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Max Borders: Irrational oil fears grip partisans on both left and right
- What if someone came along and said he could take away the things we’re most afraid of? What if the way to assuage our fears came not from two prescriptions, but a single, bitter pill?
Max Borders: Be careful what you wish for on health care reform
- Most Americans are fed up with our health care system. It’s not necessarily the quality of care, according to a recent CBS/New York Times poll. It’s the cost — and that folks believe their fellow Americans should be covered.
Max Borders: Perverse incentives exact high price for attracting Big Business
- Google plays hardball. So does Dell. So does every other company that comes to the negotiating table in a new state. But it’s the taxpayer — i.e., you and me — who pays the price. Who benefits? Politicians and certain companies — usually big ones.
Max Borders: What’s with the righteous revenuers, tax break moonshiners and high-dollar tortillas?
- A hundred years ago, if you made corn liquor, revenuers (the feds) would chase you into the deepest hillbilly hideouts of the Smokies to put you out of business.
Max Borders: Readers should be wary of the ‘Big Green Fallacy’
- Consider the recent statement by an alarmist group calling itself the Union of Concerned Scientists: “A modest but effective investment has allowed [Exxon-Mobil] to fuel doubt about global warming to delay government action just as Big Tobacco did for over 40 years.”
Max Borders: Don’t tell anybody but we can all breathe easier now
- A lot of people have a vested interest in making you think air pollution is getting worse. Rather than put themselves out of jobs, air quality regulators make standards for safe levels of pollution stricter — continuously.
Max Borders: Five reasons not to raise the minimum wage
- With the Democrats poised to take Congress, it’s time to look at one of the few issues they’ve been clear about: the minimum wage. The narrative? If you don’t want to monkey with economic fundamentals — i.e. labor supply-and-demand — you’re a heartless enemy of the “living wage.” But is raising the minimum wage really a good idea? There are five good reasons for a ‘no’ to this question:
Max Borders: Is America losing its religion?
- Is America losing its religion? I’m not talking about declining church attendance or fewer prayers in schools. I’m talking about America’s secular religion — our understanding of ourselves, our institutions and our history. The civic literacy that underlies our way of life is on the decline, according to a new report by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and the University of Connecticut.