Commentaries

Air France Tragedy Prompts Question: Are Airliner Black Boxes Now Obsolete?

By Robert Poole
June 23, 2009

Governors Call for Fixing the Transportation Trust Fund

By Shirley Ybarra
June 23, 2009

How Many Regulations Should We Have?

By Anthony Randazzo
June 23, 2009

Economist: Transportation Bill Runs Into Reality

By Robert Poole
June 22, 2009

New Mitsubishi Plug-In Hybrid Beats New York Transit on Green House Gas Emissions

By Samuel Staley
June 22, 2009

Sensless Attack on Federal Privatization Continues

By Adrian Moore
June 22, 2009

Department of Defense Touts Success of Military Housing Privatization

By Leonard Gilroy
June 22, 2009

Rushing the Highway Bill Would be a Big Mistake, LaHood’s Delay Makes Sense

By Robert Poole
June 22, 2009

California Desperately Needs Pension Reform

By Adam Summers
June 22, 2009

California Must Control State Pension and Benefit Costs

Currently facing an unfunded liability of over $48 billion for state retiree health and dental benefits

By Adam Summers
June 22, 2009

How to Reduce Atlanta’s Budget Deficit

By Leonard Gilroy
June 22, 2009

Congress Should Use the Public Option

By Anthony Randazzo
June 22, 2009

What to Do With the Fed

By Anthony Randazzo
June 22, 2009

The Pragmatic Case Against High-Speed Rail

By Samuel Staley
June 22, 2009

The Myth of Financial Deregulation

Government action caused the economic crisis, not the free market

By Anthony Randazzo
June 22, 2009

How to Reduce Atlanta’s Budget Deficit

Budget makeover should include outcome-based budgeting, privatization and asset leases

By Leonard Gilroy
June 21, 2009

I Stand Corrected–No State Dept. Request To Twitter on Iran

By Steven Titch
June 19, 2009

Getting the Crisis History Right

By Anthony Randazzo
June 19, 2009