All 2003 Publications

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1. Michigan Education Report (2003 Hiatus)
2. The Granholm Administration: A Review of Year One
3. Ask the Economist: The Benefits of Right-to-Work Laws; and What Is Inflation?
4. Public Policy and American Business: The Privatization Revolution
5. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST December 23, 2003
6. Federal Labor Law Aggravates NMH Strike
7. Greater Transparency Could Have Helped Budget Battlers
8. Charities Lobby for Higher Taxes
9. Mackinac Center Applauds DNR’s Contract for Private Management of State-Owned Ski Area
10. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST December 16, 2003
11. Why Michigan Should Start Refusing Federal Funds
12. Consolidating Elections Is The Right Thing To Do
13. Interview About Michigan’s “Cool Cities” Campaign, for “On Point,” Public Radio’s Nationally Syndicated Evening News Program
14. Your Tax Dollars At Work
15. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST December 9, 2003
16. Telecom Regs Stifle Competition and Investment, Raising Costs and Killing Jobs, Analyst Says
17. Joseph P. Overton Library Dedication
18. Video of Former FCC Chief Economist Thomas W. Hazlett, Speaking on the Failure of Federal Telecom Policy and What Should Be Done About It
19. MSU School Finance Study Too Narrow to Support Tax Hike Recommendation
20. Crossed Lines: Regulatory Missteps in Telecom Policy
21. Issues & Ideas Luncheon, December 2003
22. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST December 2, 2003
23. Charter School Forces Flint Public Schools to Compete
24. Are Targeted Incentives Constitutional?
25. Land Preservation Double-Cross
26. Lack of Transparency Complicates State Budget Challenge
27. Solving the Organ Donation Crisis Through Incentives
28. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST November 25, 2003
29. Want to Monitor Your State Government? Now, It’s Easy
30. Government Cancels Christmas; Civil Society Restores It
31. Privatization: Back to School with Privatization
32. Dumping Retirees
33. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST November 18, 2003
34. The Fallacy of State Economic "Unilateral Disarmament"
35. NMH Nurses’ Vote Puts Hospital, Teamsters in Legal Limbo
36. The Time Is Right for a Right-To-Work Law
37. Petoskey Nurses Vote Today
38. Taxpayers Fund Lobbying for Internet Access Tax
39. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST November 11, 2003
40. Veterans' Homes: Privatization Could Mean Lower Costs, Better Service (General Article)
41. Measure Land Preservation Program by Its Results, Not Its Goals
42. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST November 4, 2003
43. The Pros and Cons of Zero-Based Budgeting
44. The Candy Police
45. How to Make Cities “Cool”
46. MESSA: Keeping School Districts From Saving Money on Health Care
47. French Fried by the Welfare State
48. Mackinac Center to Host 13th Leadership Conference
49. Reinventing Education in Pennsylvania
50. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST October 28, 2003
51. How the State Government Can Consolidate Human Resources
52. Remembering Grenada, Two Decades Later
53. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST October 21, 2003
54. Let Automakers Increase Fuel Efficiency
55. Great Things in Mind for Michigan
56. Eliminate MEDC, MEGA
57. Why Michigan Should Shelve its "Economic Development" Programs
58. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST October 14, 2003
59. Habitat Destruction: Coral Reefs
60. Privatizing State Fairs Could Save Michigan Nearly $60 Million
61. A Bit More Light on Union Finances
62. 2,948 Jobs Won’t Be Created if State Income Tax Cut Delayed, Economic Model Shows
63. Issues & Ideas Luncheon, October 2003
64. Government Can’t Do Cool: How Overregulation Kills Cool, Hip Cities
65. Analyst Says: Close Teacher Strike Loophole That Allowed Anti-Charter School Protest
66. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST October 7, 2003
67. The Candy Police
68. Air Travel: A Hundred Years of Safety
69. Eliminate Intermediate School Districts
70. Don’t Blame Deregulation for the Blackout
71. Detroit School Establishment Turns Away $200 million Gift
72. S&P School Web Site Provides a Wealth of Data
73. Dow Foundation makes major grant to Mackinac Center
74. Hearings Should Focus On Reforming Economic Development Policy, Mackinac Center Says
75. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST September 30, 2003
76. Destruction Is No Blessing
77. Air Travel: A Hundred Years of Safety
78. Mackinac Center Calls State Report on NMH Strike "Deeply Flawed and Inflammatory"
79. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST September 23, 2003
80. Signs of Wisdom at UAW
81. K-12 Education Funding Hinges on Appeal Now Before Supreme Court
82. Michigan High Schoolers To Hone Debate Skills at Mackinac Center Workshops
83. A Victory for the Gas-Powered Engine
84. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST September 16, 2003
85. Inaugural Presentation of the Overton Award
86. Bay County Taxpayers Paying Extra for "Union Only" Deal
87. The Ultimate Rationale for School Choice
88. State Audit Questions MEDC Job Claims
89. "Anti-Sprawl" Report Deeply Flawed
90. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST September 9, 2003
91. New "tool tax" audits send mixed message to job providers
92. FCC Order Will Fail to Open the Telecom Market
93. Resource Conservation and Private Management Solutions
94. Clare Schools Using Privatization to Keep Teachers
95. The Best Way to Empower Workers
96. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST September 2, 2003
97. Will Michigan Have its First Unionized Parochial High School?
98. Michigan’s Primary Land-Use Plan a Failure
99. A Hard Pill for UAW Members to Swallow
100. With Friends Like This, We're Winning
101. Budget Balancing Endgame
102. Agenda and Facts Collide in Land-Use Report
103. Ripe for Reform: Binding Arbitration
104. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 26, 2003
105. State Close To Deal To Privatize Porcupine Ski Area
106. Invest in the Future
107. Eliminate Intermediate School Districts
108. A Hard Pill for UAW Members to Swallow
109. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 19, 2003
110. Don’t Blame Deregulation for the Blackout
111. Land-Use Council Prescribes Social Engineering
112. Re-Hyping the Head Start Program
113. Charter Schools Don’t Need More Michigan Department of Education "Oversight"
114. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 12, 2003
115. Lawrence W. Reed Named Advisor to LifeSharers
116. Michigan's Farmland Preservation Program: An Assessment
117. State’s Largest Land Preservation Program a Failure
118. Remarks Before the Midland Area Chamber of Commerce
119. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 5, 2003
120. Will Michigan Have its First Unionized Parochial High School?
121. Paul Kersey on the Petoskey hospital strike on Michigan Public Radio
122. Repeal Michigan’s Anti-Takeover Law
123. Reverse Robin Hoods at the University of Michigan
124. The Headlee Amendment: Serving Michigan for 25 Years
125. State Should Remain Neutral in Hospital Strike
126. MEMORANDUM
127. A New Baseball Statistic for Opening Day
128. Draculand: Romanian Central Planners to Subsidize Dracula Theme Park
129. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 29, 2003
130. Jack McHugh, Guest on "Politics with Bill Ballenger," WKAR Radio
131. Giving Laptops to Sixth Graders Won’t Improve Their Education
132. Repeal the Michigan Control Shares Acquisition Act of 1988
133. We're All Licensees Now
134. IMPACT Spring 2003
135. Stronger Incentives for Organ Donation Save Lives
136. State looks to build venture capital for high-risk startups
137. Why Haven’t Michigan’s High Teacher Salaries Improved Student Performance?
138. Measurement: The Key to Charter School Marketing
139. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 22, 2003
140. Joseph P. Overton: Character for a Free Society
141. MEDC Budget Cut a Step in the Right Direction
142. MEA Tells Members to Quit Reading Mackinac Center Journal
143. Legislation Would Resurrect Michigan’s Un-Dead Death Tax
144. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 15, 2003
145. Lessons from the First Airplane (Long Version)
146. Privatization: Fashionable and Sensible
147. Americans Work Until Today to Pay for Government
148. My Good Friend Joe
149. Executive with think tank killed in ultralight crash
150. News Stories, Columns, Poems, and Web Sites Dedicated to Joseph Overton
151. Eulogies for Joseph Overton
152. Why 1851?
153. Eulogy by June Cramer
154. Eulogy by the Hon. John Moolenaar
155. Thank You For Expressions of Condolence, Tribute and Support
156. Teamsters May Be Set to Lose Petoskey Hospital Strike
157. Eulogy by Scott Overton
158. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 08, 2003
159. The Driving-Point Tax: River of Money Could Corrupt Cops, Courts
160. Lessons from the First Airplane
161. Eulogy by Joseph G. Lehman
162. Eulogy by Lawrence W. Reed
163. Ford Did Indeed Have A Better Idea
164. Mackinac Center Mourns Loss of Leader
165. Tributes from Joe Overton's Mackinac Center Colleagues
166. Select News Stories - Joseph Overton
167. Personal Tributes from Around the Nation and the World
168. Joseph P. Overton
169. Joseph Overton Visitation and Funeral Times and Places
170. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 1, 2003
171. Wedding Toast to Joseph and Helen Overton
172. MACKINAC CENTER MOURNS LOSS OF LEADER
173. Regression Analysis Results
174. Does the Michigan Economic Development Corporation Even Matter?
175. Independent Ideas Are Needed to Save Money
176. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 24, 2003
177. Non-Profit Housing Legislation Might Result in Less Housing for the Poor
178. Prescription Drug Advertising: Problem or Solution?
179. Supercenters—And Shoppers—Under Attack
180. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 17, 2003
181. WE Can Stop the Spam!
182. Muskegon ferry loan shouldn't be granted
183. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 10, 2003
184. Consolidate School Elections with General Elections
185. Cool It With the Committee on “Cool”
186. What’s Wrong with Government Funding of the Arts?
187. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 3, 2003
188. The Driving-Point Tax: A River of Money Could Corrupt Cops, Courts
189. Contract Out School Services Before Laying Off Teachers
190. Michigan Unions Continue to Lose Support among Workers
191. Beachfront Property Rights Need Protection
192. History Shows Markets, Not Politicians, Should Set Gas Prices
193. Mackinac Center will use Economic Model to Analyze Michigan Tax Proposals
194. Mackinac Center Says Supreme Court FMLA Ruling Could Open Dangerous Policy Door
195. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 27, 2003
196. Should Government Hand Out Economic Favors?
197. Dealing with Urban Sprawl the Free Market Way
198. Whose Mailbox is it Anyway?
199. Government Should Neither Favor nor Oppose Labor Unions
200. Issues & Ideas Luncheon, May 2003
201. Dear Governor: Please Don’t Offer My Business Special Favors
202. Testimony on House Resolution No. 42 – A resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to enact the President's tax cut proposals
203. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 20, 2003
204. Corporate Welfare in Telecom Harms Consumers
205. Winners Never Quit, and Quitters Never Win
206. Government Subsidy Machine
207. No Money Where Your Mouth Is
208. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 13, 2003
209. Should Government Deny Workers a Choice in Comp-Time?
210. Policy Analyst: For Safety of Residents, Privatize Detroit Public Housing
211. State debates MEDC’s value
212. DNR Purchased at Least $16 Million-Worth of Michigan Land Knowing It Could Not Pay Its Taxes
213. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 6, 2003
214. If DNR Can’t Pay Its Property Taxes, It Should Sell Some Land
215. Frivolous, Trendy Teacher Training in Michigan
216. County Police Can Patrol Highways for Less
217. Eagle Sightings Signal Improved Michigan Water Quality
218. How the State Should Encourage Economic Development
219. Decline in Union Membership Part of Long-Term Trend, Analyst Says
220. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 29, 2003
221. Arkansas and Ohio Should Emulate Michigan’s Proposal ‘A’
222. What Is the Best Way to Teach Reading?
223. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 22, 2003
224. Property Rights, Condemnation, and Special Interests
225. Legislature’s First 100 Days Documented by MichiganVotes.org
226. How We’ll Know When We’ve Won
227. Freedom or Free-for-All?
228. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 15, 2003
229. The Poverty of the United Nations
230. Regulatory Power Threatens Rights of Beachfront Property Owners
231. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 8, 2003
232. High Health-Care Costs Affect Auto Insurance
233. Abolishing MEDC a Great Idea, but Not the Only One
234. Feds Endanger Michigan Ferry Business
235. Remembering Prague Spring
236. A Way to Ease the Pain of Budget Cuts
237. Will Unions & Management Team Up to Preserve Northwest Airlines?
238. Don’t Stifle Telecom Competition, Analyst Warns
239. Don’t Stifle Telecom Competition
240. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 1, 2003
241. Frivolous, Trendy Teacher Training In Michigan
242. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 25, 2003
243. "Outside the Box" Police Proposal Would Save Taxpayers $65 Million
244. The Declaration, the Constitution, and the Brilliance of the Founders
245. Paycheck Protection:  A Matter of Fairness
246. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 18, 2003
247. Michigan’s Upper Peninsula: The British Connection
248. Private Fitness Programs Show How Civil Society Works
249. News Stories Prompted by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy Study of the Clean Michigan Initiative
250. MEA Teachers Face Maximum Dues Hike to Ease $10 Million Union Shortfall
251. Knowing the Real Impact of Government
252. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 11, 2003
253. From this Week's Michigan Education Digest:
254. Michigan Education Association Dues Increase Memo
255. Seventy Years Since FDR: A Time To Remember John T. Flynn
256. Lawrence Reed and a panel of journalists discuss the state budget on Off the Record
257. Governor prepares to deal with huge shortfall in first budget proposal
258. Associated Press State and Local Wire
259. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 4, 2003
260. Mackinac Center Offers Granholm, Legislature Specifics for More than $2 Billion in Budget Savings
261. Recommendations to Strengthen Civil Society and Balance Michigan's State Budget
262. Michigan Court of Appeals Accepts Appeal To Dismiss Teachers’ Union Attack
263. Attack on SUVs Unwarranted
264. How to Fix the Organ Donation Crisis
265. Gov. Granholm: Profile in Budget Courage
266. Long-term Rx for state budget
267. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST February 25, 2003
268. School Choice Interview on WDEO Radio
269. House Committee Approves Living Wage Preemption
270. Testimony on H.B. 4160
271. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST February 18, 2003
272. Executive Order Cuts School District Funding
273. Privatization: Catch It If You Can
274. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST February 11, 2003
275. K-mart: Another MEGA Failure
276. IMPACT Winter 2003
277. Celebrating Dr. Hans F. Sennholz on His 81st Birthday
278. MEGA Corporate Tax Loophole Worth $45.5 Million
279. Gov. Granholm Proposes 14 Expansions of Government, 6 Limitations
280. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST February 4, 2003
281. Mackinac Center: Cut this and this ...
282. Time to Refocus Special Education on Reading Achievement
283. A Lesson from Great Britain
284. Historic Preservation for Strip Malls?
285. Northern Iraq: An Unusual Reminder of Freedom
286. Prevailing Wage Repeal Would Save State $400 Million Annually
287. New Website Provides "One-Stop Shopping" for State Budget Research
288. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST January 28, 2003
289. Health Care: Let’s Put People First, Not Government
290. Does Holland, Michigan Need 'Living Wage'?
291. Sales Tax on Services Is Bad Policy
292. MACKINAC CENTER OFFERS BUDGET CUT IDEAS
293. Major Ag Cuts Advocated
294. The Folly of "Living Wage" Laws
295. Forthcoming study will recommend more than $1 billion in total savings
296. Proposed Budget Reductions for the Michigan Department of Agriculture
297. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST January 21, 2003
298. New Labor Rule Would Improve Union Financial Accountability
299. Proposed Rulemaking on Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports
300. Granholm’s Resistance to Tax Hikes Is Sound Policy
301. Senate Bill Would Revive Telephone Price Controls
302. Cut State Spending
303. Telephone Rate Regulation Rings Hollow
304. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST January 14, 2003
305. New Hope for Free Markets in Africa’s Most Populous Nation
306. Michigan’s Prison Costs And What To Do About Them
307. Associated Press State and Local Wire
308. Department of Labor Proposes New Union Financial Reporting Rules
309. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST January 7, 2003
310. Mackinac Center asks Michigan appeals court to dismiss union legal attack
311. Why Tax Credits Are Better than Vouchers
312. Thomas M. Cooley and the Role of Government
313. Reviewing the Engler Tenure
314. Union Agreement Threatens West Michigan