The Suburbs Are Growing Up
I've seen several articles since the Great Recession arguing that the the housing market has fundamentally shifted away from typical suburban "sprawl" and toward cities. People are no longer interested...
View ArticleThe Bogus Constitutional Arguments of Arizona's Ultra-Restrictionists
Defenders of Arizona's harsh new anti-immigration law are going on the offensive: They are fanning out on TV, radio talk shows, and newspaper columns arguing that there is nothing nefarious about this...
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Our Unsustainable Debt
America’s financial situation is unsustainable. In 2009 the federal government spent $3.5 trillion but collected only $2.1 trillion in revenue. The result was a $1.4 trillion deficit, up from $458...
View ArticleDebate: FCC's Net Neutrality 'Third Way'—The Wrong Way to Go
The Federal Communications Commission's attempt Thursday to place the fast-moving broadband and Internet industry under a regulatory regime designed for monopoly-era telephone service is as misguided...
View ArticleAs Governments Face Bankruptcy, Study Claims Public Employees Are Underpaid
A recent study published by the Center for State & Local Government Excellence and the National Institute on Retirement Security argues that state and local government workers are undercompensated...
View ArticleCA Will Probably Vote in November to Fix Loophole in Tax Votes
1.1 million signatures were turned in to qualify an initiative for the November ballot that would close the loophole allowing some tax increases in CA to pass with only a majority vote. Read more here.
View ArticlePublic Employees Get Manicures, Lap Dances on the Job in L.A.
Here's something from the "Your Tax Dollars at Work" file that should make you mad whether you live in L.A. or not. A recent Los Angeles Times article discussed a KCBS investigation that revealed...
View ArticleHigh Speed Rail in Japan: Lessons from Shinkansen
The San Francisco Chronicle has an useful article on the lessons from Japan's high-speed rail system called the Shinkansen. Japan now has five lines connecting this very urban and dense nation.While...
View ArticleThe Bounds of Silence
Last month New York Times legal writer Adam Liptak said two recent Supreme Court cases "suggest that the Roberts Court is prepared to adopt a robustly libertarian view of the constitutional protection...
View ArticleThere's No Lying in Baseball
Boston Mayor Tom Menino recently delivered one of the most atrocious speeches in the history of oration when, during a dedication to hockey great Bobby Orr, he not only referred to Boston sports greats...
View ArticleTxting 2 Cut Gov't
Keen-eyed, youthful Republicans have noticed that kids these days love sending $10 to Haiti and voting on American Idol and sexting and stuff. So Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and a few of the other less...
View ArticleCongress Sets Hearing on National Infrastructure Bank
The U.S. House Ways & Means Committee's Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures is holding a hearing on whether the U.S. should create a national infrastructure bank. The hearing will start at 10...
View ArticleA National Infrastructure Bank Can Provide Important Benefits If Mission and...
Prepared for presentation to:Subcommittee on Select Revenue MeasuresU.S. House Committee on Ways and Means1100 Longworth House Office BuildingWashington, D.C. Chairman Neal, Ranking Member Tiberi,...
View ArticleFirst Lady Recommends Health Impact Assessments for New Housing
The White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity recently released its report and recommendations for getting kids off the couch and into the streets to exercise and shed those extra pounds. Without a...
View ArticleNet Neutrality Advocates Get Silly
The many statist groups that want the government to regulate the Internet under the guise of "network neutrality" have gone off the deep end, hyping a student marketing competition as an industry...
View ArticleCongress Accelerates Out of Control
When the news broke about alleged safety defects in Toyota vehicles, official Washington was appalled. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood accused the company of being "safety deaf" and said "they have...
View ArticleLeave the Gamblers Alone
Some of us like to gamble. Americans bet a hundred million dollars every day, and that's just at legal places like Las Vegas and Indian reservations. Much more is bet illegally.So authorities crack...
View ArticleElena Kagan on Free Speech, Executive Power, and Judicial Restraint
Speaking to reporters last month aboard Air Force One, President Barack Obama dropped a strong hint about his plans to nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice...
View ArticleFalling For the Myth of Cleggmania
Wow, some of you Americans really got the British election wrong.Reading the frequently frenzied pre-election commentary of America’s liberal hacks, you could be forgiven for thinking that Nick Clegg,...
View ArticleOMG California Now 8th Most Likely Economy to Default
A ranking of default probabilities puts California 8th on the list. More likely to default than Iceland and Iraq!That gang of idiots in Sacramento better wake up soon and look at some real solutions.
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