County Government Wants Authority to Invest in Private Businesses
WTOP news reports on a bill in the Maryland state legislature that would allow Montgomery County, Maryland to invest tax dollars in private equity companies:"Delegate Brian Feldman, who leads...
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Sea Turtle Tastes Like Veal
Grand Cayman Island—If sea turtle tasted like chicken, I’d fess up, but it really does taste like veal. I grew up occasionally eating mud turtles pulled out of the ponds on my family’s farm. And mud...
View ArticleGreek Debt Crisis: Watch RT Tonight at 6pm
I will be back on RussiaToday tonight at 6pm eastern to discuss the Greek debt crisis. Click here for a live feed. I'll be the first guest, probably on air at 6:10pm.
View ArticlePhiladelphia Needs Competition for Waste Collection
Prior to a conversation with a local reporter yesterday, I was unaware of the extent to which Philadelphia remains stuck in the 20th century when it comes to residential waste collection services.For...
View ArticleDeflating Chinaâ??s Bubble
Last year, Chinese authorities impressed Western leaders by turning China’s falling growth rate around through stimulus programs designed to boost domestic investment. However, as China’s massive...
View ArticleVideo Interview: The U.S. Shouldn't Bailout Greece or California
I was back on RussiaToday last night talking about the Greek debt crisis, where it stands, and whether the U.S. will bail them out. We also discuss Greece's claim that short sellers are causing the...
View ArticleInsurers Gone Wild!
"We allow the insurance industry to run wild in this country," President Obama declared on Monday. "We can't have a system that works better for the insurance companies than it does for the American...
View ArticleRepeal ObamaCare? Unlikely
There seems to be growing optimism among some Republicans that if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finagles the votes to pass Obamacare, the GOP triumphantly will sweep into power and immediately repeal...
View ArticleThe Children of George Metesky
Here we go again. Almost immediately after a former mental patient named John Bedell opened fire outside the Pentagon last week, the usual suspects rushed to suggest he was "inflamed by far-right...
View ArticleThe Decade's Ten Most Expensive Transit Projects
The Infrastructurist on-line magazine ("America under construction") has put together a revealing list of the decades 10 biggest transit projects in North America. It's worth browsing through the slide...
View ArticleTales of the Absurd: Minnesota Public Employee Union Says 'We'll Embrace...
Public employee unions must think taxpayers are just plain stupid. If there's anyone out there that still holds the fantasy notion that public employee unions represent unselfish servants of the public...
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Stimulus Supports Mostly Teachers
Via Matt Welch at Reason's Hit & Run:According to Reason Contributing Editor and certified chart-monster Veronique de Rugy, more than two out of three jobs that Recovery.gov reports as being funded...
View ArticleVideo: CNBC's Power Lunch on Privatization
I was featured in a short segment on CNBC's Power Lunch today that focused on the potential for privatization to help drive down costs for cash-strapped local governments in New Jersey, followed by a...
View ArticleNJ Gov. Chris Christie Creates Privatization Commission
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie deserves major kudos for signing an executive order today creating the New Jersey Privatization Task Force, which will "develop recommendations for a comprehensive...
View ArticleEnhancing Democracy by Banning Speech
Imagine how life will be now that giant corporations may spend as much as they want on political campaigns, as the Supreme Court recently decreed. All they will have to do to get their way is ask...
View ArticleThe Right to Work
The people of Louisiana must sleep soundly knowing that their state protects them from ... unlicensed florists.That's right. In Louisiana, you can't sell flower arrangements unless you have permission...
View ArticleFive Lies About the American Economy
The ongoing recession has raised a troubling question for otherwise resurgent Keynesian economists: How can the American economy keep getting worse under the intensive care of an interventionist...
View ArticleObamaCare's Other Nemesis: Undocumented Workers
The so-called Stupak amendment concerning federal funding of abortion has commanded all the attention of bean-counters on ObamaCare. Michael Barone this morning in the Wall Street Journal does some...
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Looking at a Projected Double Dip
Nouriel Roubini, aka Dr. Doom, has a tough outlook on where the economy stands right now. His most recent assessment:A slew of poor economic data over the past two weeks suggests that the U.S. economy...
View ArticleMass. Hysteria
It was only 11 a.m. on Sunday, two days before Massachusetts voters were scheduled to choose Ted Kennedy’s successor in the Senate, and the bartender at 99 Restaurant in Charlestown was already...
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