Opinion
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More Spending, Taxes, and Deficits: The Obama’s Budget
Opinion -President Obama’s proposed budget calling for more than $3.7 trillion of spending—including deficit spending of $1.65 trillion—also projects $1. -
San Antonio’s Edgewood Voucher Program Shows Benefits of Choice
Opinion -States, cities, counties, or school districts could use a well-crafted school choice expansion to attract families and businesses at no net fiscal cost—and probably some long-term savings to taxpayers—while also improving their public school -
#261: Flexibility – Loved, Overused, Conflicting
Opinion -“Flexibility.” It’s a word everyone in politics loves. They love it so much, they overuse it, deploying it in situations where it conflicts directly with the facts. -
At NC Meeting, Charter Struggle Compared to Civil Rights Movement
Opinion -The vast majority of the 700 parents, grandparents, and educators crowded into the North Raleigh Hilton Jan. 24 were black. -
Can Monetary Policy Really Create Jobs?
Opinion -Testimony of Richard K. Vedder, distinguished professor of economics at Ohio University, before the House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology, Feb. 9, 2011. Chairman Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)Dr. -
Study: Education Savings Accounts Would Create Robust School Choice Options
Opinion -Establishing education savings accounts in Arizona and elsewhere could make school choice a viable option for more families, a new report by the Goldwater Institute argues. -
Sinkholes are Big Business for Lawyers, Public Adjusters
Opinion -There's a rising tide of media reports covering the sinkhole threat facing Florida's homeowners. Don't believe the rhetoric that we have a sinkhole crisis in Florida, because we don't. -
Milwaukee Choice Students Have Higher Graduation Rates, Study Shows
Opinion -Students in Milwaukee’s Parental Choice Program have a better chance of graduating from high school than their peers, a study of the 21-year-old voucher program finds. -
Obama’s Budget Bust
Opinion -President Barack Obama on Feb. 15 held a news conference to defend his proposed budget, which features a deficit that nearly matches total federal spending just 10 years ago.Imagine if almost none of the federal spending 10 years ago had been paid for. -
‘Free’ Public Radio Is Anything But
Opinion -National Public Radio listeners are being inundated with warnings that they soon may have to drive to work every morning without the sonorous intonations of Morning Edition’s Corey Flintoff, Steve Inskeep, and Renée Montagne, and may be -
Service Trades Use Licensing to Reduce Competition, Raise Prices
Opinion -A bad haircut doesn’t pose a threat to your personal safety, nor does a floral arrangement you dislike or a wing chair that seems out of place. -
New EPA Data Show Futility Of U.S. Carbon Dioxide Restrictions
Opinion -Global carbon dioxide emissions may be rapidly rising, but the U.S. is not to blame, according to newly released data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.U.S. -
Idaho State Superintendent Pushes Online Learning, Teacher Tenure Reforms
Opinion -Idaho’s Superintendent of Public Instruction says he wants to put his state on the map with a comprehensive series of school reform proposals.Superintendent Tom Luna has a three-pronged plan to bring major changes to Idaho schools. -
Philadelphia Charter Schools Sue City to Remove Enrollment Cap
Opinion -Five more Philadelphia charter schools have joined a class-action lawsuit challenging limits placed on enrollment by the city’s public school district, which controls the tax dollars that flow to the independently operated schools. -
Obama Proposes Future of Fannie, Freddie in Just 31 Pages
Opinion -The Obama administration has released a “white paper” with proposals for the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, government-sponsored entities that were at the heart of the housing/mortgage crisis and last year accounted for 90 percent of -
Fannie Phase-Out Proposal Weak on Details
Opinion -The Obama administration’s proposal to reduce or end the influence of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the nation’s housing market has drawn a decidedly mixed response among economists and public policy researchers, including Arnold Kling, who -
Banks Likely to Pass Debit Card Limit Pain to Customers
Opinion -Bill Hardekopf, CEO of Lowcards.com, which tracks more than 1,000 credit cards for consumers, discusses recent government proposals to limit debit card fees with The Heartland Institute’s Arin Greenwood. -
For-Profit Colleges Mount Legal Challenge Against Federal Regulations
Opinion -The Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities is suing to halt the U.S. Department of Education from implementing three new regulations designed to rein in the growth of the for-profit higher education sector. -
‘Sick’ Teachers May Face Criminal Prosecution
Opinion -Public school teachers who played hooky last week to demonstrate in Madison—falsely claiming to be sick, forcing dozens of schools across the state to shut down, and dragging kids to Madison with them—better hope school districts, state and -
Priority-Based Budgeting Offered as Fundamental Reform
Opinion -The American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) new State Budget Reform Toolkit advances a set of budget reform and procurement best practices, called priority-based budgeting, to guide state policymakers as they work to solve current budget -
Barbour Gets it Wrong on Obamacare Exchanges
Opinion -While all the current Republican governors have criticized President Barack Obama's health care policy, and nearly all have joined the Florida lawsuit that may strike down the law, it appears most of these same governors are planning to proceed with -
Government Compounds Causes of Housing Collapse
Opinion -Should we be surprised that trying to end the nation’s housing crisis by doing more of what caused it has failed? -
BLS Report: Labor Unions Lost Nearly 10% of Members in 2010
Opinion -The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has issued its annual report on union membership in the United States, and it’s not good news for the unions. -
Eight Reasons to Cut Federal Aid to the States
Opinion -Federal aid-to-state programs undermine constitutional federalism, and they don’t make any practical sense. The theory behind aid is that the federal government can efficiently solve local problems, but decades of experience have shown it cannot.
