Opinion
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FDIC Is Putting Taxpayers at Huge Risk
Opinion -Many pro-market economists have been explaining for years that the FDIC banking system creates an intolerable risk for banks and the economy. -
Will Civil Disobedience Play In Peoria?
Opinion -Letter to the Editor: Peoria Journal Star Comedian Richard Pryor was infamous for smashing the sacred cows of American culture in ludicrous fashion. -
Consumer Power Report #146
Opinion -I spoke last Friday in Madison, Wisconsin at an event organized by Jeff Mayers, founder of www.WisPolitics.com. The topic was "Diagnosing a Policy Fix to U.S. -
Global Warming Hurricane Scare Is Nothing But Hot Air
Opinion -Every August, there are two things you can count on in the Atlantic and Gulf coasts: high humidity and hurricane warnings. Along with the scenic beauty and abundance of tranquil, sandy beaches comes the risk of hurricanes. -
The Government Bailout: How Good Are the Forecasts?
Opinion -Assume you are considering investing $700,000 and that this is a large sum for you. Experts give you the names of two reputable investment houses of long standing. When you visit the first of these, Benjamin Company, Inc. -
Residual Markets Limit Competition
Opinion -Dear Editor: Growing problems with the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) could lead to a call for reform or even expansion of the program. That would be a mistake ... and a giant step backwards from recent reform. -
Lessons from the 1937-38 Depression
Opinion -There is an interesting parallel between the sharp downturn in economic activity in 1937-38 and the current effort to bailout the finance industry. Government actions do not always achieve the intended goals. -
Arctic Ice-Melt Season Ends, Predictions of Ice-Free North Pole Miserably Wrong
Opinion -The Arctic summer ice melt season came to an official end last week, and global warming alarmists are now eating crow after their predictions that the North Pole would be ice free this summer have proven miserably wrong. -
Policy Experts Offer Bailout Comments
Opinion -The national debate over how to address the crisis in the U.S. financial markets has created sharp divisions that cross political and philosophical lines. -
Pointing Fingers in the Financial Crisis
Opinion -Politicians, economists, and pundits don’t have enough fingers to point at all the causes that created the current financial crisis, but one source that is receiving scant attention was the concerted effort by the Federal National Mortgage -
Dennis Avery, Fred Singer Honored with 2008 Heartland Liberty Prize
Opinion -CHICAGO -- Two outspoken skeptics about the hot-button topic of global warming will be honored Thursday in Chicago with an award presented by The Heartland Institute, a national 24-year-old nonprofit research organization based in Chicago. -
Allow Charters to Rescue Detroit Students
Opinion -Dear Editor: If a ship is sinking, does it make sense to complain about the deploying of lifeboats being a draining of resources from the vessel? -
This Is Not an Economic Crisis
Opinion -I was electrified yesterday when it became obvious that Americans had gotten off their fat-cat seats to actually call their congressmen to protest this totally un-American giveaway. -
Anti-Tobacco Policy Dangerous For Non-Smokers
Opinion -Dear Editor: Reducing the rate of lung cancer in Indiana is a great goal, but the repercussions of your suggested policy are rather alarming (September 29, "Indiana has work to do fighting lung cancer"). -
Michigan Legislators Gambling with Revenue Collections
Opinion -Dear Editor:Reporter Dawson Bell highlights the irony of legislators standing up for the rights of cigarette smokers ... but only when they're in casinos, which share revenues with the state. -
On Global Warming and Carbon Dioxide
Opinion -Dear Editor: Global warming alarmists like James Hansen have been prophesying our “doom” due to warmer temperatures caused by carbon dioxide. -
Two Civil Rights Movements at Republican Convention?
Opinion -Dear Editor: While Star Tribune reporters covered the "Stop the War on the Poor" demonstration organized by the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign ("2,000 rally to 'stop war on the poor,'" September 2), the newspaper neglected to cover another -
Gore’s Call to Action
Opinion -Dear Editor: When Al Gore encouraged people to engage in civil disobedience to thwart greenhouse gas emissions (“Gore’s Call to Action,” September 24, New York Times Political Blog), he may not have fully thought through his idea. -
Put Arizona’s Budget Back On Solid Ground
Opinion -Dear Editor: In order to put Arizona’s budget back on solid ground, legislators need to prevent more money from going out the door. As your editorial (Financial Ignorance Exploited to Stop McCain?
Opinion -Reporters Laura Meckler and Nick Timiraos documented recent attempts by partisans to lambast the economic viability of Social Security privatization, an idea supported by President Bush and Senator McCain as a strategy for saving America's primary workerObama Earmarks Like Patronage: Par For Course
Opinion -Dear Editor: Reporters Chris Fusco and Dave McKinney remind us about the culture of our legislators throwing away taxpayers' money on dubious projects that never come to fruition ("Obama grant being probed $100,000 DEAL," September 25).Who Are the Real Tax And Spenders? All of the Above
Opinion -Dear Editor: Cook County Assessor Jim Houlihan apparently blames Illinois House Speaker Madigan (D-Chicago) for higher taxes due to rising homeowner assessments, which exceeded a 7 percent cap on market value ("How Chicago's Property Tax Increase SmacksLet Them Go Bankrupt; Save a Trillion Dollars
Opinion -Congress, the Treasury, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Reserve are hell-bent to bail out the housing and financial industries and then regulate them into rigor mortis.Be Prepared
Opinion -Dear Editor: While the banks have not yet reached a full-blown panic mode, there is plenty to be worried about with respect to the FDIC.
