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re "State needs referendums to aid recovery" (The Fort Collins Coloradoan, 9/29/05) http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050929/OPINION04/509290314/1014/OPINION To the Editors: If an economist performed surgery on a patient, he w… more »

The Senate has voted 78-22 to approve John Roberts as the 17th Chief Justice of the United States. The vote was slightly better than my earlier prediction of 72-28 in this blog posting. This confirmation was a walk in the park compared to what we'l… more »

The Democrats must be laughing themselves to sleep every night lately as they watch the reputations of prominent Republicans all around them implode. Some, like Karl Rove (Plame-gate), have no smoking gun or even real likelihood of their having done a… more »

see "High Court Enters Campaign Finance Dispute" (AP via UK Guardian) http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5306538,00.html The absence of Sandra Day O'Connor and her replacement with whom I hope will be a more consitently liberty-orien… more »

My friend Brian Wesbury, one of the best economists around (in my opinion) does not see the same dark clouds around real estate that I do despite the terrible August new home sales figures and growing anecdotal evidence of inventory buildup and longer ti… more »

See "Senate Panel Endorses Roberts's Nomination as Chief Justice" (NY Times, 9/22/05) http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/22/politics/politicsspecial1/22cnd-confirm.html The Senate Judiciary Committee strongly recommended John Roberts as the next Chief Ju… more »

Have a look at this posting at the NTU's blog site about the good guys winning one for fiscal transparency: http://blog.ntu.org/main/post.php?post_id=566 more »

INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE www.ij.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 16, 2003 NLDC Backs Down, New London Property Owners Safe For Now But Push for Legislative Reform Continues Washington, D.C.-Bowing to an order by Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rel… more »

Hello from Mexico City, everyone. I received an e-mail from some people who are trying to gain support for the proposed economic poison known as Referenda C and D here in Colorado. Here is my response followed by the original e-mail to me. -----… more »

Hello all, I'm on vacation in Mexico with Kristen, celebrating her birthday and our second anniversary...likely our last trip together before the birth of our first child (it's a girl) who should arrive in December! I will make the occasional post… more »