How to promote federalism and reduce Clean Water Act abuse

The federal government should transfer permitting authority to states under the Clean Water Act 404 program.

Species recovery depends on establishing better incentives

An Endangered Species Act regulation undermines incentives to conserve and recover species, while also harming property owners and the economy.

To protect endangered species, secure property rights

To protect endangered species, we need to rely more on property rights and less on regulation.

If the Endangered Species Act were a doctor, it would lose its medical license

The Endangered Species Act is popular, despite an abysmal recovery rate, because of survey bias, voter ignorance, and poor debate.

Regulations should be judged at the margins

Regulations can’t be defended based on overall costs v. benefits, but must be justified on the margins.

A monument to presidential excess

The big news this week was the President’s declaration of Bear’s Ears and Gold Butte national monuments, totaling a little … More

A government of laws, and not of men

Early this week, the Boston Globe reported on the nightmare a New Hampshire retailer experienced when he caught the attention … More

Bureaucracy for bureaucracy’s sake

Earlier this week, the Boston Globe reported on the bureaucratic nightmare that a New Hampshire retailer experienced with he caught the … More

‘Ignorance of the law is no excuse’ leads to bureaucratic nightmares

The Boston Globe reports the nightmare that a small New Hampshire retailer experienced when he caught the eye of bureaucrats … More

Why do property owners care about critical habitat?

Recently, 18 states announced that they were challenging the Fish and Wildlife Service’s new critical habitat regulations. For decades, the … More