Archive - November 2005 - October 2005 - September 2005 - August 2005

Friday, December 30

• Internet Sales Show Big Gains Over Holidays (NY Times)
• The Top 10 Junk Science Claims of 2005 (Fox News)
• CAFTA likely to miss Jan. 1 target (CNN)
• China reforms its currency market (BBC)
• Dollar set to end year up 15 percent (Reuters)
• Elizabeth M. Whelan: Unscientific Scams (NRO)
• James K. Glassman: Pop the Corks! (TCS)
• Lawrence Kudlow: Pence sense (Wash Times)
• Bill Walker: Global Cooling: Fear the Ice (Lew Rockwell)

Thursday, December 29

• Consumer confidence rises to 4-month high in December (USA Today)
• 2006 economy looks solid (CS Monitor)
• US dollar firms against euro on robust consumer sentiment (AFP)
• I, T-Shirt (Reason)
• Huge new oil discovery in Brazil (BBC)
• Arnold Kling: The Most Important Economic News of the Year (TCS)
• Alan Reynolds: Antitrust extortion (Townhall)
• Daniel T. Griswold: Peace on Earth? Try Free Trade among Men (Cato)

Wednesday, December 28

• Natural gas prices plunge 10 percent (AP)
• S&P 500 adds two, but not Google (CNN)
• Use DDT to fight malaria, say experts (The East African)
• Big Deals, Bad Odds (Newsweek)
• Life Keeps Getting Better, Americans Say (CNSNews.com)
• Bruce Bartlett: Dialing down hack TV shows (Wash Times)
• Walter E. Williams: Do we deserve it? (Townhall)
• Michael Fumento: Woe Unto Kyoto (Spectator)

Monday, December 27

• Europe 'behind on Kyoto pledges'

• Dollar Is Gaining Strength Against Euro as Year Ends (Bloomberg)

• Federal entitlement programs more costly (AP)

• Chinese imports hinge on Bush (Wash Times)

• Update 17: Post-Christmas Sales Keep Shoppers Buying (AP)

• Technology isn't the only harbinger of higher productivity (NY Times)

• Weather trend not unusual: Disasters often run in cycles (Des Moines Register)

• Thomas Sowell: Cheap politicians (Townhall)

• Ian Vásquez: Economic Freedom in the Arab World (Cato)

• Hans Sennholz: Repeal the Minimum Wage (Mises Institute)

Friday, December 23

• Orders for Durable Goods Rose 4.4 Percent in November (AP)

• Key measure of future economic activity rises (AP)

• Former Goldman chairman says Spitzer threatened him (Reuters)

• A Junk Science Christmas Carol (Fox News)

• The Coveted Sellout Situation (Wash Post)

• America's Best Big Companies (Forbes)

• The 2005 Dubious Data Awards (Stats at GMU)

• David Boaz: The Bridges are Back (Reason)

• Cam Edwards: PETA's ties to terrorism (Townhall)

• Joel Mowbray: Making children cry: How the unions stole Christmas (Townhall)

Thursday, December 22

• Senate OKs bill to cut deficit with Cheney’s help (AP)

• The Times appreciates the flat tax – in Estonia, anyway (TimesWatch)

• Don Boudreaux: Twelve economic myths (Café Hayek)

• Consumer spending up 0.3%, jobless claims drop (Reuters)

• The hottest stocks of 2005 (CNN)

• Senators vote to kill trade law (Wash. Post)

• Pollutants ward off global warming, study finds (Guardian)

• Alan Reynolds: Dividend tax delusions (Townhall)

• Ted Van Dyk: Unsound transit (Opinion Journal)

Wednesday, December 21

• Surprise rise for housing starts (Reuters)

• U.S. economy grew at fastest pace in over a year (AP)

• Time Warner board OK's Google's 5% stake in AOL (USA Today)

• Risks and gambits swirl as world trade talks begin (IHT)

• Caution urged with green energy economics (The Oregonian)

• Walter Williams: The consumer rip-off (Townhall)

• John Stossel: Sarbanes-Overkill (Townhall)

• Bruce Bartlett: Missing the mark fiscally (Wash Times)

• Marian Tupy: Africa's war on poverty begins at home (Cato)

Tuesday, December 20

• Strike shuts down NYC transit system (CNN)

• Japanese savoring return of U.S. beef (AP)

• Gas prices may surge on 2006 green rules (Reuters)

• Hard truths in Hong Kong (The Economist)

• Wall Street duo join forces to take on Spitzer (The Independent)

• Jack Kemp: Time for a supply-side revival (Townhall)

• Ben Lieberman: Alaska oil drilling myths (Wash. Times)

• Kevin Hassett: Unions wage vicious, misguided war on Wal-Mart (Bloomberg)

Monday, December 19

• Premarket Movers: Ruling boosts drug cos. (Biz Week)

• GOP Leaders Agree to $41.6 Billion Spending Cut (Wash Post)

• Media Bias Is Real, Finds UCLA Political Scientist (UCLA)

• House Backs Arctic Drilling at End of Marathon Session  (NY Times)

• Trade Officials Agree to End Subsidies for Agricultural Exports (NY Times)

• The Washington Times: The sugar police

• Paul Driessen: ANWR drilling overdue

Friday, December 16

• Lead Did in Beethoven? (Fox News)

• Greenberg Opens Attack On Spitzer, Allegations (Wash Post)

• US offers access to cotton market (BBC)

• Bill Clinton, Enviros Failed in Montreal (Human Events Online)

• Greenhouse Gas Pact Is in Disarray (NY Times)

• Tim Harford: Yes, We Have Bananas. We Just Can't Ship Them. (NY Times)

• William Pesek Jr.: WTO and Its Protesters Failing Stiglitz Test (Bloomberg)

• Herman Cain: Freedom is born (Townhall)

Thursday, December 15

• U.S. Nov. Consumer Prices Fall 0.6%, Most Since 1949 (Bloomberg)

• Greenspan: World living standards rising (AP)

• China a spectator at WTO talks (IHT)

• Europe's farms vs. free trade (CS Monitor)

• Bosses ‘upbeat’ about U.S. economy (BBC)

• Walter E. Williams: Betrayal of the struggle (Townhall)

• Alan Reynolds: A phoney pay comparison (Townhall)

Wednesday, December 14

• Cellphone rulings could mean billions in tax refunds (USA Today)

• Environment and cancer: the links are elusive (NY Times)

• Fed raises key rate again, hints tightening is near end (LA Times)

• US and EU differ at trade talks (BBC)

• Coldest December since late 1800s? (WorldNetDaily)

• Licia Corbella: Ruse of gigantic proportions (Calgary Sun)

• John Stossel: Human life vs. the Earth (Townhall)

Tuesday, December 13

• Weighed in the balance (The Economist)

• ConocoPhillips to buy Burlington Resources (AP)

• U.S. November retail sales rise 0.3%; ex-autos decline 0.3% (Bloomberg)

• Beware the Climate Lilliputians (Reason)

• Japan pledges US$62.5m for ASEAN integration (Channel NewsAsia)

• Duane D. Freese: Obesity Hum-Bug (TCS)

• Daniel J. Ikenson: Byrd Boondoggle (Cato)

Monday, December 12

• Trade Talks Now Expected to Focus on Exports of Poorest Nations (NY Times)

• Fed expected to boost short-term rates again (AP)

• OPEC to Maintain High Production Levels (AP)

• EU Calls for Duty-Free Access to Poorest Countries (Bloomberg)

• Japan eases its ban on U.S. beef imports (IHT)

• Richard W. Rahn: Economic literacy test . . . and advice (Wash Post)

• Chris Edwards: Potomac Fever (NRO)

• Jason Wright: New Coke and the Windfall Profit Tax (Townhall)

Friday, December 9

• Poll: Consumers Optimistic About Economy (AP)

• South American trade bloc moves to admit Venezuela (IHT)

• U.S. consumer demand forecast to accelerate early next year, survey shows (Bloomberg)

• WTO failure seen costing rich and poor alike: analysts (Channel NewsAsia)

• Junk Science: Politically incorrect plastic (Fox News)

• Alan Reynolds: The gift of economics (Townhall)

• R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.: Economic illiteracy (Wash. Times)

• James K. Glassman: Poor countries, tear down this wall! (TCS)

Thursday, December 8

• Soaring export prices lift hope for Latin America (LA Times)

• House spares 15m from alternative minimum tax (Bloomberg)

• U.S., Peru strike free-trade agreement (Wash. Post)

• Hot housing market still ‘cruising’ (LA Times)

• Yahoo to begin offering Internet phone service (Wash. Post)

• Kelo: The growing specter of government ‘rights’ (Chronwatch.com)

• How do you spur American competitiveness? (TCS)

• Duane Freese: Checking the obesity math (TCS)

Wednesday, December 7

• Climatologist Rejects 'Global Warming' As Cause for Island Evacuation

• Wealthy Nations Owe 'Climate Debt' to Poor, Greens Say

• U.S. productivity rise stems inflation fears (NY Times)

• Professor loses weight with no-diet (AP)

• No recession despite housing slowdown: report (Reuters)

• US productivity surges 4.7% (Channel NewsAsia)

• Senator Bingaman's bogus climate proposal (CEI)

• An unethical environment? (TCS)

Tuesday, December 6

• Kyoto Protocol declared 'dead' at U.N. Climate Conference (CNSNews.com)

• Tax cuts working, Bush says (Bloomberg)

• Dollar remains near 32-month high vs yen (AP)

• Productivity expands at a faster pace (AP)

• Jack Kemp: Strong U.S. economy negates naysayers (Townhall.com)

• A windfall of bad ideas (TCS)

• Cold Britannia (TCS)

Monday, December 5

• Tax reform push may be delayed (Reuters) 

• U.S. called 'only real problem' at UN climate conference (CNSNews.com) 

• Blue Cross seeks to set up bank (AP) 

• Gas prices fall to $2.13 (Reuters) 

• Free England: A story of Senate pork – and payback (WSJ) 

• Obesity is not just about food (Boston Globe) 

Friday, December 2

• Dow surges 106 points in broad rally (LA Times)

• Payrolls grew by 215,000 in November (AP)

• Top refiner sees gas prices around $2.00-$2.25 (Reuters)

• Lawyers ready suit over soda (Wash. Post)

• One Kenyan man's mission: free Africa from yoke of aid (CS Monitor)

• South Asian nations seal free trade deal (Channel NewsAsia)

• Junk Science: Global warming blues (Fox News)

• Media break rules for green groups (Townhall)

• Impressive economic growth (Wash Times)

• Vaclav Smil: Peak curiosity (TCS)

Thursday, December 1

• Economy's Growth Is Revised Up (Reuters)

• EU seeks emphasis on trade diversity (Wash Times)

• A jolly November for Wal-Mart (CNN)

• Pak may get early free trade benefits (India Times)

• Larry Kudlow: Smart, or Stupid? (Townhall)

• Doron Levin: Delphi Fight Shows Executive Pay Not So Lavish (Bloomberg)

• Tom Bethell: Politically Incorrect Science (Amer. Spectator)