Commentaries

Brown v. Plata Ruling Highlights Need for Reform (Not Tax Increases)

A multi-faceted approach is necessary to finally reform California's correctional system

By Harris Kenny and Adam Summers
June 2, 2011

David Mamet’s Conversion Story

The Pulitzer-winning playwright explains his turn to the political right

By Kurt Loder
June 2, 2011

Prioritizing Transportation Investments: A Note from Chongqing

By Samuel Staley
June 2, 2011

Block Big Brother’s Internet Snoops

Online protections against the government's unconstitutional Web searches are needed.

By Steven Titch
June 1, 2011

What California’s High-Speed Rail Debacle Tells Us About Progressivism

By Samuel Staley
June 1, 2011

Privatizing “Yellow Pages” Government in Pennsylvania

By Harris Kenny
May 31, 2011

GOP To Vote Down Clean Debt Limit Increase

By Anthony Randazzo
May 31, 2011

10 Myths and Facts on Transportation PPPs

By Leonard Gilroy
May 31, 2011

Obama’s Imperial Presidency

Executive power continues to expand.

By Gene Healy
May 31, 2011

Misleading Sentences: Banking Edition

By Anthony Randazzo
May 30, 2011

Federal Work Rules and Regulations Undermine Public Transit

By Samuel Staley
May 30, 2011

Why Bank-Owned Homes Won’t Sink the Economy

By Samuel Staley
May 29, 2011

Is China Faltering?

By Samuel Staley
May 28, 2011

Actually, Secretary Geithner, Taxpayers Still Losing on TARP

By Anthony Randazzo
May 28, 2011

Data in the ‘Cloud? Needs Fourth Amendment Protection

By Steven Titch
May 27, 2011

US Debt Following Japan Towards Downgrade

By Anthony Randazzo
May 27, 2011

HSR in the U.S.? Maybe Yes with a Public Private Partnership

By Samuel Staley
May 27, 2011

Top Down Transpotation Planning Doesn’t Work

By Samuel Staley
May 27, 2011