“The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported that U.S. railroads saw the highest weekly intermodal volume for 2010 and highest container count on record for the second consecutive week. For the week ending Sept. 25, 2010, intermodal traffic on … read more
McDonald’s warned that it might have to drop its health insurance plan for some 30,000 restaurant workers because of new rules imposed by ObamaCare. McDonald’s insurer spends too much money on administrative costs and not enough on health services to … read more
Good news rarely gets its fair play. But here’s a worthwhile gospel according to a new study released today by AEI: teachers don’t hate America! Although public school teachers are often accused of being left-wing and anti-American, this new survey … read more
I haven’t always had the nicest things to say about Secretary of Defense Robert Gates—especially when it comes to managing the defense budget (see my article “The Big Squeeze”). That said, yesterday at Duke University, Secretary Gates gave an extraordinary … read more
About a year ago on the Enterprise Blog, I compared the income distribution for players in the National Football League (NFL) to the income distribution for the entire U.S. population in 2008. Now that data are available for 2009, we … read more
Sometimes only Bob Woodward can confirm what everyone else suspects. In this case, it has to do with Pakistan’s army chief, General Ashfaq Kayani. In Woodward’s latest book, he reveals evidence—in Kayani’s own words—that, indeed, the general approaches his job with an “India-centric” bias. … read more
Arnold Kling has an interesting post about whether or not corporations should threaten to exit jurisdictions and relocate to places with a more favorable tax and regulatory climate. It is often difficult for firms to move headquarters because the costs … read more
