The ObamaCare Quagmire
Even if Democrats extract the votes to put ObamaCare over the top, it will at best be a Pyrrhic victory for them. Regardless of the outcome, this monstrosity might cost the Democrats the Congress this...
View ArticleWhy the Federal Government Is Broke (Census Edition)
Earlier this week, I received in the mail an envelope marked "United States Census 2010." Thinking that this must be the infamous 10 question survey the federal government will send out as part of the...
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Financial Crisis Forces California Government to Lay Off Employees
I received the following in an e-mail recently and couldn't resist posting it here.This financial crisis is forcing California state and local agencies to make some tough decisions. If things continue...
View ArticleKrugman Blues
This is about a month old now, but I just saw it and wanted to post it. Loudon Wainwright III plays "The Krugman Blues" off his new album "10 Songs for the New Depression." It's actually pretty decent,...
View ArticleTen Ideas to Fix Cleveland's Schools
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District suffers from severe financial and academic issues. The district has a $53 million deficit for the 2010-2011 school year, has lost close to 40,000 students...
View ArticleFix the Schools
The essence of this policy brief's recipe to fix failing urban schools: close failing schools, open new charter schools, give principals control of their budgets, let parents choose schools, replicate...
View ArticleDying People Shouldn't Have to be Beggars
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. … Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the...
View ArticleInternet Turns 25 Years Old!
Twenty-five years ago the first .com was registered, and the Internet was born. Or, so say the folks over at the Information, Technology, and Innovation Foundation. To commemorate this "birthday," ITIF...
View ArticleReason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey
Cleveland was one of America’s 10 largest cities in 1950. By the 2000 Census it wasn’t in the top 30. And from 2000 to 2007, only New Orleans - devastated by Hurricane Katrina - lost more of its...
View ArticleThe FCCâ??s Broadband Plan: The Devil Will Be in the Details
Politico’s Playbook earlier today released what is described as “a late draft” of the executive summary of the FCC’s Broadband Plan, due to be delivered to Congress Wednesday. The document is long on...
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