Engagement with North Korea: A Viable Alternative Edited by Sung Chull Kim and David C. Kang State University of New York Press, 288 pages North Korea says it wants to deal, but even the Chinese are no longer confident that the nuclear crisis can be resolved diplomatically. Does any basis remain for engagement? Yes, reply the…
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Book Review: Engagement with North Korea by Doug Bandow
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and congressional Democrats are calling for an end to competition between bank regulators, claiming that it contributed to the crisis. This …
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Don’t Blame Competition between Regulators by Mark A. Calabria
President Barack Obama is reviewing strategy for the …
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Answering Questions About Afghanistan by Stanley Kober
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is upset about abortion. Well, not abortion per se. But some abortions. Of girls. Apparently killing boys is okay. Abortion is one issue that is not amenable to easy political compromise. But the issue can’t be avoided. The bottom line of …
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Moral Challenges of Abortion by Doug Bandow
When the …
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Hard Truths about End-of-Life Care by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Angela Erickson
Tobacco policy currently rests on two claims: tobacco advertising…
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An Absence of Tobacco Evidence by Patrick Basham
Mexican President Felipe Calder
As the clock struck midnight on April 17, 2009, the Canadian citizenship of my …
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Go North, Young Man! by Will Wilkinson
Do you think the Internal Revenue Service should have the right to share your tax information with foreign governments — even ones run by thugs and those that engage in human rights abuses and/or suppress freedom in their countries? A meeting was held in Mexico City last week under the auspices of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), whose implicit goal is to …
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Bowing to the Global Tax Bullies by Richard W. Rahn
“Razzle-dazzle ‘em,” sang Billy Flynn in Chicago, “Give ‘em an act with lots of flash in it / And the reaction will be passionate.” And that is what we saw last night. In President Obama’s first national address on health care in, oh, 49 days, he gave us lots of showmanship. The rhetoric was as usual carefully crafted and persuasive. He threw a couple of bones to Republicans, such as…
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All Sizzle, No Substance by Michael D. Tanner
Before the president’s speech we noted a few hopeful objectives: It must allay the uncertainty that many fear — that a sweeping reform will tug the health insurance rug from under their feet. It must convince us that Obama’s reforms can …
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Old Medicine In A New Bottle by Jagadeesh Gokhale
Millions of American …
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Main Street Should Embrace Globalization by Daniel Griswold
One news headline announcing the Obama administration’s tax reform task force got it exactly right: “Obama Tax Panel on Treasure Hunt.” The task force, which is to report its findings by December, does not appear to be a serious effort at tax reform. Instead it seems…
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Obama’s Treasure Hunt by Chris Edwards
North Korea appears to go through phases. Earlier this year the North engaged in several foot-stomping, screaming, angry tantrums—like the “unruly” child Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke of. Now Pyongyang is exhibiting sweet reasonableness and asking to talk. But the Obama administration has said …
At noon Eastern time today, President Obama will deliver a speech to America’s schoolchildren on what, for most, is their first day of classes. Many of them won’t be watching, however. Parents across the country are pressuring schools not to show …
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Hey, Mr. President, Leave Those Kids Alone by Gene Healy
President Barack Obama will address the nation’s schoolchildren Tuesday, exhorting them to get good grades and stick it out until graduation. Billed by the White House as unprecedented, this speech re-emphasizes the president’s avowed commitment to the importance of education…
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Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Mr. President by Andrew J. Coulson
President Barack Obama was elected proposing to do what most…
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President Barack Obama: Time for Washington to Do Less Abroad by Doug Bandow
A fierce debate will long continue to swirl around former CIA Inspector General John Helgerson’s long-delayed 2004 report (sprung by an ACLU lawsuit) about at least some of the “enhanced” CIA interrogations. He now says some …
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What Interrogation Info Is the CIA Still Hiding? by Nat Hentoff
Honduras will be holding an election in a couple of months. Washington is threatening not to recognize the result. Would the Obama administration prefer a full-blown military dictatorship take power? The saga of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has entered its third month. On June 28 the Honduras military, in response to an arrest warrant from the nation’s Supreme Court, rousted Zelaya from…
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Hounding Honduras by Doug Bandow
… at least for the private sector. Studies show they cripple competition. But these days, unions thrive in government. U.S. labor union leaders see themselves as champions of the American worker, but their movement has become largely irrelevant to most workers enjoying this Labor Day holiday. For the small and declining share of Americans who still work in unionized …
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Labor’s Day Is Over… by Daniel Griswold
