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June 21, 2006
“Progressive” thinkers everywhere will soon celebrate the first anniversary of Kelo v. City of New London, the Supreme Court case that finally made the jurisprudence of property rights “progressive.”
In Kelo, the Court ruled that the…
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June 17, 2006
One of the hottest topics in today’s news is immigration, both legal and illegal. The discussion is focused on “solutions,” but perhaps we should begin with an examination of why immigration occurs. The kind of immigration that is making…
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June 17, 2006
When most people hear the word “Enron,” they mentally complete the phrase by adding the word “scandal.” As reporter Lester Holt of NBC’s “Today” put it in a January 1 story, “Enron has been the poster child, if you will, of corporate scandals…
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December 12, 2007
Views side by side: read A Mortgage Bailout? by Brian Wesbury and Robert Stein for another view, and BMI Adviser Gary Wolfram's Econ 101: The Problem with Bailouts.
Last week President Bush and Treasury Secretary Paulson announced that…
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December 12, 2007
Views side by side: read MSM Misses on Mortgage Rescue by Jerry Bowyer for another view, and BMI Adviser Gary Wolfram's Econ 101: The Problem with Bailouts.
The Bush Administration proposal to assist homeowners who face mortgage resets…
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November 28, 2007
Once upon a time, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby went off on the road to Bali. Fifty-five years later, politicians are heading to Bali for sun, sand and socialism – and they want us to pay for it to the tune of trillions of dollars.
The…
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November 7, 2007
The media have been concerned about the falling value of the dollar and what may be causing it. One example that hits close to home here in Michigan is that the U.S. dollar is now worth less than the Canadian dollar. This is akin to the Detroit…
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October 25, 2007
Is the glass half-full or half-empty? The classic question is a good way to look at the economy. Even economists don’t agree whether we’re in a “crisis” and a recession looms, or we’ve turned a corner and things are getting better.
The…
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October 10, 2007
Consider Michigan.
Michigan has been mired for several years in an economic slump. Its unemployment rate is the highest in the nation, 60 percent above the national average. Forbes magazine has ranked Michigan 46th in the Best States…
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October 3, 2007
No matter how much conservatives might resist, some issues seem to call for federal intervention.
Imagine something so important that threats to a particular industry are endangering our children’s future. One scary multibillion-dollar…
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