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Big Labor [hearts] Big Government

Government is the only area in which unionization is growing in America. Today’s DC Examiner features an editorial that explains one reason why: It’s…

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Katrina anniversary musings

As a New Orleans native — born and raised there — I've been reading the coverage of Hurricane Katrina's second anniversary today. Next…

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles

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

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NASA’s Chronic Problems

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

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NASA: Dodging the Green Bullet

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…

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One Foot vs. 80 Feet

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…

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Health Nannies’ Worst Nightmare

In England, new centennarian Winnie Langley celebrates her 100th birthday by smoking her 170,000th cigarrette. Winnie Langley started smoking only days after the…

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A New Definition of Quality of Life

The UK Conservative Party has a “Quality of Life” policy group, headed by former Environment Secretary John Selwyn Gummer (whose most distinguished political moment involved…

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Apologism

My colleague Iain Murray notes here at OpenMarket and at Planet Gore about a series of past alarmist NASA pronouncements, which list I…

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Discouraging Data

In this commendably balanced story by The New York Times’ Andy Revkin about the recent NASA temperature data fiasco, a certain someone at NASA…

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Partnership or Payola?

Geeks get technology, but they don't always understand economics. John C. Dvorak, one of the brightest journalists in tech, has recognized many of the important…

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Fund on licensing

The Wall Street Journal‘s John Fund highlights a form of local- and state-government level protectionism that often passes under the radar: professional licensing requirements.

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Computers: The Fun is Gone

Taiwan’s Acer has announced plans to acquire computer-maker Gateway. In its heyday during the 1990s, Gateway ran brash, folksy ads in just about every…

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Weekly World News, RIP

The Miami Herals pays its respects upon the passing of an American cultural institution, the South Florida-based Weekly World News. Without the WWN, a…

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Carney on Education Pork

Today in his Washington Examiner column, our friend and former Brookes Fellow Tim Carney highlights yet another way in which rent-seeking businesses are lining…

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One Light Bulb: $47.00

I came home Thursday to find an Light Emitting Diode (LED) light bulb in my mailbox. I had ordered it on ebay and paid…

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Alarming Waste

Today’s Washington Post includes a story on bisphenol A, a chemical that has been used to make flexible, clear plastic products–including baby bottles–since the…

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