Recent Opeds & Letters to the Editor

Obama Chooses Partisan Politics over Conscience, Pragmatism

Benjamin Domenech
February 16, 2012

President Barack Obama’s decision to force religious organizations to violate their faith in order to continue serving their employees, students, and fellow citizens marks a break with the nation’s

Choice, Not More Obama-Style Statism, Can Reduce Dropout Rate

Robert G. Holland
February 16, 2012

President Barack Obama weighed in against school dropouts in his State of the Union Address only to advocate a remedy--government compulsion--that has failed to ease the problem.

Ruling that Anti-bullying Law is Unconstitutional is a Relief

Joy Pullmann
February 07, 2012

It is rather a relief for New Jersey school districts and students that a state panel has ruled a new anti-bullying law unfunded, and therefore unconstitutional, because the law itself would have c

An Argument For Less Government In Health Care

Eli Lehrer
February 06, 2012

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius has announced that religiously oriented institutions — Catholic ones in particular — are going to have to cover contraception through their

Hawaii Teachers Union Dares Obama Administration to Yank $75 Million Grant

Joy Pullmann
February 01, 2012

Last week, Hawaii teachers revolted against their union leadership, governor, and the Obama administration by overwhelmingly rejecting a contract containing flimsy merit pay and annual evaluations

Senate Should Act on Flood Insurance Reform

Eli Lehrer
February 01, 2012

On issues ranging from heath care to financial regulation, Democrats and Republicans in Congress have almost nothing in common.

International Law Too Easy on Cruise Lines

Eli Lehrer
January 27, 2012

If even half of them are true, the allegations against the captain of the Costa Concordia--the half-billion-dollar cruise ship currently half-submerged off the Italian coast--ought to boil anyone’s

International Law Too Easy on Cruise Lines

Eli Lehrer
January 24, 2012

If even half of them are true, the allegations against the captain of the Costa Concordia--the half-billion-dollar cruise ship currently half-submerged off the Italian coast--ought to boil anyone’s