The Open Market Blog

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 03/22/2008

In his latest Examiner column, Tim Carney looks at hedge fund manager Julian Robertson’s lobbying for cap-and-trade legislation and bet on a U.S. economic…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 03/21/2008

Certainly not the UN!  The debate, such as it is, over global warming has been increasingly driven by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  The…

• By: Fran Smith
• 03/21/2008

I am disappointed that the X Prize did not note that there may be trade offs involved — that a zillion mph vehicle may well…

• By: Hans Bader
• 03/21/2008

The Wall Street Journal comments on House leaders’ pandering to trial lawyers by blocking “liability protection for phone companies that assisted the government…

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 03/21/2008

The X Prize is apparently underwritten in part by the Progressive Insurance company – a firm that, I believe, is active in auto insurance. I…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 03/21/2008

The British may love babies, but they sure don’t show it.  Maternity wards often are full and have to be closed to new mothers. …