaining restrictions on ticket scalping, this kind of thing would happen less often.
Less than a month after the federal ban on clove cigarettes began, a close substitute good, clove cigars, has hit […]
During the drive home from work yesterday, I listened to a discussion of high-speed rail on NPR’s “Marketplace.” Mitchell Hartman […]
New York’s higher-income residents are fleeing the state, and they are taking their tax dollars with them. The New York […]
Edspresso links to this essay by Hope Frick, a virtual school student in Pennsylvania. She’s written an articulate explanation of […]
Laura Dekker is still waiting for permission to set sail; latest reports say the Dutch court will issue its decision […]
Don’t worry, I still detest red light cameras and think they are a total violation of our rights. I think […]
According to a little-known website, the Drudge Report, Chicago is considering privatizing its water utility. This would follow on the […]
The Columbia Daily Tribune examines school lunches in this interesting article. Like many districts, Columbia Public Schools is trying to […]
