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Reason
May 2003
Jacob Sullum |
Nicotine Fights "Increasing the cigarette tax saves lives," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared last year while pushing a 19-fold increase in the city's levy. To the contrary, suggests a recent report from the Cato Institute: Increasing the cigarette tax can be deadly.   |
Reason
May 2003
Sara Rimensnyder |
Cosmetic Surgery Public dissatisfaction with the war on drugs is mounting, putting federal warriors under increasing pressure to cut an enforcement and treatment budget that has ballooned. But rather than actually spend less, the administration hopes to rely on some Enron-style creative bookkeeping. |
Reason
May 2003
Jacob Sullum |
Overflowing Barrels In February, facing a yet-to-be-calculated bill for war with Iraq on top of budget deficits as far as the eye can see, Congress did what it does best, passing what may have been the most pork-laden spending bill ever. |
U.S. Banker
May 2003
Holly Sraeel |
Global Community? The World Can Only Hope. The free world is compelled to rebuild Iraq, complete with a democratic government, with the Iraqis for the Iraqis. It won't be cheap and, even more, it won't be easy. |
Information Today
May 5, 2003
Barbara Quint |
Ohio Bill Threatens Flow of State Government Data Some librarian listservs and discussion groups buzzed recently about a new bill in the Ohio state legislature that could threaten the flow of digital information from state agencies, including publicly owned libraries. |
Reason
May 2003
Joe Bob Briggs |
Hillbilly Heartache A Georgia senator gets a dose of reality when he cries foul at a "Beverly Hillbillies" reality show |
Searcher
May 2003
Miriam Drake |
Government Doublethink: Protection or Supression in Information This article deals with government information activities after September 11, 2001 and covers regulations and actions related to government withholding, suppressing, and altering information. |
Inc.
May 1, 2003 |
Free Free-Trade Trade wars can only hurt the U.S. and Europe. |
Geotimes
May 2003
David Applegate |
Another Stab at Energy Legislation With Republicans now in control of both chambers, energy legislation is a top priority of the House and Senate leadership. |
Knowledge@Wharton
April 23, 2003 |
The Bush Tax Reform Plan: Greener Pastures vs. the Road to Perdition Robert J. Barro, an economics professor at Harvard University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, took up the cudgels for President Bush's proposed $726 billion tax reform plan. On the other side of the ring was Alan S. Blinder, a Princeton University economics professor. |
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