Links

Colombia: it's time for Congress to pass the free trade agreement.

• John Stossel explains why energy independence is a bad idea. Calls for an energy policy to promote independence are very bipartisan in nature.

• Mark Perry has a tally of tariffs paid by U.S. businesses due to Congress' failure to pass the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement.

• The Wall Street Journal editorial board notes the great migration of Americans to the nation's capital. Like bank robbers, they're just going to where the money is.

• John Tamny says we need to save Haiti's poor from development economy Jeffrey Sachs.

• David Boaz of the Cato Institute takes a look at the good old days that never were.