The Unbroken Window

This is in response to a reader who thinks we can eliminate our dependence on evil oil by developing Canadian oil fields:
Dear Editor,
Some of your readers wish to eliminate America ’s dependence on foreign oil (or at least from evil foreign oil) and propose that to do this the United States should help Canada develop […]

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I just read reports of rumors of merger talks between Ford and General Motors. Leaving aside my comments on the automobile sector, I’ll ask you this. Why is it that the justice department goes through such great lengths to prevent what it sees as “private monopolies” but is totally unconcerned with the granting of monopoly […]

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Oil companies seem to be much less avaricious these days. Perhaps the start of the college football season has put them in a good mood.
Why aren’t they excoriated for making profits by lowering prices? The lower prices are probably due to the changing season and increases in refining capacity as the Gulf recovers from Katrina. […]

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At least when Ralph Kramden said it we all knew he was joking. Yesterday NASA awarded the contract to build a new manned lunar spaceship to Lockheed Martin. Of course, what we really need our government to be spending money on right now is sending people to the Moon and Mars. When will Americans wake […]

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