Sunday, August 1st, 2010
Background from the Daily Camera: Boulder City Manager Jane Brautigam has been working this year to move to a "priority-based" budget, in which the things most important to the community are first in line for funding. My response, published in the Camera: The Boulder City Council should consider saving money ...
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Sunday, June 13th, 2010
From New Scientist: In the first study of its kind, Chhatre and Arun Agrawal of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor compared forest ownership with data on carbon sequestration, which is estimated from the size and number of trees in a forest. Hectare-for-hectare, they found that tropical forest ...
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
My first article/post for the Huffington Post appeared today. It begins: "You oppose Medicaid and government-run schools? You're heartless and lack compassion." If you have ever made this accusation, even tacitly, I invite you to reconsider the government policies you support. Why does being compassionate mean supporting government-run ...
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
The Daily Camera (Boulder) asked its Editorial Advisory Board members their views of different sales tax schemes for funding RTD's "FasTracks." My reply was published on Saturday, February 13:
Adaptable commuter transit routes, reducing traffic congestion with demand-sensitive road pricing, and minimizing both free-riders and forced funding. These goals should guide ...
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Arnold Kling and Nick Schulz have a very good article on the subject at USA Today. It begins:
After the underwear bomber's attempted mass murder, Americans are losing patience with the airline security system. It is bad enough that our screening process makes innocent people work far too hard to prove ...
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Friday, January 1st, 2010
Earlier this week I finished reading Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement by Brian Doherty, a senior editor at Reason magazine. It's a great read for anyone interested in the history of the free-market activism in the United States. Here's one of my favorite ...
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009
In response to the proposal to charge non-Boulder County residents a user fee for using trails, the Daily Camera published the following in the October 17 2009 edition:
User fees -- I call them a good start. Government should not force people to fund open space if they do not use ...
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Sunday, August 9th, 2009
"Cash for clunkers"? I'd call it "votes from plunder." This program is a great investment – for politicians seeking reelection. It combines new-car gift cards for consumers, corporate welfare for car manufacturers, and jobs for the politically-powerful United Auto Workers.
"Cash for clunkers" is robbery - not just of our money, ...
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