Public officials often get themselves, and taxpayers, in trouble by failing to set true priorities among the host of potential services or programs.
The acquistion of a highly addictive computer game prompts questions about the proper definition of monopolies and whether the household TV will ever be turned on, again.
Traveling in and out of the New York City area around the holidays is difficult and hectic under the best of circumstances. I was there last month just as the NYC transit workers were threatening to walk out on their jobs. How could one group of workers virtually shut down New York City mere days before one of the busiest holiday weekends of the year? Monopoly.
It’s an appropriate time to consider how far the movement for school choice has come in 50 years — and how much farther it has to go.
Every Christmas, it seems, someone makes the argument that exchanging gifts is economically inefficient. And every season, the straw man burns to an unjustified glow.
Just about every holiday features road trips with Walter Cronkite — and lessons about constitutional amendments with relevance to a current debate.
There’s another report suggesting that half of North Carolina families can’t afford the basic necessities of life. Knowing what we know about the reality of everyday life, is this finding likely to be valid?
It's hard to believe that 2005 is drawing to a close, and the New Year will soon be upon us. The old truism "time flies" becomes more real to me with the passing of each year. If you are anything like me, your daily life is filled to the brim with coming and going, leaving little time for rest and reflection.
Breaking news on student-assignment fights, school-construction plans, teacher pay, and alleged funding inequities demonstrate why education remains a potent political issue.
The Christmas season is packed with all kinds of lessons. With that in mind, it is worth pointing out that Santa is no slouch when it comes to economics. Santa, alone among holiday figures, has learned to apply the economic concept of comparative advantage to one of his most important functions—his holiday gift distribution system.
A letter to Samantha O'Hara, who wonders why a judge ruled that "Intelligent Design" cannot be taught in school.
