E.O. Wilson of Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology is America’s best-known biologist and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. He makes an annual pilgrimage to Bozeman for the American Computer Museum’s award dinner held in cooperation with MSU and Yellowstone Park. He was here on October 7th and reminded us that MSU is the “University of […]

Last month the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment conducted a program for seminary professors and religious leaders on “Our Environment: Economics, Ecology, and Ethics.” The conference was designed to further FREE’s mission, which is to “assist judges, religious leaders and other community leaders and scholars by conducting seminars that provide tools and […]

Every loan bears some risk that it will not be repaid. In making a loan, a prudent lender will accurately price the risk of the loan. Regulations that interfere with the ability to price risk accurately leads lenders to reduce their risk exposure by curtailing lending. Since President Obama’s comprehensive financial overhaul bill would fundamentally […]

America’s experiences with Indian tribes should alert us to consequences of changes in rights, especially when imposed from higher authority. When rights to land or valuable resources that flow from it are unclear and changing, conflict naturally follows. A sense of ownership can come from traditional uses that engender psychological entitlement. Leigh Anderson and Dick […]