The Open Market Blog

• By: Fran Smith
• 09/29/2006

A Financial Times article today points out how difficult U.S. reform of its agricultural programs will be with the collapse of the WTO’s Doha…

• By: Fran Smith
• 09/28/2006

All that stuff written about early admission college programs being discriminatory, here’s a new wrinkle on possible “early admission” to sports…

• By: Fran Smith
• 09/27/2006

The Deutsche Oper in Berlin on Monday cancelled a production of Mozart’s “Idomeneo” because of fears of inciting Muslim protesters to violence. There was…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 09/27/2006

I don’t know how on in the world I end up on some loony email lists, but they’re at least good for the occasional chuckle.

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 09/27/2006

As often happens to successful ventures, Starbucks now faces critics who challenge the company’s leasing contracts, which specify competitors may not occupy the…

• By: Fran Smith
• 09/26/2006

Wouldn’t you think that a reader’s letter correcting factual errors in a newspaper article wouldn’t be edited to delete the principal correction? Well,…

• By: Iain Murray
• 09/25/2006

Government is often said to be bedeviled by “unintended consequences.” That doesn’t mean that the consequences cannot be foreseen. Two great examples…

• By: John Berlau
• 09/25/2006

An op-ed I wrote for last Sunday’s Washington Times talked about the battle over the interchange fees that banks and credit card companies charge to retailers. The…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/22/2006

You really have to give it to the U.S. Census Bureau. Even when they prove they’re pathologically unable to keep track of important computer…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/19/2006

The National Indian Gaming Commission has recently been getting hot under the collar over a vital matter of native gambling policy –…

• By: Fran Smith
• 09/19/2006

Following up on Fred’s post, here’s an even better headline: “Thai PM cancels U.N. speech after coup” ran the headline in…

• By: Fran Smith
• 09/19/2006

Today the Senate approved for the second time the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement, another in the now lengthy list of…

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 09/19/2006

Hmm — the headline of today “Thailand has peaceful coup while PM at UN” suggests that we provide free airfare to the…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/19/2006

The Canadian government has finally passed a resolution to end the long-festering softwood lumber dispute with the U.S. While it’s not a perfect deal,…

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 09/18/2006

The pope is under attack for pointing out that there is an a-religious element in traditional Islam. The pope was condemned and Islamic radicals responded…