The hottest phrase on the campaign trail right now is “private equity”. Mitt Romney made his hundreds of millions as head of Bain Capital, a...
In May 1998 the European Union voted to adopt a single European currency. A few days later David Morris set down his thoughts about that...
On May 15, 2012 Mark Jamison wrote a heartfelt valedictory letter to his community. He begins, “It’s likely that I will be the last postmaster...
Still one more empirical study finds that privatization costs taxpayers dearly. This time the issue is school bus transportation. In a new report, Runaway Spending:...
Both chambers of the Republican-controlled Michigan legislature are pushing to privatize that state’s prisons. Like a similar bill introduced by Florida Republicans that was narrowly...
After winning the Illinois primary, Mitt Romney delivered a victory speech in which he deplored America’s lost “can do spirit”. Unsurprisingly, he blamed it on...
Earlier this year, Florida’s Republican Governor and legislature proposed to privatize all 26 state prisons. SB 2038 would have allowed privatization if a private company’s...
A few weeks ago Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA who is retiring from the House this year, gave a memorable interview to New York magazine in...
Montana, home to some of the world’s best fly fishing, is also home to the country’s most far reaching law protecting their stream and river...
It’s hard to make this stuff up. Last year the Michigan legislature passed a bill that gave the Governor the right to seize control of...
The US Post Office needs money. As this chart shows, US postal rates, at 45 cents for a first class stamp, are the lowest in...
In the 19th century, small private companies in U.S. and European cities supplied water only to those who could pay a premium. Then came epidemics...
Tax Day 2012 is upon us. And given the centrality of taxes as an election issue, it would be accurate to say that Tax Year...
A few days ago 26 states argued before the Supreme Court that the health law’s dramatic extension of Medicaid coverage constitutes unconstitutional federal coercion. “Congress...
Sometimes it takes a truly imaginative hoax to jolt us into realizing how much we value the public. That’s what happened in Troy, Michigan last...