America’s First Encounters with Terrorists
By Thomas V. DiBacco
Spring/Summer 2010 Journal
The Barbary pirates’ predation provided an early challenge to the young republic. As President, James Madison put a halt to years of payoffs, diplomacy, and appeasement.
America’s First Encounters with Terrorists 
Posted 07/19/2010
23 Reasons Think Tanks Are Effective at Changing Public Policy (And One Reason They Are Not)
Posted 07/19/2010
23 Reasons Think Tanks Are Effective at Changing Public Policy (And One Reason They Are Not)
By Jeff Judson
Spring/Summer 2010 Journal
The former head of the Texas Public Policy Institute offers his insight into the movement.
If at First You Don’t Secede…
Posted 06/16/2010
If at First You Don’t Secede…
By Thomas V. DiBacco
Spring/Summer 2009 Journal
We’ve only seen one official secession succeed, but we’ve had several informal ones.
Resurgent Labor Unions Reach for More Power
Posted 06/16/2010
Resurgent Labor Unions Reach for More Power
By Scott Dilley
Spring/Summer 2009
Labor bosses would love to make membership mandatory – and expensive.
What Will Become of Newspapers?
Posted 06/15/2010
What Will Become of Newspapers?
By Neil Skene
Winter 2010 Journal
A veteran journalist contemplates the altered state of the print media- and the impact.
Hope Is on the Horizon for Harried Florida Motorists
Posted 06/15/2010
Hope Is on the Horizon for Harried Florida Motorists
By Robert Poole
Winter 2010 Journal
The state now has two powerful tools for reducing traffic congestion.
2010 Legislative Report
Posted 06/11/2010
By Thomas Perrin, Director of Public Affairs
Many of the public policy ideas that The James Madison Institute has espoused over the last two decades gained traction in the 2010 Regular Session, while still others wait for their window of opportunity. This year, the Florida Legislature took some bold steps that garnered national attention, particularly on …
April 2010 – Issue Analysis “Public Employee Pension Reform”
Posted 05/20/2010
INTRODUCTION
Public employee pensions were originally intended to supplement the retirees’ Social Security benefits and other sources of retirement income. The promise of pensions helped governments recruit skilled employees while also ensuring that retired public employees need not spend their “golden years” in a state of poverty and deprivation. However, such pensions were never intended to …
Boortz: “Somebody’s Gotta Say It”
Posted 01/01/2009 Boortz: “Somebody’s Gotta Say It”
Reviewed by Jim Ashlock
Winter 2009 Journal
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