Freedom Drives Success in New Orleans Charter School Revolution

By Trent Hill

06/11/2013

Reforms made after the storm have transformed the New Orleans public education system, with the most notable of these changes dubbed the “charter school revolution.”

TAGS: Charter Schools, Education, Education Reform, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools, Recovery School District

Guest Commentary: The Dark Side of “Economic Development” in New Orleans

By Editor

03/11/2011

The multi-billion dollar LSU and Veterans Affairs Hospitals project, seen by many as harmless economic development, has important implications for property rights and fiscal responsibility.

TAGS: Department of Housing and Urban Development, FEMA, Hurricane Katrina, Road Home, University Medical Center, Veterans Affairs

Commentary: Road Home Grant Money Going to Waste

By Jamison Beuerman

03/28/2010

The latest example of astonishing wasteful government spending in Post-Katrina New Orleans was described in a recent report by the Times-Picayune. In this example of progress impeded by bureaucratic incompetence, a study by a federal inspector general found that 80% of sampled recipients of Road Home elevation grants in 2006 and 2007 failed to use...

TAGS: Hurricane Katrina, Road Home, Transparency

Hurricane Katrina Victims Sue Over Global Warming

By Robert Flanagan

11/24/2009

The theatre of the absurd has found a new headlining act in Comer v. Murphy Oil USA. Essentially, landowners in Mississippi are suing oil and coal companies for rising sea levels and increased hurricane strength, claiming that the greenhouse gases they release is the cause. The Fifth Circuit Court in New Orleans recently overturned a...

TAGS: Comer v. Murphy Oil, environment, Hurricane Katrina, Litigation

Larry Reed on Louisiana Stimulus

By Kevin Kane

04/07/2009

I had planned to comment on this amusing piece from the New York Times, but Lawrence Reed beat me to the punch. As always, Larry’s take is insightful. Another interesting aspect of the article is that it demonstrates a pronounced shift in the media narrative. Now that Bush is out and Obama is in, Louisiana...

TAGS: Hurricane Katrina, Lawrence Reed, Stimulus

Mercatus on the Bailout

By Ellen Carmichael

03/16/2009

“If you liked the speed of the Katrina recovery efforts, you’ll love the efficiency of these ‘shovel-ready’ bailout projects.” –Dan Rothschild In a February 25, 2009 Forbes magazine article, Garett Jones and Dan Rothschild of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University parallel the inadequacy of federal efforts following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 with President...

TAGS: Hurricane Katrina, Stimulus

Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government

In their report “Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government,” Ted Bolema, Ph.D., J.D., Antitrust and Competition Fellow at the Innovators Network Foundation, and Vance Ginn, Ph.D., Chief Economist at the Pelican Institute, write that while the current frustrations with the size of large tech companies and censorship practices may be warranted, giving...

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