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It’s a statistic that should spark outrage in anyone that chooses to fly. Over half of all flights in the U.S. are not on time. Is this possible? How can airlines get away with this? Shouldn’t competition in the airline industry weed out these chronically late offenders? The answer is, competition would do this, if the airline industry were truly

Sometimes we notice anomalies in our relatively well functioning economic system, and we wonder how they could exist. For instance, how is it possible that fully 25% of all airline flights were either delayed or canceled last year?  How can California be having electricity shortages and rolling blackouts when their electricity market was

The city of Chicago has a long, notorious history of corrupt and intrusive politicians who care nothing about personal freedom.  I did not realize how bad it truly was until I moved to Chicago a little over two years ago.  It is difficult to pick a starting subject when talking about the destruction of lives and erosion of personal liberty that

The terrorist attacks of September 11 along with the continuing attack on Afghanistan have softened many people’s stance on our cherished freedoms and have emboldened almost every politician in Washington to embrace new laws that severely curtail our liberty and right to privacy.   Of course, all of these new laws and executive orders have been

On November 1, 1999, at the age of 45, Chicago Bears football great Walter Payton died while waiting for a new liver to replace the one in his body that had been ravaged by a rare disease.  Living in Chicago, I saw many people grieve and express sorrow for the fallen hero, who was truly one of the most stand-up athletes in professional sports. As