Commentaries

DirecTV’s Viacom Gambit

By Steven Titch
July 12, 2012

The Economics of America’s Crony Society

How crony capitalism undermines economic growth and innovation

By Julian Morris
July 12, 2012

Big City Democrats Are Embracing Privatization

Heavyweights like Chicago's Rahm Emanuel are going around public agencies and unions to improve schools, roads, parks and more

By Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
July 12, 2012

Bridge to Nowhere Champion Secures Funding for Railroad to Nowhere

By Baruch Feigenbaum
July 11, 2012

House Homeland Security Committee Holds Hearings on Airport Security

By Baruch Feigenbaum
July 11, 2012

New at Reason.tv: Public-Private Partnerships in Puerto Rico

By Leonard Gilroy
July 10, 2012

Is California Still Going to the Dogs on Pet Groomer Licensing?

By Adam Summers
July 10, 2012

TIFIA Changes In Transportation Bill Are a Step In the Right Direction

Why changes to TIFIA restore the program to what it was originally intended to be

By Robert Poole
July 10, 2012

Why are Environmental Groups so Upset with new Transportation Bill?

By Baruch Feigenbaum
July 9, 2012

Four Principles for Expanded U.S. Tolling

Why future highways should be paid for by mileage-based user fees and other suggestions for highway funding

By Robert Poole
July 9, 2012

Rahm Emanuel and Big City Democrats Embrace Privatization

By Leonard Gilroy
July 6, 2012

Fourth Round of TIGER Grants Have the Same Problems as Previous Rounds

By Baruch Feigenbaum
July 6, 2012

Problems with the Government’s Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery Grants

How TIGER grants fail to prioritize national needs

By Baruch Feigenbaum
July 6, 2012

Social Security’s Trust Fund to Start Losing Value in 2013

By James D. Agresti
July 6, 2012

Stockton Begins Legal Battle in U.S. Bankruptcy Court Today

By Harris Kenny
July 6, 2012

Cities Taking Mortgages with Eminent Domain is a Bad Idea

Both Robert Shiller and city officials in San Bernardino County should reconsider their support for condemning underwater mortgages

By Anthony Randazzo
July 6, 2012

California Democrats, Deep Pockets, and Ideological Irrelevance

By Ankur Chawla
July 5, 2012

Mammoth Lakes, California Files for Bankruptcy

By Harris Kenny
July 5, 2012