ctalgo
-
Windy City School Woes
Opinion -The Chicago Public School system is a mess. As the Illinois Policy Institute reports, enrollment has decreased substantially over the past 15 years, from nearly 403,000 students in 2010-11 to about 316,000 in 2025-26. This decline has resulted in about 150 of the city’s schools being half-empty, with 47 operating at less than one-third capacity, […] -
Freedom and Capitalism Will Save Cuba
Opinion -It has been 67 years since Fidel Castro’s communist revolution in Cuba, more than enough time for the regime to create the collectivist utopia it promised at the outset. In January 1959, riding high after his coup, Castro told the people of Havana, “We have a free country. We do not have censorship and the […] -
Busybody Egalitarians
Opinion -There are busybodies all around us. Many of them are incensed about income inequality. -
Brother Love the Earth’s Traveling Salvation Show
Opinion -Former National Audubon Society COO Dan Beard once confessed, “What you get in your mailbox is a never-ending stream of shrill crisis-related material designed to evoke emotions so that you will sit down and write a check.” Neil Diamond sang, “Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies, And everyone goes, ‘Cause everyone knows […] -
Security Experts Are Concerned about Potential Harm of EV Batteries
Opinion -EV batteries possess inherent hazards that could be exploited in malicious acts. -
Mississippi Is Closing the Literacy Gap. Now, It Needs Universal School Choice.
Opinion -It is no secret that Mississippi has generally not been the cream of the crop in terms of education in recent history. In 2013, the Magnolia State ranked 49th in Grade 4 Reading, 50th in Grade 4 Math, 50th in Grade 8 Reading, and 50th in Grade 8 Math based on test scores from the […] -
The Economics of Population Decline
Opinion -Declining population or depopulation has emerged after years of warnings about overpopulation. While biologists see benefits from depopulation, some economists fear reduced investment, slower economic growth, and stress to social assistance systems. Is depopulation a cause for alarm? The demographic “transition” refers to a decline in death rates leading to significant population growth and then […] -
Jobs and Economic Policy
Opinion -Good paying jobs allowing people to support families should be the focus of economic policy. So argues Oren Cass of American Compass. In The Once and Future Worker, Cass discussed what jobs-centered policy might mean: “creating an economy in which workers of all kinds can sustain strong families and communities. And that requires a policy […] -
Government Ownership of the Means of Production?
Opinion -New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is a socialist true believer, one who still advocates for government ownership of the means of production. What are the economic consequences of government ownership? We must compare decision-making structures, since economics analyzes decisions. Ownership assigns decision rights; owners make decisions about the use of houses, land, or businesses. […] -
New Energy Policies in California Threaten America’s National Security
Opinion -California’s high regulatory burden and taxes have been the basis of corporate business decisions to leave California for more pro-business locations to run a business. The exodus from California includes Tesla, Oracle, Chevron, SpaceX, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Charles Schwab, and Yamaha, which have relocated their headquarters to states with lower taxes and regulations. An increasingly […] -
Electricity Is About to Become the Most Valuable Commodity on Earth
Opinion -For candidates who hope to lead—whether as mayor, governor, or president—energy wisdom requires comprehensive awareness that modern civilization is not powered by electricity alone; that materials matter; that oil underpins global logistics and manufacturing; that ethical mining must be part of any responsible strategy; that nuclear power is returning to the global stage; and that […] -
America Literally Cannot Afford Democratic Socialism
Opinion -Despite the dire financial situation of the national government, democratic socialism is more popular than ever. -
Degraded Schools
Opinion -Nat Malkus, a senior fellow in education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, oversees the Return to Learn Tracker, which monitors chronic absenteeism in U.S. schools. His latest report, released in early February, includes data from 39 states and Washington, DC. He states that after reaching a high of 29 percent in the 2021–22 […] -
Could California Be a National Security Risk For America?
Opinion -With no crude oil pipelines over the Sierra Mountains, California is an energy island separated from the crude oil supply, and the infrastructure of oil refineries from the other 49 States. Thus, all in-state California transportation fuel demands for ships, airports, cars, and trucks is stressing in-state refineries: Beyond chemistry, hydrocarbons underpin physical mobility. Collectively, […] -
Seattle Socialists Should Be Sleepless
Opinion -While New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been in the national limelight for many months, his democratic socialist colleague in Seattle, Mayor Katie Wilson, has mostly remained under the radar. A few weeks ago, Mamdani released his Fiscal Year 2027 Preliminary Budget, which calls for $14 billion in new spending, even though New York […] -
State Education Standards Should Matter More
Opinion -In the United States, education is primarily under the purview of the states. Although the federal government has taken a larger role since the creation of the Department of Education in 1979 and the passage of laws like No Child Left Behind in 2002, education pedagogy generally remains under the sole discretion of state entities. […] -
Global Elites Clinging to Green Policies Are Clueless
Opinion -Global elites who cling to “green” policies cannot explain how the more than 341,000 wind turbines currently on the planet will make: Wind turbines only generate electricity but cannot make any products for life as we know it. The world populated from one to eight billion in less than 200 years from the more than […] -
Mamdani’s Socialist Agenda Will Squeeze the Middle Class
Opinion -New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released his Fiscal Year 2027 Preliminary Budget, which includes $14 billion in new spending, while warning that he might have to “ balance the budget on the backs of working and middle class New Yorkers.” Unlike the federal government, which can print money to cover budget deficits, states and […] -
A Strong Economy Doesn’t Have a Citizenry That Is $18.8 Trillion in Debt
Opinion -Starting in the 1970s, the U.S. government began stupidly helping Big Business convert America into a 70 percent consumption economy. Which now means: For every $10 of U.S. economic activity, $7 is spending money. Which means any little economic hiccup – is awful for the U.S. economy. And explains why anytime there is even a little […] -
New York City Cannot Afford Democratic Socialism
Opinion -On February 17, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released his Fiscal Year 2027 Preliminary Budget, which includes $14 billion in new spending, bringing the grand total of what he wants to spend in FY 2027 to more than $127 billion. Mamdani notes that he “inherited” a “fiscal crisis” “from the prior Administration,” which is […] -
The Impact of New York City’s Rental Stabilization Laws
Opinion -Democratic socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani now has a nearly clear path to implement rent freezes in New York City for rent stabilized tenants after three Rent Guidelines Board members resigned this month, allowing Mamdani to appoint six new members to the nine-member board. If the board decides to vote in favor rent […] -
Curriculum Standards Should Mandate that Teachers Teach the Truth About Socialism
Opinion -As a long-time libertarian and former public high school teacher, I generally resist mandates designed to micromanage how educators perform their craft. -
Net Zero Is Unaffordable for the Six Billion Living in Poverty
Opinion -After the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro in early January 2026, Venezuela has been receiving a lot of press the past few weeks. Of particular interest is that as of today, more than 90 percent of the 30 million Venezuelans, i.e. 27 million, live in poverty. Nearly 70 percent are stuck in extreme poverty. Shockingly, 80 percent of […] -
EPA Plans One of Largest Deregulation Moves in U.S. History
Opinion -The EPA is set to repeal an Obama-era greenhouse gas rule, in what the EPA is describing as “the largest act of deregulation in the history of the United States.” The new rule will reportedly eliminate requirements to measure, report, certify, and comply with the federal greenhouse gas emission standards for motor vehicles that were […]
