Angry, threatening lyrics perpetuate economic myths.
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Posted on April 27, 2013 at 8:30am
Can Earth survive those who want to save it?
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Posted on April 22, 2013 at 9:30am
New biography details Silent Cal's fiscal prudence.
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Posted on April 13, 2013 at 7:30am
Aereo looking to expand into Michigan.
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Posted on April 11, 2013 at 9:20am
Former prime minister handled criticism with aplomb.
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Posted on April 8, 2013 at 11:30am
Rock journalist made it on is own, with no subsidies.
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Posted on April 6, 2013 at 8:30am
Bad for businesses and customers.
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Posted on April 3, 2013 at 1:50pm
The bright side of capitalism.
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Posted on March 28, 2013 at 12:00am
"Please Please Me," The Beatles and capitalism.
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Posted on March 22, 2013 at 8:20am
A review of Charlie LeDuff's "Detroit: An American Autopsy."
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Posted on March 19, 2013 at 10:25am
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:30pm
Papal encyclicals, the Iron Curtain and personal liberty.
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Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:58am
"Oz" defends its own corporate welfare while slamming others.
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Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:15am
Let people keep their own money, choose their own art.
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Posted on March 1, 2013 at 12:30pm
The market, not subsidies, helps music evolve.
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Posted on February 27, 2013 at 2:55pm
A fresh look at a timeless classic.
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Posted on February 22, 2013 at 9:25am
Lots of benefits for politicians, little for taxpayers.
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Posted on February 21, 2013 at 8:55am
Why public funding for the arts, or food, is still a bad idea.
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Posted on February 18, 2013 at 3:15pm
Walter Duranty, the Pulitzer and 'truthiness.'
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Posted on December 20, 2012 at 1:45pm
A review of two very different books.
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Posted on December 8, 2012 at 12:30am
Disagreement between broadcasters, cable company.
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Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:14am
Historian, writer, philosopher, anti-statist.
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Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:39pm
"Like fairgoers sampling sideshows at a carnival."
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Posted on August 22, 2012 at 10:41am
Art museums shouldn't receive public dollars.
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Posted on August 21, 2012 at 8:20am
Objections to removal of dams gets heated.
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Posted on August 3, 2012 at 2:50pm
Jonah Goldberg's new book.
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Posted on July 5, 2012 at 10:03am
A reflection on the author's life and work.
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Posted on June 7, 2012 at 2:03pm
New book offers a free market look at the arts.
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Posted on May 4, 2012 at 1:40pm
Plenty of parallels between new movie, reality.
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Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:00pm
Bruce Walker, former managing editor of
MichiganScience and currently the managing editor of the Heartland Institute’s InfoTech and Telecom News, writes in Tuesday’s
Washington Times that true fans of National Public Radio would be more than happy to pay for the service in order to replace government subsidies.
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Posted on March 23, 2011 at 8:50am
Despite claims that public radio only costs U.S. citizens $1.35 a year, the real-world costs are far higher. I interviewed several public radio station employees recently, and discovered state taxpayers cover far more of the costs it takes to bring “
A Prairie Home Companion” and “Car Talk” to listeners.
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Posted on February 25, 2011 at 8:30am
Saul Anuzis has announced he’s running for chairmanship of the Republican National Committee. The former chairman of the Michigan Republican Party pits himself against sitting RNC Chairman Michael Steele.
As a staunch advocate for
net neutrality, however, Anuzis rows against the tide established by the majority of his party.
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Posted on November 24, 2010 at 2:09pm
The fall fundraiser for public radio supposedly ended in October, in the middle of the Juan Williams' firing imbroglio. And yet this morning, Nov. 11, my local NPR affiliate here in mid-Michigan was still interrupting programming to request listener donations.
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Posted on November 11, 2010 at 10:55am
The Fourth Annual International Conference on Climate Change, held in Chicago May 16-18 and sponsored by The Heartland Institute, provided three days of news-intensive stories that should've taken precedence over nearly every other story of last week's news cycle.
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Posted on May 27, 2010 at 7:00am
Once upon a time a band named Pink Floyd was a fixture on the Billboard album chart. For
741 weeks, the band's "Dark Side of the Moon" reigned as one of the top-200 selling albums in the United States. The album's themes range from mortality to madness.
Sadly, the album now comes to mind when you think of Michigan. The state's unemployment rate is 14.1 percent for the month, making it the nation's highest for 48 months straight.
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Posted on April 16, 2010 at 8:50am
The recent death of Alex Chilton apparently wasn't as much from a heart attack as it was a lack of nationalized health insurance, if one is to believe Facebook comments prompted by a
recent article by Keith Spera of the Times-Picayune.
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Posted on April 9, 2010 at 9:58am
With apologies to John Lennon, I imagine a city without cars.
Exhaust fumes replaced by fine boutiques and fern bars.
All the people walk to workplace and shops,
And the streets are patrolled by mo-ped cops.
All city life is one of perfect precision,
Nothing's out of place if you have a
Grand Vision.
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Posted on January 6, 2010 at 4:05pm
"Pirate Radio," in theaters now, is a silly and inconsequential movie that represents a missed opportunity to show the negative impacts of government overreaching into what should be a private enterprise. In this instance, British government bureaucrats stymie a broadcast outlet for rock music in the mid-1960s.
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Posted on November 17, 2009 at 3:05pm
The road to hell is paved with the shells from proverbial eggs broken in the service of producing an idealized omelet. In the case of Grand Traverse County, enough eggs are being broken to warrant the attention of the folks at the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Posted on November 11, 2009 at 11:30am
As a senior in high school in 1976, I had the opportunity to view the 1968 Halloween horror film classic, "Night of the Living Dead" at the local university campus. A gentleman seated next to me asked for my opinion about halfway through the film, sparking a lengthy conversation on montage and mise-en-scene. The gentleman excused himself shortly thereafter, and appeared on stage as guest speaker upon the film's conclusion. The speaker was none other than the film's writer/director, George Romero. His last words to me before leaving were something along the lines of "You seem pretty sharp, kid. You might want to think about making horror movies yourself."
Little did I know it would take me more than 30 years to realize that kind advice. Instead of populating my
latest video with flesh-eating zombies and serial killers, however, this Property Rights Network video relates the horrors experienced by property owners on the Boardman River outside Traverse City. Of the four dams on the river, three have been slated for removal by city and county officials.
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Posted on October 12, 2009 at 10:05am
Common sense can be found almost anywhere outside Lansing -- especially as it pertains to property rights and smoking bans.
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Posted on September 4, 2009 at 3:41pm