Clifford Thies asks: Can we really expect government to create quality cities using redistribution, government programs, and regulations? He shows that the worst cities in America are those that depend on government money and tax everyone to pay for it.
The Gulf Coast was hit with two disasters: Katrina and government. At every level and in every way, writes William Anderson, it made everything worse.
Far from having assisted in the crisis, writes Christopher Westley, FEMA actively made it worse by urging rescue departments not to assist. How much better off would the Gulf Coast be if FEMA had never existed? Much!
Walter Block found himself in the middle of a state-enhanced catastrophe. Here is his story.
What we are seeing in New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast region, writes Lew Rockwell, is the most egregious example of government failure in the United States since September 11, 2001.
Laurence Vance has observed three points about the federal government's mandated handicapped parking spaces, as required for every private business.
The continuous invention of new regulatory frauds undermines the gravity of real fraud, writes writes Pierre Lemieux. What we have seen since the beginning of the 21st century looks like a repeat of the witch-hunt of the 1980s.
As they say in the South, writes Chris Westley, you can stick a fork in organized labor. Its implosion is a reminder that, in the long run, market forces trump state power.
