It's Not You, Mittâ??It's Me
Mitt Romney not only possesses an air of real-world know-how but also has mucho smarts. I've been a reluctant apologist for him for years now.And for those of you who believe he's out of touch with the...
View ArticleObamaâ??s Neverending Afghan Adventure
President Barack Obama snuck in and out of Afghanistan on Sunday. He made his secret escape from Camp David and flew around the world to show the troops he cared, and to assure all of them and all of...
View ArticleSean Penn, Chavista
In the essay bookending his translation of Plato’s Republic, Allan Bloom argues that Socrates' intention in philosophizing about the best regime was not to inspire his interlocutors to commit acts of...
View ArticleJaime Escalante, Rip
Reposted and written by Matt Welch at Reason's Hit and Run. The famous East L.A. calculus teacher, immortalized by the Edward James Olmos biopic Stand and Deliver, died from bladder cancer yesterday...
View ArticleTime is Money Particularly on Highway Projects
A recent article in the Omaha World Herald, discussed a Nebraska Department of Roads meeting with the Federal Highway Administrator. The meeting was about getting highway projects through the layers...
View ArticleThe Next California Budget
The following is the introduction from the report The Next California Budget: Buying Results Citizens Want at a Price They Are Willing to Pay.California often leads the nation, and the current fiscal...
View ArticleFixing the California Budget
Each year, the governor and state agencies create wish lists for next year’s budget based on how much they are spending this year. Unfortunately, despite a $20 billion deficit, results - whether or not...
View ArticleReinventing Government Author David Osborne on Fixing California's Budget Mess
Each year, the governor and state agencies create wish lists for next year’s budget based on how much they are spending this year. Unfortunately, despite a $20 billion deficit, results - whether or not...
View ArticleBudgeting For Outcomes Can Help California
The following is the introduction to my new Reason study, The Next California Budget, on how to fix the state's budget process:California often leads the nation, and the current fiscal crisis is no...
View ArticlePublic-Private Partnerships for Corrections in California
Full StudyPolicy SummaryWith a correctional system strained by severe overcrowding, a state fiscal crisis and a recent federal order to reduce the prison population by over 40,000 inmates, there are no...
View ArticleTransferring 25,000 Inmates to Private Prisons Would Save California $1.8...
Every inmate in a California prison costs taxpayers over $47,000 a year. Because of the state’s astronomical prison costs, a new Reason Foundation-Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation study finds...
View ArticleReducing California's Prison Costs By Billions
Every inmate in a California prison costs taxpayers over $47,000 a year. Because of the state’s astronomical prison costs, a new Reason Foundation-Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation study finds...
View ArticleRybczynski: Central Planning Not Solution for America's Cities
Real estate expert Witold Rybczynski has an excellent, short, and pithy article on Slate.com on the White House Office of Urban Affairs and its plans to create more "livable" cities. In a breath of...
View ArticleBig Brother on Your Trail
Suppose I approached you with a request. I want you to carry a small gadget that will automatically transmit your location to the police, allowing them to track your every movement 24 hours a day, 365...
View ArticleWhat We Know That Isn't So
Much government interference with our peaceful pursuits is based on junk science and junk economics. Politicians know a lot of stuff that isn't so. So do reporters.Let me count some of the ways. (I'll...
View ArticleRed America, White Power
On November 9, 1938, in the Tyrolian city of Innsbruck, Richard Berger, president of the local Jewish community, was snatched from his home and beaten to death with rocks and rifle butts, his body...
View ArticleA Crazy Idea for the SEC
I've got a crazy idea for the Securities and Exchange Commission. And when I say crazy I don't mean in a cool, this is awesome way. I mean in an I could be accused of not knowing what I'm talking about...
View ArticleWhite House Makes Fuel Economy Mandates Official
The White House made official its new fuel economy targets that would require automobile manufacturer's to boost fuel efficiency for the fleets to 35.5 miles per gallon. The new standards have to be...
View ArticlePublic Sector Employees are Killing the Economy: Head Start Edition
In light of Reason.tv's feature on the cost of pubic sector employees to the rest of us, let's examine how the stimulus is giving existing Head Start teachers raises instead of creating new jobs....
View ArticleWhy I Am a Bear
In case you hadn't noticed, the economy is in the clear... at least according to some top politicians:Rep. Chris Van Hollen, head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says in today's USA...
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