Liberty
Walz’s COVID Spending Questioned
Rick Moran of PJMedia.com ponders Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s use of federal COVID relief funds. How about a governor spending $4.3 million to cover parking costs for state employees “and…
Eric Boehm
Liberty
“With every crisis, government grows. And now the crisis is government itself.”
We’re a year into Gov. Roy Cooper’s muscular use of emergency powers via the state’s Emergency Management Act. Too muscular in my view, and others as well. It’s time to…
Education
Teacher unions tout outlandish wish list of reopening demands
Eric Boehm writes at Reason.com about the disconnect between teachers unions’ current demands and actual threats COVID-19 poses to schools reopening. As school districts across the country grapple with the…
Elections & Public Integrity
Bernie and the $15 minimum wage
Eric Boehm of Reason explores Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ recent experience with demands for a $15 minimum wage. One of his ideas—one of the more popular ones, considering that…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Trump tariffs and hurricane season
There are may reasons to hope that North Carolina is spared from a major hurricane this year. Eric Boehm of Reason.com explains one reason linked to a Trump administration policy.…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Public pension plan problems
Eric Boehm writes for Reason.com about the latest bad news linked to American public pension plans. After several years of steady investment growth and higher contributions from taxpayers, most of…
Liberty
Attention Sports Fans: Hidden Inside The 2,200-Page Budget Bill
You never know what you’ll find inside a 2,200-page document that is now law, particularly since few of those who voted for the $1.3 trillion spending spree had even read…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Columnist: Trump’s Tariffs Will Make Housing More Unaffordable
Actions have consequences, as Reason’s Eric Boehm explains of President Trump’s 25 percent tariff on imported steel. While some housing can be built with wooden frames, projects taller than about…
Liberty
Sen. Rand Paul’s Solution For Avoiding Shutdowns
Eric Boehm writes at reason.com that federal government shutdowns are expensive and should be avoided. So what is the incentive to do that? Sen. Rand Paul has a proposal to…
Liberty
If You Love Creative Destruction, Then Cheer For McMahon’s New XFL
Think the idea of a new XFL is folly? Think Vince McMahon is crazy? Think the XFL can’t possibly compete with the NFL? You may be right. It couldn’t the…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
If You Love Creative Destruction, Then Cheer For McMahon’s XFL
Think the idea of a new XFL is folly? Think Vince McMahon is crazy? Think the XFL can’t possibly compete with the NFL? You may be right. It couldn’t the…
Regulation
Modernizing North Carolina’s Outdated Occupational Licensing Practices
In North Carolina, occupational regulation tends to be an all-or-nothing thing. Either the state applies the most extreme form of regulation (licensing), or it mostly leaves the occupation alone. This…