The Open Market Blog

• By: Iain Murray
• 08/29/2007

Britblogger Guido Fawkes delights in blowing up the sacred symbols of establishment. Here he presents data that strongly suggest that mass public transport, symbolized…

• By: Iain Murray
• 08/29/2007

I strongly agree with Michelle that NASA is a fine example of public choice theory at work. Political pressures impel NASA to sacrifice…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 08/29/2007

NASA announced last Friday that while searching for the reason foam separated from the space shuttle Endeavor during takeoff (tearing a 3-inch gash in the…

• By: Julie Walsh
• 08/29/2007

If you have two botanists discussing a certain plant species, and the first one believes that the plant will grow to 1 foot, but the…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 08/29/2007

Washington, D.C. is a wonderful place. Perhaps its hallmark is the lack of shame. A qualification for high office is being able to engage in…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 08/29/2007

There's been quite a buzz recently on the second anniversary of Hurricane Kartrina's destruction of New Orleans. Presidential contender Barack Obama even offered a…