Author: David Ridenour

Maybe It’s Time for A Law Against Price-Gouging After All

National Policy Analysis #559 /
A Personal Reflection Free market advocates have long opposed price gouging laws on the grounds that such laws interfere with market forces and ultimately lead to shortages.  But I'm now rethinking this position. It is getting increasingly difficult to ignore ...
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Ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty: A Not-So-Innocent Passage

National Policy Analysis #542 /
The "right of innocent passage" is the right of any nation's ships to traverse continuously and expeditiously through the territorial waters of a coastal nation, subject to certain conditions.1  Under the Law of the Sea Treaty, such passage is conditioned ...
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Claim of Record High Gas Prices Tanks Under Scrutiny

National Policy Analysis #541 /
Don't believe the media hype: Prices at the pump aren't as bad as you've been lead to believe. Compared to what they were nearly 25 years ago, today's gas prices are a bargain.  And they're a bargain compared to other ...
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Global Warming-Hurricane Link Just Hot Air

National Policy Analysis #533 /
Hurricanes aren't the only things that spin faster with the addition of hot air.    Advocates of the global warming theory seem to spin faster, too - take their recent spin on this summer's hurricanes.    An August article in ...
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“TESRA” Endangered Species Act Reform Proposal Would Do More Harm Than Good

National Policy Analysis #531 /
Congress is once again contemplating changes to the Endangered Species Act.  As in the past, prospects for the adoption of meaningful reform are poor.  This is unfortunate, as few laws have been as ineffective and counterproductive as the Endangered Species ...
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Is It Just Me or Has the Mainstream Media Completely Lost Its Grip?

ConservativeBlog.org /
A question from husband David: Is it just me, or has the mainstream media completely lost its grip on reality? International terrorism is at a 35 year low; we've toppled a repressive, aggressive totalitarian regime; we put the architect of ...
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Judicial Pass It On

ConservativeBlog.org /
Thoughts from hubby David, our VP: Everyone remembers the childhood game "pass it on." A story is whispered in the ear of one child, who then passes it on by whisper to another child and so on. You know what ...
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Winter Weather Advisory: Snowstorms Aren’t Evidence of Global Warming

National Policy Analysis #455 /
"The average American in the upper Midwest and the Northeast... [is following] the wind-chill factor more avidly than sports statistics... Floridians... [are] watching their crops freeze..." Another complaint about this year's weather? No. It's a description of the winter of ...
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Hollywood Goes Political Yet Again: “Issues Placement” Strategy Promotes Government-Run Health Care

National Policy Analysis #456 /
In the 1997 movie "As Good As It Gets," the single-mom waitress played by Helen Hunt delighted audiences when she cursed her HMO. The response was spontaneous and genuine, but Hunt's lines were far from spontaneous - they actually were ...
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Relief Report: Environmental Protection: Shouldn’t We Be Doing It for Future Generations?

The Relief Report /
Contents: Environmental Protection: Shouldn't It Be for Future Generations?Clean Air Regulations Costly to Rural Areas, Study Says; Bush Administration Undecided About Reform  Environmental Protection: Shouldn't We Be Doing It for Future Generations?The modern environmental movement has a problem: It seems ...
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