02 Jul 2009
 
My TCS Customize My TCS
LOGIN
  User Name
  
  Password
  
    
  Please register to receive the benefits of MyTCS.
View Your Stories
Bookshelf
Crisis of Abundance: Rethinking How We Pay for Health Care
By Arnold Kling
Go To TCS Bookshelf
 
 
Financial Sunset in the West
Adam Paul  | 02 Jul 2009
Late last year, Joel Kotkin a fellow at Chapman University, warned about a political and economic sundown in California. With a failed vote on the state's budget, sunset seems to be quickly approaching. (Read)
 
     
Not Doing What Comes Naturally
Alan W. Dowd  | 29 Jun 2009
Wouldn't we be better off if we just learned to live with the risks and threats posed by terrorism? That's essentially the question Duke University ecologist Raphael Sagarin is asking. (Read)
Fuelling Controversy
Peter Glover and Michael Economides  | 25 Jun 2009
With an offshore natural gas resource worth an estimated $4 billion, Gaza should be looking at a bright future. Yet abject poverty racks Gaza, and the standard explanations of Israeli-inflicted victimhood miss the mark. (Read)
Heritage For Sale
Cheryl Chumley  | 22 Jun 2009
A good brainteaser to describe land preservation, 21st century style, could go like this: When does a conservation program not put conservation as its top priority? Answer: When there's money to be made. (Read)
Chemical Ban Will Not Help Kids
Dr. Gilbert Ross M.D. | 19 Jun 2009
Activists and some politicians are exploiting parents' legitimate concerns for their children's health by trying to convince state governments to pass a ban on the safe and eminently useful chemical bisphenol-A. (Read)
Saving Phantom Jobs
Barry A. Liebling  | 18 Jun 2009
Since coming into office President Obama and the members of his administration have repeatedly justified government stimulus spending as "creating or saving" jobs. The "created or saved" fallacy has not been lost on astute observers. (Read)
Tax Reform: The Narrow Road
Robert M. Bryce  | 16 Jun 2009
Taxes are the price of living in modern society with public goods. Many, if not most, agree that taxes are required but dislike the convoluted tax forms that place a burden on businesses and people. (Read)
The Worst Emerging Disease of All
Dr. Henry I. Miller  | 15 Jun 2009
From the beginning of the H1N1 swine flu outbreak, WHO's decisions and pronouncements have been far from reassuring. The WHO's dubious decisions demonstrate that its officials are either too rigid or too incompetent to make needed adjustments in the warning system. (Read)
A Bold New Breed of Environmentalism
Andrew Marszal  | 12 Jun 2009
If Adam Werbach doesn't seem like your typical green activist, it's because he's adamantly not one. He declares with a detached shrug that it would be "a good thing" if the current green bubble burst. (Read)
  ©2000-2009 TCS Daily | Home | Contact TCS | About TCS | Issues | Links | Submissions | Toolbox | Legal | Reprints | Advertise with TCS