A Budget Solution—Sell Off San Quentin March 31, 2009William F. Shughart II California’s budgetary headaches finally have gotten painful enough that some state legislators want to sell Death Row. That’s a […]
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Some Good—and Bad—Ideas for Funding Roads
Some Good—and Bad—Ideas for Funding Roads March 30, 2009Gabriel Roth What are we to make of the report of the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission, delivered on February 26? […]
Read moreThe U.S. Should Fear Its Friends
The U.S. Should Fear Its Friends March 30, 2009Ivan Eland President Warren Harding once said, “I have no trouble with my enemies,” but noted that his friends “keep me walking […]
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Read moreHas the G-20 Learned the Lesson?
Has the G-20 Learned the Lesson? March 25, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—Anticipation in advance of the coming Group of 20 meeting in London centers on doing something about the excesses […]
Read moreRegulators Force a “Good Neighbor” out of Florida
Regulators Force a “Good Neighbor” out of Florida March 23, 2009Lawrence S. Powell On January 27, State Farm Florida Insurance Company, the largest provider of homeowners insurance in the Sunshine […]
Read moreWarning from Bosnia for Iraq
Warning from Bosnia for Iraq March 23, 2009Ivan Eland Bosnian Serb leaders have threatened to withdraw from Bosnia-Herzegovina, the decentralized entity created by the 1995 Dayton Accords, which ended a […]
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Read morePeru’s Legacy of Graft
Peru’s Legacy of Graft March 18, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—Most books on corruption in Latin America are politically biased, confuse symptoms with causes or get mired in the purely sensational. […]
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