State police need a plan.
Byline: The Register-Guard No one is enthusiastic about the idea of taxing auto insurance to support the state police - not even the man who proposed it, Gov. Ted Kulongoski. But Democratic and Republican legislators alike say they support putting more state troopers on the state's highways....

Fuel tax.
I read with interest your small piece ('People power', NI 357) on running a car on cooking oil, and began a little research on the possibilities. I discovered that although in Britain this fuel is much cheaper than diesel, you are wrong to state that it is not subject...

Amtrak subsidies. (Letter to the Editor).
Regarding "Another Great Train Robbery" ("Correction, Please!," April 8th): As a constitutional conservative and business owner, I certainly agree that we need less government involvement in business. But there are areas of activity that do require government, and they include transportation. Amtrak is inefficient under the present...

Governor's bypass of transit, highway planning system crashes.
Three years ago--back when California had money--Gov. Gray Davis came up with a clever idea to push more money into transportation projects in a way that would benefit his core political constituencies without raising taxes. Today, Davis's Transportation Congestion Relief Program appears to be self-destructing, along with the entire...

Air Transport News.
Mar 17, 2008 Airlines are criticizing the FAA's plan to modernize the air traffic control system by using a satellite tracking system to replace radar equipment. Carriers say the plan is too expensive and will not substantially change the way planes operate. Mar 14, 2008 ...

Airline Finance News - North America.
Mar 3, 2008 Fuel prices, stalled merger talks send shares lower. The soaring price of oil sent airline shares lower on Thursday. Meanwhile, news that merger talks between Delta Airlines and Northwest Airlines have stalled also sent shares lower. Feb 29, 2008 Opposition to proposed...

The central bank's liquidity policy in an oil economy.
Norges Bank's instrument for achieving the objective of low and stable inflation is the key policy rate--the rate of interest on banks' deposits in Norges Bank. But how do Norges Bank's interest rate decisions affect market interest rates? They work through liquidity policy. The aim of liquidity policy is...

Concerns raised over gaming policy.
Dear Editor: I would like to comment on the province of New Brunswick's recently announced new gaming policy. I should preface my comments by informing you that I have lived in the Aboriginal First Nation of St. Mary's for 40 years. I am non-Native and married a...

The politics of the transportation bill: which presidential candidate is a stronger supporter of transportation programs?
The presidential election next month has President George W. Bush and Massachusetts Senator John F. Kerry talking about how they stand on the economy, the war in Iraq and homeland security. Yet it is much more difficult to find out where each of them stands on America's roads. And,...

Continuity in economic policy in postware Lebanon: the record of the Hariri and Hoss governments examined, 1992-2000.
INTRODUCTION FOR SIX YEARS (DECEMBER 1992-NOVEMBER 1998), Rafiq Hariri and his economic team were in charge of managing the Lebanese economy. While some of Hariri's economic polices had popular support, most were controversial ones that triggered mixed and sometimes overtly hostile reactions. But despite official criticisms that...