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Daily Dispatch 2005

This email newsletter brings you summaries of morning's top headlines from the country's major newspapers, complete with links to Cato Institute research related to each topic.

• December 30, 2005: Resolve to Cut Taxes; Blessed Are the Merciful; and The High Cost of Higher Education



• December 29, 2005: Data Breaches on the Rise; U.S.: The World's Biggest Gated Community?; and Iran and Russia Come to the Table



• December 28, 2005: Democrats Question the Department of Homeland Security; Food and Drug Administration Plagued with Problems; and Shutting Off the Strategic Petroleum Reserve



• December 27, 2005: Handoff to Iraqi Troops on Hold; GAO Examines Katrina Purchases; and 'Why Fight Over Intelligent Design?'



• December 22, 2005: Budget Cuts: Not Cutting It; Six More Months of PATRIOT Act; and Padilla Ruling: Sharp Rebuke to Bush Administration



• December 21, 2005: D.C.'s Sport Pork; Early Results in for Iraq Election; and FEMA Revisited



• December 20, 2005: Big Brother May Be Listening; ANWR Battle Rages in Senate; and No "Intelligent Design"



• December 19, 2005: Bush Presses Nation to Resolve to Win in Iraq; Congress Approves Cuts to Budget; and 2013: The Year to End Farm Subsidies



• December 16, 2005: 2005: One Hot Year; Trade Talks in Trouble; and Court Butts Out Cigarette Ruling



• December 15, 2005: The New Terror Threat: Hippies?; A Morbidly Obese Health Bill; and The PATRIOT Act Is Pro-Flu



• December 14, 2005: Iraqis Go to Polls; Congress to Decide PATRIOT Act's Future; and Cut in AMT Unlikely This Year



• December 13, 2005: Big Money and Government; Redistricting Dispute Heads to High Court; and E.U. Blasts U.S. Food Aid



• December 12, 2005: Hong Kong's Example: Free and Open Trade; Iraq's Elections: 'Last Best Hope' for Withdrawal on Our Terms; and Setting Serious Goals for Medicaid



• December 9, 2005: Dividends and Capital Gains Tax Cuts Passed; Republicans Push for Renewing the PATRIOT Act; and Government Spending after Hurricane Katrina



• December 8, 2005: House Republicans Push to Keep Tax Rate Reduction; Microsoft Invests in India; and Martin Attacks America's Climate Stance



• December 7, 2005: Bolton Threatens U.N.; Having Solved All of America's Problems...; and D.C. Council Pushes for a Public Smoking Ban;



• December 6, 2005: Congress Tackles Spending, Taxes and the Budget; Montreal Climate Change Meeting; and D.C. Ballpark Figure Now at $700 Million



• December 5, 2005: Government Not Prepared for Another 9/11; High Court to Rule on Military Recruiters; and Automakers Ask Capitol Hill for Bailouts



• December 2, 2005: Blaming Soda Companies for Childhood Obesity; Louisianans Praise Charities, Flunk Government; and Connecticut Strengthens Campaign Finance Laws



• December 1, 2005: Alito on Abortion; "Medicare's Muddled Meddling;" and Specialists Predict Frenzied Hurricanes for Next Decade.



• November 30, 2005: Bush Defends Iraq Policy; Game Over: Restricting Video Game Sales; and Lawsuits over Farm Subsidies



• November 29, 2005: FCC May Back New à La Carte Pricing; Report Finds China Cannot Be Branded As Currency Manipulator; and Low Voter Turnout Returns Mugabe's Backers to Senate



• November 28, 2005: Bush Builds Support for Immigration Plan; Alito on Abortion; and Kyoto Protocol: Ineffective and Expensive



• November 23, 2005: Holiday Gas Prices Drop; Medicaid Costly for New Yorkers; and U.S. to Eliminate Canadian Lumber Tax



• November 22, 2005: Padilla Precedent Strikes Blow to Civil Liberties; GM Cuts Jobs to Control Costs; and Iraqi Factions Call for Withdrawal Timetable



• November 21, 2005: Bush Tries to Improve U.S.-China Relations; Slashing U.S. Farm Subsidies; and D.C. Miscalculates Baseball Stadium's Price Tag



• November 18, 2005: House Approves Budget 'Cuts;' Global Warming Death Toll Is a 'Predictable Distortion;' and Democrat Veteran Calls for Troop Withdrawal.



• November 17, 2005: 'Windfall Profits': One-way Capitalism?; Committee Supports Bernanke's Nomination; and Limiting the PATRIOT Act's Powers.



• November 16, 2005: Stay What Course?; Separation of Government and Journalism; and F.D.A's Morning-After Pill Decision Reviewed.



• November 15, 2005: Bush Fosters Strategic Relations with Japan; Bernanke Goes before Senate; and Era of Big Government Revisited.



• November 14, 2005: Alito Hesitant to Reverse Abortion Ruling; Medicare Drug Program: Sign Up Begins Tomorrow; and World Body Wants World Wide Web



• November 11, 2005: House Republicans Postpone Budget Bill; U.S. Trade Deficit Grows; and Bernanke on Inflation Targeting



• November 10, 2005: Big Oil Subpoenaed; U.S. Trade Talks Stall; and Amtrak President Fired



• November 9, 2005: Big Government Questions Big Profits; 'Go to Hell,' Says Mugabe; and Fixing Runaway Spending.



• November 8, 2005: Penalizing Profiteering; CIA Not Exempt from Law; and Budget Cuts Get Push-Back from Both Sides



• November 7, 2005: Taxing "Excessive" Oil Profits?; Senators Question PATRIOT Act Abuse; and Abort the Abortion Debate



• November 4, 2005: Snow Sets Spending Restraint as Highest Priority; House Votes to Protect Property Rights; Registered Traveler Program Takes Off in June



• November 3, 2005: Less Volatile Inflation with "Inflation Targeting"; Katrina: A Government Failure; U.S. Should Engage North Korea



• November 2, 2005: 'Of Course He's against Abortion'; Federal Official to Oversee Gulf Recovery; and



• November 1, 2005: Tax-Revision Plan; Budget Reconciliation Woes; Colorado to Determine TABOR's Fate



• October 31, 2005: Bush Taps Alito for Supreme Court; Immigration Provision in Budget Bill; Tax-Revision Plan Forthcoming



• October 28, 2005: Choosing a New Judicial Nominee; Oil-for-Food Scandal: The Plot Thickens; Oil Profiting Is Not a Crime



• October 27, 2005: Miers Announces Her Withdrawal; Bush Vows to Cut Spending; Committee Approves D.C. Smoking Ban



• October 26, 2005: Rosa Parks, 1913-2005; Miers' Confirmation Doubtful; D.C.'s 'Quick Take' Has Residents Doing a Double-Take



• October 25, 2005: Bernanke Nominated to Chair Federal Reserve; Fixing Canada's Softwood Problem; Iraqi Voters Adopt Constitution



• October 24, 2005: GOP Feud over Federal Spending; Death Toll in Iraq Hits 2,000; Big Brother Is Watching You



• October 21, 2005: Bill to Protect Gun makers Likely to Become Law; Can the FBI Be Fixed?; Illegal Immigrants Hired for Katrina Relief



• October 20, 2005: Global Warming Link Unlikely; Selling Harriet Miers; Competition is the Cure for Health Care



• October 19, 2005: Tax Overhaul Panel Presents Recommendations; Higher Education Tuition Rises Higher and Higher; Immigration Fix: Tighter Borders and Temporary-Worker Program



• October 18, 2005: Reforming the Federal Tax System; Abortion Dominates Supreme Court Debate; Partying with Federal Aid



• October 17, 2005: Considering Democracy;House Republicans Push for Budget Cuts; and Rumsfeld Visits China.



• October 14, 2005: Criminalization of Almost Anything; No Relief for Medical Marijuana Users; anbd Iran: Déjà Vu



• October 13, 2005: Privatizing the Corps of Engineers; Time to Derail Amtrak; Drug War: The Real Public Threat



• October 12, 2005: Targeting Tax Breaks; NYC Subway Tip a "Hoax"; Zero Tolerance Makes Zero Sense



• October 11, 2005: Confirmation Process Compromises Judiciary; Katrina Offers Opportunity for Education Reform; Angela Merkel: Thatcher Again?



• October 10, 2005: Republicans Split over Miers; Medicare's Drug Education Campaign; Subsidies to Buy the Farm



• October 7, 2005: Miers on Abortion; Subway Riders Beware; Iraq Death Toll Hits 1,900



• October 6, 2005: GOP Struggle with Spending Cuts; Illegal Immigration: A Local Issue?; CIA Dodges Calls for Accountability



• October 5, 2005: Right to Die; Bush's War on Flu; Mr. Big Government



• October 4, 2005: Harriet Miers: The Unknown Nominee; Medicare Drug Program Confuses Seniors; Red-light Cameras Increase Motor Accidents



• October 3, 2005: Bush's Pick: Harriet Miers; Government Must Do Less to Do More; Running on Empty?



• September 30, 2005: Legislating Morality; Iraq's Climate of Violence; and Oil on Rise.



• September 29, 2005: DeLay Indicted; The Key Issue for the Court Isn't Abortion; Disaster Relief Results in a Deluge of Debt



• September 28, 2005: Franklin Delano Bush; Baseball Comes to the Hill; Hotter Trends or Hot Air?



• September 27, 2005: Federalizing Private Charities; An Intelligent Solution to Intelligent Design"; Senate Confirmation of Roberts on Track



• September 26, 2005: U.S. Armed Forces as First Responders; Katrina Disaster Relief: Latest Exercise in Cronyism; World Bank, IMF Agree to $57.5 Billion in Debt Relief



• September 23, 2005: Bush Stands with Iraq; No Hope for Medicaid; Roberts In



• September 22, 2005: Katrina Relief Bill but No Relief for Budget Deficit; In Defense of Price Gouging; The Global Warming Blame Game



• September 21, 2005: The Next Katrina?; Congress Debates Eminent Domain; Fight over Fries



• September 20, 2005: Americans Reach into Their Pockets; School Choice for Katrina Displaced; North Korea: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back



• September 19, 2005: North Korea Promises to Abandon Nuclear Program; Paying the Hurricane Relief Bill; and Commission Urges Voting Reform



• September 16, 2005: Federal Katrina Aid an "Illusion"; Link Asserted between Global Warming, Hurricanes; Bush Approves Base Closure Plans



• September 15, 2005: Return to Big Government; Airlines Declare Bankruptcy; Pledge of Allegiance Declared Unconstitutional



• September 14, 2005: Katrina Blame Game; Healthcare Woes: A Free-Market Approach; Removing Farm Trade Barriers



• September 13, 2005: Roberts Sidesteps Abortion Issue; Exiting Iraq; No to Foreign Aid



• September 12, 2005: Roberts Confirmation Hearing Begins Today; Iran Threatens West over U.N. Penalties; Flood Damage Leaves Residents High and Dry



• September 9, 2005: Big Easy Loses Right to Bear Arms; Bush Blasted Over Rebuilding; and Rescue, Relief and Recriminations



• September 8, 2005: Funds for New Orleans Diverted for Pork; Investigation Urges U.N. Reform; Bush Wants Additional $51.8 Billion in Katrina Aid



• September 7, 2005: Horsing Around with FEMA; Rehnquist Laid to Rest; and Repeal the Federal Gas Tax



• September 6, 2005: Private Charities, Not Government, to the Rescue; Roberts Nominated to Top Slot; Solution to Gasoline Shortages: Price Gouging?



• September 2, 2005: Nothing Compassionate about Compulsory Charity; California Senate Approves Gay Marriage; Scientists Bet on Global Cooling



• September 1, 2005: Bolton Cleaning U.N. "Mess"; Price Gouging Actually Helps Drivers; States Consider Internet Sales Tax



• August 31, 2005: Assessing Katrina's Damage; Government to Tap Oil Reserve; Appraising Poverty



• August 30, 2005: Pundits Blame Global Warming for Katrina; Attorney General Defends PATRIOT Act; President Touts New Medicare Plan



• August 29, 2005: Katrina Lashes Louisiana; Chirac Gets Tough on Iran; Death to Estate Tax!



• August 26, 2005: Librarians Strike Back; Greenspan on the Bubble; and Medicare Drug Plan: Fiscal Insanity



• August 25, 2005: Troops to Come Home; Democrats Look for Smoking Gun; Hurricanes Hardly Ever Happen



• August 24, 2005: Border Insecurity?; America's Next Major Threat: Fat; and Big Brother Goes Underground



• August 23, 2005: Connecticut Sues Feds over NCLB; Climatologist Quits Global Warming Panel; and U.S. Pushes Taiwan to Handle Its Own Security.



• August 22, 2005: Iraqi Sunnis Urge New Delays in Talks; Democrats Split on Roberts; and Base Closings: A Step in the Right Direction.



• August 19, 2005: Illegals Dying to Get in U.S.; Drug War, a Government Failure; and Competition Helps Drivers at Pump.



• August 18, 2005: War Games?; Cuts Without Tears; and NASA Blasted.



• August 17, 2005: Report Gives High School Graduates an 'F'; Oregon Demands Prescriptions for Cold Medicine; and Government Agencies Can't Share



• August 16, 2005: Gas Trending to $3; Only $331 Billion in Debt?; No-fly Lists Catch Baby Terrorists



• August 15, 2005: Gaza Withdrawal Begins; Social Security Turns 70; Reforming Medicaid



• August 12, 2005: Order in the Court!; Studies Uncover Global Warming Errors; Africa, Famine and Foreign Aid



• August 11, 2005: Republican Pork Barrel; Exiting Iraq; Market Education Makes Sense



• August 10, 2005: Winning the War on Terrorism, Securing Civil Liberties; Bush Lowers Medicare Drug Premiums; and For Politicians, Christmas Comes Early This Year



• August 9, 2005: Interest Rates Expected to Rise; Bush Signs Energy Bill; and Iran Resumes Nuclear Work



• August 8, 2005: Roberts' "Private" Views; Healthy Competition; and Striking out on Steroid Legislation



• August 5, 2005: Europe's Proposal to Iran; Uncontrollable Spending; and New York City Sued over Random Searches



• August 4, 2005: Deadly Week in Iraq; Go Alabama!; Big Money, Big Government



• August 3, 2005: Public School Dinosaurs; Blowing Over? ; and Roberts' Rules of Order



• August 2, 2005: Iran's Nuclear Program Ten Years Away; Increase in Medicaid, Increase in Dependency; and States Wage War against Spending



• August 1, 2005: Bush Shift in War on Terrorism; Bolton In!; Saudi King Fahd Is Dead



• July 29, 2005: High Watt Interventionism; Lost Highway; Senate off Target on Gun-liability Legislation



• July 28, 2005: A Win for Free Trade; Grounded!; U.S., North Korea Split on Disarmament



• July 27, 2005: Let the Marketplace Solve Energy Woes; Transportation Officials Want Safety Help; and Withdrawal from Iraq Could Be Set for 2006



• July 26, 2005: How to Ban the Bomb; Flight of the Bumblebee; and Water for Sale.



• July 25, 2005: Federalist Walking Papers?; House to Decide on CAFTA This Week; and Big Brother, Still Watching



• July 22, 2005: Subway Security Tightens; House Opposes Bill to Slash U.N. Funds; Tough Talk on Cold Medicine



• July 21, 2005: Revaluing the Yuan; London Terror Act II; Sun Should Set on USA PATRIOT Provisions



• July 20, 2005: Judge John Roberts to Fill Supreme Court Vacancy; Unocal Deal: None of the Government's Business; and Fighting Terrorism, Respecting Civil Liberties



• July 19, 2005: Supreme Partisans?; Hello India; Drugs from Down Under



• July 18, 2005: Is Increased Surveillance a Solution?; Governors Tackle Health Care Reform; Global Warming: Go Figure!



• July 15, 2005: Social Security Reform: No Guts, No Glory; Federal Test Results, NCLB Link Unfounded; and Airlines Leave Government on Runway



• July 14, 2005: Projected Budget Deficit Still Enormous; Protect Airlines from Shoulder-fired Missiles; Curb the PATRIOT Act Enthusiasm; and Soft Drinks: The Latest Health Hysteria



• July 13, 2005: Homeland Security Plays It Safe; Pork in Space; Have No Fear of CNOOC-Unocal Merger



• July 12, 2005: Gasoline Prices Climb to Record Highs; Forcing Taxpayers to Fund Stem Cell Research; and FEC's Crusade against Political Blogs



• July 11, 2005: PBS Funding: Time to Cut the Apron Strings; PATRIOT Act and Your Privacy; O'Connor for Chief Justice?



• July 8, 2005: Rethinking Security; Rehnquist Next?; and G8 Roundup: More Aid for Africa, Agreement on Climate Change



• July 7, 2005: Terrorist Attacks in London; Will Bush Budge on Global Warming?; Democrats View O'Connor as a Judicial Model



• July 6, 2005: Creeping Militarization on the Home Front; High Gas Prices; and Bush to Africa: Straighten Up



• July 5, 2005: Fight to Fill Court Vacancy; The Education Money Hole; and G8 and Trade with Africa.



• July 1, 2005: Sandra Day O'Connor Announces Her Retirement; Bush Pledges More Than a Billion in African Aid; and Blair vs. Bush over Global Warming.



• June 30, 2005: Republicans Promise Vote on Personal Accounts; More Aid Won't Cure Africa's Troubles; and U.S. Senate to Vote on CAFTA Today



• June 29, 2005: Bush Defends Iraq War before National Audience; Passport System Not Passing the Test; and Canada Recognizes Same-sex Marriage



• June 28, 2005: Senate Passes $16 Billion Energy Bill; File Sharing Limited; White House Rejects Greater Pentagon Covert Role



• June 27, 2005: Bush's Choice; Court Doesn't Grok File Sharing; and Toss the Caps.



• June 24, 2005: Supreme Court Gives Greenlight to Property Seizures; Pentagon's Youth Database Revealed; and House Lets PBS off the Hook



• June 23, 2005: New Social Security Plan Diminishes Personal Accounts; Flag-burning Ban Reaches Senate; and Public Broadcasting Faces Cuts.



• June 22, 2005: House Republicans Shying Away from Personal Accounts; Social Security Administration Releases Confidential Information; Senate Passes Amendment to Stall Climate Change



• June 21, 2005: House and Senate Propose More Spending; House Votes to Increase War Spending; Filibuster Delays Bolton Vote



• June 20, 2005: Once Again for Bolton!; Israelis, Palestinians Agree on Gaza Pullout; and EU Faces Political, Financial Difficulties



• June 17, 2005: Bush Begins Campaign to Publicize Medicare Drug Benefit; Bush Puts Hold on Tax Overhaul Plans; Humbled EU Leaders Extend Consitution's Deadline



• June 16, 2005: Editing the PATRIOT Act; GOP Ready to End Social Security Reform; and Rice Travels to Middle East for Peace.



• June 15, 2005: Just Say "No" to Medicare Drug Program; Flag Desecration Amendment: An Attack on Free Speech; and Nation's Capitol Erects Smoke Screen



• June 14, 2005: Senate Bolton Vote Soon; Debate Sparks on National Energy Bill; and Appeals to Restore Media Ownership Rules Rebuffed



• June 13, 2005: Western Governors Meet about Immigration; Republicans Criticize PATRIOT Act; and Postage Stamp Production Privatized



• June 10, 2005: Does Socialized Healthcare Work? Ask Canada; U.S. to Remove Debt to Poorer Countries; and U.S. Trade Deficit Suggests Good Economy



• June 9, 2005: People Prefer Personal Accounts; How Do You Solve a Problem Like Korea? ; and The Great Benefit Bust



• June 8, 2005: Government's Ever-expanding Powers under PATRIOT Act; Tobacco and RICO; and Voucher Program Reviewed by Florida Supreme Court



• June 7, 2005: Up in Smoke: Federal Marijuana Ban Overrules State Laws; Congress Pushes for Overhaul of Pension-Funding Rules; and Blair Wants Climate Change Deal



• June 6, 2005: Supreme Court Rules against Medicinal Marijuana; African Aid: The Role of the Private Sector; and Afghan Opium War Helps Terrorism



• June 3, 2005: Syria Tests Scud Missiles; Dean accuses GOP of Social Security Dishonesty; and Jackpot Justice Ruling Awaited



• June 2, 2005: Cox to SEC; Schwarzenegger: California Dreamin' ; and Court Rules for Sentence Reviews



• June 1, 2005: Dutch Vote on EU Constitution; Bush Pushes for CAFTA Passage; and How Market Forces Punish Bad Businesses



• May 31, 2005: New Cato Poll Shows Majority Support Personal Accounts; Fate of E.U. Constitution Passed on to Dutch; and Khodorkovsky Verdict May Carry Economic Implications



• May 27, 2005: Summer Travel Expected To Spike Despite High Gas Prices; Increasing Border Patrol Is Not the Answer; and EU Constitution Faces French Referendum.



• May 26, 2005: U.N. Critic Bolton to Fix 'Mess'; Europe Convinces Iran to Continue Nuclear Freeze; and Good-bye Filibusters, Hello Social Security



• May 25, 2005: Mr. Abbas Goes to Washington; PATRIOT Act Expansion Underway; and U.S. Sees Holes in Overseas Port Security



• May 24, 2005: Alternative Minimum Tax Challenged by Top Republican Senator; Debate Dawns on Renewal and Expansion of USA PATRIOT Act; and Congressman Charges Comedian with Treason



• May 23, 2005: Afghan Opium War Promotes Terrorism; A Private Solution to the Stem Cell Debate; and Immigration: A Source of Innovation



• May 20, 2005: Party Politics Shaping Senate; Judicial Nominations Shroud Social Security; and Attack of the "Star War" Clones



• May 19, 2005: Senators Continue Battle over Judges; Cost of War on Terrorism Rising; and Congress Tackles Steroids in Sports



• May 18, 2005: Filibuster Fighting; Will Bush Finally Veto a Bill?; and Space, the Next Frontier



• May 17, 2005: The Filibuster: Minority Protection or Unconstitutional Act?; Wineries Toast the Supreme Court's Ruling; and Congress to Tackle the Army Budget



• May 16, 2005: Democrat Breaks Rank on Social Security; Educators Question No Child Act; and U.S. Warns North Korea Not to Conduct Nuclear Test.



• May 13, 2005: Base Motives; Cato Scholar Testifies Before Social Security Committee; and Tear Down This Wall!



• May 12, 2005: Nobel Laureates Back Cato; Judgment Day for Bolton; and CAFTA Would Reduce Trade Barriers



• May 11, 2005: Unfriendly Skies: United Pensions Crash; Frist Forces Filibuster Vote; and House Pushes Mandatory Sentencing Again



• May 10, 2005: Iran Admits Enriched Uranium Production; Driving up the Price of the Highway Bill; and Fast-food Tax Will Not Cure Obesity



• May 9, 2005: Battle for Bolton; Filibuster or Bust!; and States Attempt to Trim Medicaid



• May 6, 2005: The Expensive War on Terror; Monkeying with Education Politics; and Timber!



• May 5, 2005: Current Social Security System Has Failed Hispanics; Is Plea Bargaining Unconstitutional?; and Bush Travels to Europe to Promote Democracy



• May 4, 2005: Iran Threatens to Resume Nuclear Activities; This Is Your Government on Drugs;and Healthy Living Through Coercion



• May 3, 2005: How to Save Social Security: A) Tax Hike, B) Benefit Cut, or C) None of the Above?; Standardizing Drivers Licenses - a Slippery Slope; and War May Be Straining U.S. Military Capability



• May 2, 2005: Will Social Security Be a New Welfare System?; North Korea Tests Missile; and PBS Faces Accusations of Media Bias



• April 29, 2005: Bush Pushes on Social Security Reform; $2.56 Trillion Budget Passes; and Guest-Worker Programs Would Fix Mexican Immigration



• April 28, 2005: Social Security Goes Primetime; Bi-partisan Support for PATRIOT Act Overhaul; and Gore Furthers Filibuster Fight



• April 27, 2005: Not Energized by Bush's Energy Bill; Tanner to Committee: Give Workers Ownership, Control over Their Money; and Global Terrorist Attacks on the Rise



• April 26, 2005: Reforming Social Security; Rove Rejects Filibuster Compromise; and No Evidence of Iraqi WMD in Syria



• April 25, 2005: Social Security at Stalemate; Flip-flopping on Filibusters; and U.S. Considers Quarantine for North Korea



• April 22, 2005: Greens Should Thank Capitalists; Greenspan Predicts Tax Increases; and Left and Right Brawl over Judicial Nominations



• April 21, 2005: Flying the Unfriendly Skies; Social Security Plan Meets Market Scare; and Inflation Fear Drives Stocks



• April 20, 2005: Utah Legislature Asserts Authority on Education Policy; DeLay Calls for Review of Judiciary ; and Obesity: No Longer a "Public" Health Threat



• April 19, 2005: Bolton's U.N. Welcome; Emergency Contraception Debate Continues; and Navy Spending Criticized



• April 18, 2005: 'Soviet-style Screening System' Ineffective; Debt Burden Deal Eludes World Bank; and North Korea: Harvesting Nuclear Fuel?



• April 15, 2005: Advisory Panel Calls for Tax Code Overhaul; Don't Count on 'Add-ons' to Add up; and Getting out of the Red: House Passes Bankruptcy Bill



• April 14, 2005: Death Tax Discourages Saving; Delaying Guest-Worker Programs; and MLB: Major League Blunder



• April 13, 2005: Cracking the Tax Code; Senate Republicans May Force Filibuster Confrontation; and No Child Left Behind Act Not Effective



• April 12, 2005: Trade Deficit Reflects Economic Growth; Security Breach of LexisNexis Bigger Than Thought; and Safety of Silicon Breast Implants Debated



• April 11, 2005: U.S. 'Diplomatic Facilitator' in Israeli-Palestinian Talks; Give Workers Ownership, Control over Their Retirement; and Filling a Prescription Not a Right



• April 8, 2005: Bolton: Right Choice for U.N.; Senate Republicans Off-track on Social Security; and Companies Paying More Dividends



• April 7, 2005: Declining Dollar Will Hit Developing Nations; Greenspan Calls for Regulator to Rein in Growth of Mortgage Lenders; and Spitzer's Influence Scam



• April 6, 2005: Crane to Rove: Ownership, Ownership, Ownership!; PATRIOT Act Limits Privacy, Freedom; and Ownership Society and Education



• April 5, 2005: Justice Department Defends PATRIOT Act; Sensenbrenner Moves to Make TV Indecency Criminal ; and Frist Urged Not to Nuke



• April 4, 2005: Social Security Talks Return to Washington; States Wary of Free Trade; and Missile Defense Must Warrant Threat.



• April 1, 2005: War on Terrorism Requires More Than Intelligence; Social Security Can't Wait; and Shady Elections in Zimbabwe



• March 31, 2005: Bad Intelligence on WMD; Rating Returns on Social Security; and Conservation Won't Stop Skyrocketing Gas Prices



• March 30, 2005: National ID Cards Not the Solution; Arizona Adds Border Agents; and Iran Not Seen as Nuclear Threat



• March 29, 2005: Social Security Reform Requires Political Toughness; File-Sharing Heads to the Supreme Court; and U.N. Nominee Bolton Met with Criticism



• March 28, 2005: U.S. Does Not Need a Larger Army; Republicans Behaving Like Democrats; and Privatize Fannie, Freddie



• March 25, 2005: Afghan Drug War Encourages Terrorism; Politics of Stem Cell Research; and FCC Is Not a Substitute for Parenting.



• March 24, 2005: Medicare Needs Urgent Treatment; Bush Promises Changes in U.S. Immigration Policy;and U.S.-China Relations Reach New Heights



• March 23, 2005: Trustees Report: Social Security Still Going Broke; Bush, Fox and Martin Discuss NAFTA; and Court OKs Handcuffs During Search Warrants



• March 22, 2005: Illegal Immigrants Settle Far and Wide; Supreme Court Keeps Out of Judicial Nominations; and Annan: Man with a Plan



• March 21, 2005: Annan Proposes United Nations Overhaul; Rice Urges Europe to Keep China Arms Ban; and Senator Reid Lacks a Plan



• March 18, 2005: Does the House Committee Have Nothing Better to Do?; New Cato Study: Rep. Portman Is a Free-Trader; and Cuts in Medicaid Equal Cuts in Government Dependency



• March 17, 2005: Hispanics Support Social Security Reform; Wolfowitz Nominated to Lead World Bank; and Mexican President Rejects Security Worries



• March 16, 2005: Greenspan Says Social Security Benefit Cuts Are Inevitable; The Fate of ANWR Goes to a Vote ; and Report Highlights Terror Scare



• March 15, 2005: Social Security Reform Would Boost National Savings; Fighting over the U.S. Budget; and Gas Prices near Record High



• March 14, 2005: Taiwan: China Authorizes Force; No 'Federal Government' in Medicaid; and Add-On Accounts: Solution or Diversion?



• March 11, 2005: Second Highest U.S. Trade Deficit; On the Road to Bigger Government; and Social Security Reform: Can't We All Just Get Along?



• March 10, 2005: Capitol Hill 'Roid Rage; Add-On Accounts a "Nonstarter"; and Feingold Pushes for Budget Enforcement Rules



• March 9, 2005: Bush Administration Dusts Off Energy Bill; Ownership is not a 'Sideshow'; and Budget Plans Introduced Today



• March 8, 2005: U.N. Critic Bolton Nominated as U.N. Envoy; Bush Wants to Trim Farm Subsidies; and The Progress of Social Security Reform



• March 7, 2005: Washington in Stalemate over Social Security Debate; Bush Plans to Simplify Tax System Instead of Lowering Taxes; and Senate Considers Raising the Minimum Wage



• March 4, 2005: Martha, Martha, Martha!; Bush's Social Security Reform Tour; and Gas Prices Predicted to Increase



• March 3, 2005: Greenspan Issues Budget-Deficit Warning; It's the Ownership, Stupid!; and House Panel Greenlights Highway Bill



• March 2, 2005: Governors Lobby for More Control over Medicaid; DeLay Says Delay Social Security Reform; and House GOP Wants to Clean Up Cable TV



• March 1, 2005: Schwarzenegger Tops Cato's Governors Report Card; Administration Sets Timeline to Change Public Opinion on Social Security; and Federal Judge: Charge Padilla or Release Him



• February 28, 2005: 'Ownership Society' Will Restore Dignity, Pride, and Confidence; Governors to Tackle States' Education Problems; and House Republicans Entertain Expansion of Stem-Cell Research Funding



• February 25, 2005: Bush takes putin to task; GAO wants tougher rules on tax shelters; and consumer group calls for federal salt regulation.



• February 24, 2005: Government Will Pay Almost Half of Health Care Costs by 2014; Seniors' Social Security Safe; and Report: 'No Child' Left Behind the Constitution



• February 23, 2005: Dollar Slides as Asian Banks Drop Greenbacks ; Justices Lean Towards Local Governments in Eminent Domain Case; and Conservative Group Launches AARP Attack



• February 22, 2005: Two High Court Cases Test Property Rights; Social Security Reform Goes to the Heartland; and Supremes to Hear Peer-to-Peer Networking Case.



• February 18, 2005: Class-Action Bill Awaits President's Signature ; GOP Leaders Tell Bush 'No' on Relieving Tax Cap; and Japan-U.S. Pact on Taiwanese Security



• February 17, 2005: Bush Administration Defends Rising Cost of Medicare Drug Benefit; Tough Fight Ahead for No Child Left Behind Expansion; and Harvard President Urged to Resign.



• February 16, 2005: Greenspan Calls for Social Security Reform; Global Warming: Kyoto Protocol Goes into Effect; and Illegal Immigrants: Can't Deport Them, so Give Them Work



• February 15, 2005: Defense Budget Increase ... Again; 'Strike Two' for Experimental Missile Defense Program; and Bush Pushes for Patriot Act Renewal



• February 14, 2005: Democrats Hit the Trail to Refute Bush's Social Security Plans; No End in Sight for Big Government ; and United States Employs 'Tool Kit' to Manage North Korea



• February 11, 2005: President Pitches Social Security Plan to African American Community; Real ID Act: Real Solution or Real Nuisance?; Senate Approves Tort Reform Measure



• February 10, 2005: North Korea: We Have a Bomb; Lawmakers Wary of Exploding Medicare Cost Estimates; and Pentagon Views Iran Plans



• February 9, 2005: Bush's Second Term: Return of Big Government; Lawmakers Still 'In the Dark' Regarding Specifics of Social Security Plan; and Medicare Drug Costs Shatter Original Price Tag



• February 8, 2005: Bush Budget Proposal Draws Criticism; Senate Debates Rules for Class-Action Lawsuits; and Pentagon Budget Proposal Doesn't Include Iraq Costs



• February 7, 2005: Fiscal Restraint Planned in Budget; Changed Attitudes in Iraq Following Election; and Opposition To Personal Accounts May Alienate Democrats' Base



• February 4, 2005: Bush Takes Social Security on the Road; Rice: Iran Attack 'Not on the Agenda'; and Rumsfeld: Despite Election, Iraq Violence Will Continue



• February 3, 2005: President Bush Touches Third Rail; Bush Promises to Rein in Expenditures for 2006; and Federal Courts to Handle Class-Action Lawsuits



• February 2, 2005: Senate Democrats Claim Votes to Thwart Personal Accounts; President Seeks to Restore Fiscal Credibility in Address; Bush Faces College Aid Dilemma



• February 1, 2005: Anti-Spam Law Ineffective; Different Approach Urged in Afghan Drug War; and AT&T Hangs It Up.



• January 31, 2005: Polls Show Minorities Support Social Security Reform; Democrats Challenge Bush on Iraq Policy; and OPEC Warns of High Oil Prices



• January 28, 2005: Cato Poll: Majority of Americans Support Individual Accounts; Bush Would Consider Troop Withdrawal from Iraq; and Administration Won't Appeal Media Ownership Decision.



• January 27, 2005: President Promotes Health Savings Accounts; Blair Urges United States to Join Global Warming Fight; and Senators Propose More Oversight for Fannie, Freddie.



• January 26, 2005: Budget Deficit to Surpass $400 Billion in 2005 ; Court OKs Obesity Suit against McDonald's; and Bush Appeals to African Americans for Social Security Reform



• January 25, 2005: Army to Maintain Troop Level in Iraq at Least Two More Years; Workingwomen Will Benefit from Social Security Reform; and Tort Reform Bill Likely to Pass.



• January 24, 2005: Poll: Americans Want Social Security Reform; Tape Says Insurgents Will Disrupt Iraqi Elections ; and Microsoft Won't Appeal EU Ruling



• January 21, 2005: Spreading Democracy Militarily Is Popular, but 'May Prove Counterproductive'; AARP Wants Social Security 'Adjustments,' aka Tax Hikes and Benefit Cuts; and Americans Divided on Iraq Policy



• January 20, 2005: President to Promote "Expansion of Freedom"; Cheney: Bush Restored Power to the Presidency; and As Iraq Vote Nears, President Concerned about Insurgents.



• January 19, 2005: Rice Declines to Set Withdrawal from Iraq; House Chairman Looks Beyond Payroll Taxes; and Bush Backs Off Marriage Amendment



• January 18, 2005: Cheney Supports Larger Personal Accounts; Neocons Looking Toward Regime Change in Iran; and Deadline Looms for D.C. Stadium Private Financing



• January 14, 2005: Bush: Benefit Cuts Not Inevitable; Iraq Becoming New Terrorist Breeding Ground; and North Korea Ready to Return to Nuclear Talks



• January 13, 2005: High Court Deals Blow to Mandatory Sentencing; Feds Unveil New Dietary Recommendations; and Overstretched Army Calling Up Retirees.



• January 12, 2005: Ownership Society Includes Property Confiscation?; WMD Search Ends in Iraq without Weapons; and Bush Will Push Immigration Reform.



• January 11, 2005: Bush Pledges Aggressive Social Security Overhaul; Pentagon Possibly Rethinking Iraq Strategy; and Congressmen Visit North Korea



• January 10, 2005: Mankiw: Social Security's 'Empty Promises'; Increased Oversight Likely in Wake of Fannie, Freddie Scandals; and U.S. Pension Plan Woes Set to Worsen



• January 7, 2005: Areas in Iraq Unsafe for Election; 2004 Jobs Best Since 1999, Growth Still Slow; and Canada to Restrict Prescription Drugs Sales to United States



• January 6, 2005: Split on Social Security Reform; Tougher Penalty Proposed for Employers of Illegal Immigrants; and Troubled D.C. Schools Spend the Most per Pupil



• January 5, 2005: Bush Presses for Limits to Medical Malpractice Awards; GOP Leaders, Bush to Discuss Social Security; and U.S. Considers New Syrian Sanctions



• January 4, 2005: Individual Accounts Provide a Better Return Rate; Bipartisan Resistance for No Child Left Behind; and Iraq Advisers Could Doom U.S Military Exit.