The Open Market Blog

• By: Julie Walsh
• 11/21/2007

Should we be turning our turkey drippings into fuel for our cars instead of gravy? Though a great idea, it’s still not cost competitive.

• By: Hans Bader
• 11/21/2007

A Saudi Arabian court originally sentenced a victim of a gang rape to six months in jail and 90 lashes, after she reported her…

• By: William Yeatman
• 11/21/2007

It looks as if environmentalists have finally turned against biofuels. Despite mounting evidence to the contrary, many remained faithful to the illusion that biofuels are…

• By: Fran Smith
• 11/21/2007

The Wall Street Journal, in a front-page article today, points to the anti-trade, anti-globalization sentiment in Iowa, even though the state “is a…

• By: Hans Bader
• 11/20/2007

The school system in my county, Arlington, Virginia, certainly knows how to waste taxpayers' money. Like several school districts, they've hired an infamous race-baiting…

• By: Fran Smith
• 11/20/2007

For years the American Council on Science and Health has featured their "Holiday Menu" at Thanksgiving time. Their menu features "natural" foods that contain natural…