The Open Market Blog

• 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…

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 09/12/2006

Some decades ago, America having (correctly in my view) decided to reject the Law of the Seas Treaty — in part because it would…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 09/12/2006

Tonight in D.C., I will be moderating an America’s Future Foundation panel on Latin America in the age of Chavez. At issue: For the region’s…

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 09/12/2006

With the US facing massive problems at home and abroad and Louisiana far from recovered from Katrina, it is nice to see that the…

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 09/12/2006

With the US facing massive problems at home and abroad and Louisiana far from recovered from Katrina, it is nice to see that the…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/12/2006

It looks as though the Doha round of WTO negotiations might finally be back on. So far, the U.S. team has been unwilling…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/11/2006

One of the most important questions in the global warming debate is how modern changes in observed average temperatures compare to previous, documented…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/11/2006

Having solved all other problems on their agenda, the House voted bravely last week (263-146) to ban the slaughter of horses for…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 09/07/2006

This Tuesday, September 12, I will be moderating an America’s Future Foundation panel on Latin America, here in D.C. At issue: Is the region turning…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/07/2006

It’s a thankless task keeping up with the Ozymandian agglomeration of bureaucracy that is the United Nations, so it’s merciful that our friends…