Regulation
Getting the government out of the airport
If you’re visiting the “Locker Room” while waiting for your flight home for Thanksgiving, or while waiting to pick up a friend or family member returning home for the holiday,…
Rome
capital and largest city of Italy
Liberty
Hanson pans the diversity fetish
Victor Davis Hanson‘s latest column at National Review Online challenges conventional wisdom about the value of “diversity.” Emphasizing diversity has been the pitfall, not the strength, of nations throughout history.…
Liberty
In praise of Adam Smith
Martin Conrad’s editorial commentary in the latest Barron’s notes the 240th anniversary of Adam Smith‘s Wealth of Nations. This year is the 240th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s…
Transportation
Charlotte Aviation baseline 2015: US Airways and American Airlines
And this would be a summary of US Airways and American Airlines fights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport for Thursday, August 13, 2015: US Airways flights by aircraft type: Widebody:…
Liberty
US Airways reduces Charlotte – London Heathrow service this winter
To 10 flights a week from November 5th through February 27th. The second flight to London operates only on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from Charlotte, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays on…
Liberty
More international airports going to pre-clearance
The Customs and Border Protection has a program called pre-clearance, in which people flying from select foreign destinations clear U.S. immigrations and customs before they get on their flight, rather…
Liberty
Save the Suburbs!
NPR story on Italian architect Renzo Piano, who believes the future of Europe’s cities is in the suburbs: Whatever he calls them, Piano believes “the suburbs are the place where…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Governments more interested in money than good policy
The latest issue of Fortune magazine features an article detailing efforts to smack Luxembourg for its favorable tax policies. If politicians in the U.S. and Europe get their way, things…
Liberty
All Roads Lead to Rome
An article in the Smoky Mountain News, surprise surprise, indicates certified navigators are great at getting people into the system, but an experienced insurance agent is going to know a…
Liberty
Irrelevant for the Holidays – Part II
Back in the old days, we reviewed in horror customs of Rome, blaming its fall on this or that. Today, we bring back the gladiators in the form of a…
Liberty
US Airways drops second CLT-Frankfurt flight
Another schedule update from US Airways was uploaded last night. The highlights: US Airways has resolved its overscheduling of its Airbus A330-200 fleet next summer by dropping its second (summer-seasonal)…
Liberty
Br[ackets] and c[elebrities] — the panem et circenses of present-day America
Conjure magic for them and they’ll be distracted. Take away their freedom, and still they’ll roar. The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the Senate. It’s the…