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POPSIs the Web making young people vote? Youth voter turnout has increased in recent elections, including this year's primaries. I believe the Web has made it easier and more interesting to be politically engaged -- and young people are connecting online.
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POPSHousing Tax Credit Instead Fan & Fred pass some cheap money to home buyers, but the majority of it goes to banks. Why is the U.S. government subsidizing lenders? Instead, pass along the savings directly to homeowners.
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POPSIs being cruel online illegal? The case of Megan Meier, who committed suicide last year - is testing new, very interesting legal ground that has previously been used against hackers.
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POPSEntitlement Creep Forecasts for entitlement spending are eye-popping. If we don't want to mirror Europe's slow decline (people don't take jobs because the government pays more, for not working), we must stop this. Increasing taxes isn't the answer.
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POPSSan Francisco Swings Right? Voters came out in favor of a massive housing development plan, and against the initiative that aimed at making the new housing units more "fair". Is San Francisco trending right?
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POPSCalifornia Cuts Schwarzenegger wants you to buy a lottery ticket -- it's going to fund our budget shortfall.
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POPSSUV sales down Gas prices are finally changing consumer behavior. But that should mean less demand, and that should mean lower prices...
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POPSEven condos in San Francisco! The San Francisco market for condominiums, even at the high it seems, won't be coverage by AIG. This is new. Word here has been that San Francisco's real estate market is too special (and supply constrained) to feel sub prime pains.
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POPSFood or Fuel? Biofuel subsidies are diverting crops from the food supply. How can we allow this as grain prices skyrocket?
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POPSMcCain's Big Money The NYTimes finds it scandalous that one-sixth of McCain's big money fund-raisers are lobbyists. I'm impressed 80% aren't.
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POPSSpeculators Wreak Havoc The price of commodities is increasingly untied to demand. When there are food riots abroad, should we let this kind of speculation continue?
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POPSLinux is Big Business Just over two-thirds of development work on the open source software is done by employees of big companies. Does that make Linux less free?
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POPSStealth Tax Hiking the tax rate on capital gains would hit middle class Americans, and probably lower capital gain returns (if history holds true).
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POPSLoophole Bonanza To "rescue" homeowners Congress is giving millions to the housing industry and green firms. All this and a deficit! Tax hikes could come next.
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POPSWhy Regulators Fail Government agencies compete for market share, for self-preservation. The result is lax oversight and lots of holes in the system. Would a mega-regulator be better?
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POPSInterest rates aren't the problem Bernanke's cuts have eased the scheduled increases on sub primes with "teaser rates". If these borrows can't afford there homes now, they couldn't afford to buy them in the first place.
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