Commentaries

The Revenge of the Brands

How corporate America turned Naomi Kleinâ??s anti-branding manifesto on its head

By Andrew Potter
April 27, 2010

GM’s Phony Bailout Payback

The company is setting the stage for another taxpayer shakedown

By Shikha Dalmia
April 27, 2010

SNL Mocks Government Workers

By Anthony Randazzo
April 26, 2010

Out of the Mire of New York’s 34th Street

By Samuel Staley
April 26, 2010

This Land is Your Land; This Land is My Land

Why do the feds spend so much to make our Western wilderness theirs?

By Leonard Gilroy
April 26, 2010

Coming Up Short

What Michael Lewisâ?? The Big Short gets rightâ??and wrongâ??about the financial meltdown

By Anthony Randazzo
April 26, 2010

The Dodd Bill this Week: Creating Inefficiencies, Codifying Bailouts, Ignoring the Lessons from the Crisis

By Anthony Randazzo
April 26, 2010

Five Myths of Green Energy

By Samuel Staley
April 26, 2010

This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land

By Samuel Staley
April 25, 2010

Volcano Eruption and Air Travel’s Economic Importance

By Robert Poole
April 23, 2010

Health Care Reform to Bend the Cost Curve Down? Medicare Actuary Says No.

By Leonard Gilroy
April 23, 2010

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Gaia

Is Mother Nature punishing mankind with the Icelandic volcano?

April 21, 2010

Four Ways to Scale Back Government in Telecom, Internet and Media

Cut telecom taxes, stop subsidizing PBS

By Steven Titch
April 21, 2010

Areas to Improve in the Dodd Wall Street Reform Bill

By Anthony Randazzo
April 21, 2010

Make California’s Programs Compete for Money

April 20, 2010

China’s Failed “High” Speed Rail – An Update

By Samuel Staley
April 20, 2010

BitTorrent Was a Bad Case from the Start

By Steven Titch
April 20, 2010

Network Neutrality’s Impact on Smartphones

High-tech and cell phone industries have been thriving without government

By Steven Titch
April 20, 2010