How Education ‘Reform’ Serves Everyone But Our Kids
By Whitney Neal/Townhall.comIt’s the quintessential tragedy of education reform today. Paychecks – not children – are the golden ticket of a movement that has been hijacked by consultants and experts...
View ArticleThe Export-Import Bank Bill Exposes the DC vs. America Divide
The current political battle over the bill to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank reveals the immense influence the big business lobby has over both political parties. It also explains why this special...
View ArticleCDC Ebola Failure Will Add to Public Distrust of Government
It’s no wonder Americans don’t trust the government. Sandwiched between ideological zealots at the IRS and the EPA and massive corruption at the Veterans Administration, the public is being exposed to...
View ArticleObamaCare's War on Women
It’s been more than four years since the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, was signed into law. The American people were promised that the massive 2,700-page...
View ArticleAs Technology Expands Medical Access, Government Restricts It
Innovation is a remarkable thing. It makes everything faster, cheaper, and more accessible to average people. Innovation lifts all boats, but especially those of the underprivileged. The rich will...
View ArticleForget Tech, the Real Anti-Competitive Market is Health Care
With the most recent round of ObamaCare enrollments about to begin, more Americans will soon be faced with the reality of a growing doctor shortage. The Wall Street Journal reports that, for the first...
View ArticleCongress Must Step Up and Reform Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws
“I did not serve three combat tours in Iraq only to come home and be extorted,” Andrew Clyde, a US Navy veteran, told an oddly united House Ways and Means subcommittee in a February hearing.Clyde is...
View ArticleFreedomWorks’ State Civil Asset Forfeiture Scorecard Shows Dire Need for...
The presumption of innocence is a fundamental principle of the American legal system. When someone is accused of a crime, the burden is rightfully on the government to prove guilt beyond a reasonable...
View ArticleRick Perry’s Record of Success in Texas Could Aid Justice Reform Efforts in...
Rick Perry’s entrance into the race for the Republican presidential nomination could continue to push the justice-reform debate further into national politics as candidates from both parties try to...
View ArticleBernanke-Panky: A Review of the Former Fed Chairman’s The Courage to Act
Ben Bernanke’s new memoir, The Courage to Act, begins straightaway with a false premise. The first sentence of the book reads: “In all crises, there are those who act and those who fear to act.” The...
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