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Not So Radical Now
Nicole Gelinas, New York Post, 02-24-11
With the nation riveted by public-sector showdowns in Wisconsin and Ohio on Tuesday, the guy who started it all -- Gov. Chris Christie -- took some
credit back home in New Jersey.
With Unions, Follow the Money
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, RealClearMarkets.com, 02-24-11
Missing in action, walking off the job. That's the new style for Democratic state legislators, first in Wisconsin, then in Indiana.
Are Wisconsin Public Sector Workers Underpaid?
Jim Manzi, National Review Online, 02-23-11
Ezra Klein has responded to the post in which I argued that the EPI study that claimed to show that Wisconsin public-sector workers were underpaid
is unpersuasive
City Air Still Makes You Free
Edward Glaeser, The Boston Globe, 02-24-11
The uprising in Egypt has been called a Facebook revolution, and Twitter has been given credit for toppling a Tunisian strongman, but virtual communities
only end dictatorships by conjuring real urban mobs.
Obama's Dangerous Divorce From DOMA: The Executive Can't Pick and Choose Which Laws To Defend
Theodore Frank, New York Daily News, 02-24-11
One of the supposed great crimes of the Bush administration was the "politicization" of the Justice Department, a drumbeat we heard repeatedly, even
after a politically motivated criminal investigation eventually found no wrongdoing.
How the Irish Bubble Burst
Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal Online, 02-23-11
If you want to study the economic crisis of the last few years, go to Ireland, where you will find it in its purest form.
Collective Bargaining Doesn't Work In the Public Sector
Steven Malanga, RealClearMarkets.com, 02-23-11
Shortly after California voters passed Proposition 13 in 1978, open warfare broke out in the union movement between leaders of public and private
worker groups.
Obama Plays Both Sides of Collective Bargaining Issue
Josh Barro, Washington Examiner, 02-23-11
Like many national Democrats, President Obama weighed in on behalf of government unions in Wisconsin last week.
Showdown in Madison
Daniel DiSalvo, City Journal Online, 02-22-11
Wisconsin’s new Republican governor, Scott Walker, has sparked a national debate over the desirability of a unionized government workforce.
Count Them Out
Kay S. Hymowitz, Wall Street Journal, 02-23-11
If the television series "Mad Men" confirms anything about Americans, it is that they like to read mid-20th-century cultural history as allegory.
The Showdown Over Public Union Power
Steven Malanga, Wall Street Journal, 02-22-11
Government workers have taken to the streets in Madison, Wis., to battle a series of reforms proposed by Gov. Scott Walker that include allowing
workers to opt out of paying dues to unions.
Can Detroit Find the Road Forward?
Edward Glaeser, New York Times Economix, 02-22-11
During the Super Bowl, Chrysler and Eminem gave us a chest-thumping, soul-lifting vision of Detroit as a city of character, competence and style.
Shed More Light On Pension Problems
Josh Barro, Newsday, 02-20-11
In state capitals all across the country, pension reform is near the top of the legislative agenda. When considering reform, lawmakers need to be
asking certain basic questions.
Where Have The Good Men Gone?
Kay S. Hymowitz, Wall Street Journal, 02-19-11
Not so long ago, the average American man in his 20s had achieved most of the milestones of adulthood: a high-school diploma, financial independence,
marriage and children.
Egypt's Unborn Revolution
Guy Sorman, City Journal Online, 02-18-11
Many Westerners, watching the revolution in Egypt, are wondering whether the outcome will be true democracy.
Treading Water
Nicole Gelinas, New York Post, 02-17-11
Mayor Bloomberg unveiled his 2012 budget yesterday. It suffers from a massive deficit -- of real solutions.
Fiscal Sanity Requires Courage
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, RealClearMarkets.com, 02-17-11
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie came to Washington on Wednesday and called on political leaders to get serious about cutting spending.
'Absolute Madness' Of Biofuels
Robert Bryce, The Washington Times, 02-16-11
Last month, Peter Brabeck, the chairman of the Swiss food giant Nestle, declared that using food crops to make biofuels was “absolute madness.”
In Defense Of Col. Allen West
Nicole Gelinas, NRO's The Corner, 02-16-11
Okay, Col. — now Congressman — Allen West was fuzzy on some details. All the better to fit in with many of his colleagues.
The Welsh Chekhov
Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal, Winter 2011
When I was young my father owned a factory in Tonypandy, a town in the Rhondda Valley of South Wales.
We've Had Enough of Black History Month
John McWhorter, Washington Examiner, 02-16-11
To feel that there is something tired in the idea of Black History Month these days is not, despite what one might hear from some quarters, racist.
It's Time To Abolish State Corporate Income Taxes
Josh Barro, RealClearMarkets.com, 02-16-11
President Obama called in his State of the Union for a revenue-neutral corporate tax reform that would lower tax rates -- since a recent tax cut in Japan,
the United States now has the highest corporate income tax rate in the OECD -- while closing loopholes and broadening the tax base.
Our Health Is Worsening At A Time When Medicine Has Never Been Better
David Gratzer, KevinMD, 02-15-11 (Reposted from FrumForum, 12-2-10)
With little notice, UnitedHealth released a major paper recently considering diabetes in America.
Why Not a Negative Income Tax?
Guy Sorman, City Journal, Winter 2011
Republicans have been winning races again, but with a few important exceptions—Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan comes to mind—they have done so mostly
by running against proposals by liberals in power, rather than by suggesting a coherent alternative agenda.
Why Men Pop The Question
Kay Hymowitz, CNN.com, 02-14-11
It's Valentine's Day and a good time to ponder one of our country's more mysterious customs: the marriage proposal.
Wikipedia Is Male Dominated. That Doesn't Mean It's Sexist
Heather Mac Donald, Slate.com, 02-09-11
New York Times executive editor Bill Keller announced last week at the National Press Club that news from Egypt was crowding from his paper's front
page anything that didn't have an urgent claim on readers' attention.
Rhode Island: A Fiscal Mess Few Care About
Steven Malanga, RealClearMarkets.com, 02-09-11
Tucked in between Massachusetts and Connecticut and overshadowed in Northeastern political discussions by states like New Jersey and New York, Rhode
Island is barely noticed these days.
Opposing view on TARP: The Hidden Costs
Nicole Gelinas, USA Today, 02-09-11
Over the past year, U.S. companies have hired more than a million workers. Large banks have paid off their bailout money, with some rescues turning
a profit for Uncle Sam.
Third-World Trains
Nicole Gelinas, New York Post, 02-09-11
Walk into Grand Central Terminal on a weekday afternoon, and you'll see some of the world's wealthiest workers girding themselves for a third-world commute
Poverty-Ridden Camden, N.J., Faces Police Cuts Amid Increasing Crimey
Jacob Laksin, Washington Examiner, 02-09-11
States and municipalities around the country are struggling to tighten their fiscal belts, but few cities face as stark a choice as the hard-luck
southern New Jersey city of Camden.
How Skyscrapers Can Save the City
Edward Glaeser, The Atlantic, March 2011
In the book of Genesis, the builders of Babel declared, “Come, let us build us a city and a tower with its top in the heavens. And let us make a name
for ourselves, lest we be scattered upon the face of the whole earth.”
Assessing the Daley Legacy in Chicago
Edward Glaeser, The New York Time's Economix Blog, 02-08-11
Mayor Richard M. Daley’s more than two decades in office are coming to a snowy end. But despite the disaster on Lake Shore Drive that left hundreds of
drivers stranded, the city is far stronger today than it was in 1989 when Mr. Daley took office.
Why NYC (still) Rocks
Edward Glaeser, New York Post, 02-06-11
The Great Recession was supposed to clobber New York, but the city is doing just fine. Its unemployment rate is below the national average.
A Cure, or a Bandage?
E.J. McMahon, New York Times's Room for Debate, 02-07-11
Reducing pension benefits for New York’s next generation of municipal workers, as Mayor Bloomberg proposed last week, would gradually move pension
costs to a lower plateau in the coming decades.
Rediscovering Reaganomics
Nicole Gelinas, NationalPost.com, 02-07-11
The president took the oath of office facing an “economic Dunkirk,” as his top advisors warned. The unemployment rate was 7.5 percent, up from 5.6
percent 18 months earlier.
What Now, After Health Care Ruling?
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, RealClearMarkets.com, 02-03-11
Opponents of the new health care law got what they wished for Monday when a federal judge in Pensacola, Florida, Roger Vinson, ruled that the 2010
Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional-all of it.
The Virus of Hysteria
Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal Online, 02-01-11
From experience I know that it is best, when reviewing a book about the vaccine question, to declare a financial interest, or in my case, a lack of one.
The Whooping Cough's Unnecessary Return
James Copland and Paul Howard, City Journal Online, 02-01-11
Vaccines, which save millions of lives every year, are one of the most successful public-health interventions in the history of modern medicine.
On Tort Reform, Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Ted Frank, Washington Examiner, 02-01-11
In last week's State of the Union address, President Obama seemed to support medical-malpractice reform, and Republicans, legal reformers, and the
Chamber of Commerce cheered.
Classical Music Meets the Big Screene
Heather Mac Donald, City Journal, Winter 2011
On January 9, the Los Angeles Philharmonic broadcast a live concert into 450 movie theaters in North America, becoming the first orchestra anywhere
to do so.
Gov Comes Down On Taxpayers' Side
E.J. McMahon, New York Post, 01-31-11
On the eve of what could be the biggest state budget showdown ever in New York, Gov. Cuomo has taken a big step toward delivering on the single most
important promise he made to taxpayers in his successful 2010 campaign.
We Need a Dose Of 21st-Century Reaganomics
Nicole Gelinas, RealClearMarkets.com, 01-29-11
The president took the oath of office facing an “economic Dunkirk,” as his top advisors warned.
A Nonpartisan Conclusion
Nicole Gelinas, NYT's Room for Debate, 01-27-11
The commission’s conclusion is defensible, and the partisan split is unnecessary. Since the report came out, the press has focused on the
commission’s affixing of “blame.”
Showing the Way On Spending Cuts
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, RealClearMarkets.com, 01-27-11
President Obama's State of the Union address demonstrated anew that although he pays lip service to smaller government, less regulation, and deficit
reduction, his heart is elsewhere.
A Welcome Omission
Heather Mac Donald, National Review Online, 01-26-11
It is unrealistic to expect President Obama to give a Republican State of the Union address.
Taxpayers Lose Most When Munis Fluctuate
Steven Malanga, RealClearMarkets.com, 01-26-11
Near panic in the market for municipal bonds has prompted talk of a coming Armageddon in state and local finance, with predictions of major bankruptcies
and even a proposal to allow states, whose debt has been a safe haven for many investors for decades, to seek the protection of Chapter 9.
The "12 Cent Problem"
David Gratzer, ConservativeHome.com, 01-26-11
At the end of the day, Republicans and moderate Democrats need to remember one thing: the Administration is right – there really is a problem with
American health care.
Three Areas Where Obama Can Help America Innovate
Paul Howard, Washington Examiner, 01-26-11
Pundits expect President Obama to tack to the center in his State of the Union Speech on Tuesday night, emphasizing innovation, job creation, and
improving the global competitiveness of U.S. companies.
How Public Unions Took Taxpayers Hostage
Fred Siegel, Wall Street Journal, 01-25-11
The turbulent years of the 1960s and '70s are best known by the headline-grabbing civil rights and women's rights movements.
What Would Reagan Do?
Nicole Gelinas, Washington Times, 01-24-11
As President Obama unveils new ideas in his State of the Union Tuesday night, congressional Republicans are sticking to their script: no new spending.
Targeting the Police
Heather Mac Donald, The Weekly Standard, 01-31-11
In 2000, a deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration slapped the Los Angeles Police Department with federal oversight.
State Bankruptcy Is a Bad Idea
E.J. McMahon, Wall Street Journal, 01-24-11
As states struggle with enormous deficits and exploding pension costs, some analysts are urging Congress to enact a law enabling states to declare
bankruptcy the way municipalities can under Chapter 9 of the federal bankruptcy code.
Bankruptcy: No Cure for Broke States
Nicole Gelinas, New York Post, 01-23-11
Sorry: Letting states go bankrupt won't solve anything -- and would create new problems.
The Market Won't Fix States' Woes
Nicole Gelinas, Boston Globe, 01-23-11
As budget season opens, many states — including Massachusetts — face their toughest choices yet on education, social services, and public-worker costs,
plus the taxes needed to pay for them.
If We Build It, They Will Come
Edward Glaeser, Boston Globe, 01-23-11
The release of the 2010 Census results in December was accompanied by all the usual hand-wringing.
How Conservatives Saved Metropolis
Heather Mac Donald, National Post, 01-24-11
Conservative ideas are responsible for the two great urban-policy successes of the last quarter-century: the breathtaking drops in crime and welfare
dependency since the early 1990s.
State Budget Bunk; A Taxonomy of Fiscal Gimmicks, Evasions, and Ploys
Steven Malanga, Wall Street Journal Online, 01-24-11
In a 2009 segment on Comedy Central's The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart told viewers that many recession-hammered states had turned to unusual methods
to raise money.
Why Not A Negative Income Tax With Cash Subsidies To The Poor?
Guy Sorman, Investor's Business Daily, 01-24-11
As Republicans in power work to create a strong, affirmative agenda, they would do well to revisit a policy proposal devised by the late Milton Friedman.
The Future of the GOP Battle With Obamacare: 3 Strategies For Getting Rid of the Law's Worst Parts
David Gratzer, ConservativeHome.com, 01-24-11
Full implementation of Obamacare will not happen. But let’s be clear: if a complete Democratic win on health care is unlikely, Republicans must accept
that their wish for full repeal will be limited until at least 2012.
State Budget Bunk; A Taxonomy of Fiscal Gimmicks, Evasions, and Ploys
Steven Malanga, Wall Street Journal Online, 01-20-11
In a 2009 segment on Comedy Central's The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart told viewers that many recession-hammered states had turned to unusual methods
to raise money.
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