Romney's America: Fewer Cops, Fewer Firefighters, Fewer Teachers?
If that's the argument Mitt Romney wants to have, Barack Obama should accept the invitation More »
If that's the argument Mitt Romney wants to have, Barack Obama should accept the invitation More »
LA Police Chief Charlie Beck, Pepperdine economist Angela Hawken, and UCLA political scientist Mark Peterson discuss Wilson's work, impact, and legacy, with me moderating. More »
The candidate's proposals would make it easier for parents to exercise rights they already have. More »
Should we worry that cash from parents, PTAs, and foundations are invisible donations to schools that are already likely to provide superior education? More »
Romance novels brought in $1.4 billion in sales in 2010. They far outperform other genres of literature More »
Once the parent overcomes the grieving process, they have to endure a lifetime of smaller cuts More »
It's possible to address global warming without handing the government more control over the economy. More »
Guest post by Jonathan H. Adler, a professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law and a regular contributor to the Volokh Conspiracy. It can be a bit lonely working on environmental issues from the "right" side of the political spectrum. Environmental academics and activists rarely have much patience (let alone sympathy) for principles that would limit the scope of government power and few conservatives or libertarians take environmental issues… More »
At the same time, the environmental limitations of property rights and markets should not be overstated More »
Paranoids can have real enemies, too More »
Maybe regulatory life should be more like school. More »
Guest post by Laura McKenna, former political science professor, blogger, and freelance writer. If anyone could be described as the poster child for public colleges, it would have to be me.I'm a graduate of SUNY-Binghamton and CUNY-Graduate Center. My brother has a BA from the University of Virginia. My sister attended SUNY-Binghamton. My husband has degrees from Miami University, Cleveland State University, and CUNY-Graduate Center. His father also attended Miami… More »
Guest post by Jonathan H. Adler, a professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law and regular contributor to the Volokh Conspiracy. Fisheries continue to be among the best examples of the tragedy of the commons in action. As Garrett Hardin himself noted in his 1968 essay, "the oceans of the world continue to suffer" from the dynamic of the commons. Alas, little has changed. Ocean fisheries remain in trouble, as study after study reveals. Most… More »
Guest post by Jonathan H. Adler, a professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law and regular contributor to the Volokh Conspiracy.Thanks to Megan for inviting me to spend some time over here. As she mentioned, much of my work focuses on environmental law and policy. I also do a fair amount on "administrative law" more generally (aka the law governing administrative and regulatory process), structural constitutional law (aka federalism and… More »
Guest post by Dr. Manhattan, a lawyer in New York City who represents, among others, clients in the investment management industry. Thanks to Megan for the kind introduction. Anyone interested in additional biographical information can access that, along with my prior Atlantic posts, here. (My old blog is defunct, but Internet archeologists can access it here.)If given the opportunity to pick one financial regulatory reform, I'd pick one which allowed us to pay… More »
Guest post by Laura McKenna, former political science writer, blogger, and freelance writer. In yesterday's New York Times, David Kirp, a public policy professor from Berkeley, explains that school integration made a large, long term impact on African-American students.The experience of an integrated education made all the difference in the lives of black children -- and in the lives of their children as well. These economists' studies consistently conclude that… More »
Thanks to our terrific stable of outgoing guest bloggers--though they're not all leaving you; Scott Winship decided he wasn't done talking, so he'll be staying over.But we have three new guest bloggers for you:Jonathan Adler is a law professor at Case Western who specializes in environmental law. He normally blogs at Volokh Conspiracy, where he has considerably shaped my views on things like climate change.Laura McKenna is a PhD, a special needs mother, and one of… More »
Guest post by Jim Manzi, founder and Chairman of Applied Predictive Technologies, and the author of Uncontrolled: The Surprising Payoff of Trial-and-Error for Business, Politics and Society.A commenter to one of Gabriel's posts made the point that it's hard for Megan's regular readers to have a sense of where each of the guest posters is coming from in general, and therefore how to see our various posts in context. This makes sense to me.For my final guest post,… More »
Don't believe anybody who tells you there's a formula for spending on big new ideas. There isn't. More »
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