Opinion
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Here’s How State Legislators Can FINALLY Fix The National Debt In 2018
Opinion -Now that 2017 is in the books, Americans across the country are working to keep their New Year’s resolutions so that 2018 might be better than years past. -
Teachers Unions Say Each Teacher Costs Schools $100,000 But Unions Still Want MORE Money
Opinion -Our country’s teachers unions are doing what they do best: throwing a childish tantrum and demanding they get more of your hard-earned tax dollars to spoil their underperforming members. -
Dental Therapists Can Soothe Florida’s Dental Shortage Pains
Opinion -Florida is facing an oral care crisis. -
School Choice is Free-market Alternative
Opinion -A recent series published by The Huffington Post, created in conjunction with an Indiana media company, examines Indiana’s “booming” school choice program and “highlights the benefits and battles over vouchers.” -
Supreme Court Action Leaves Water Rights Muddy
Opinion -A federal court in California ruled a 1908 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established federal lands, including Indian reservations, have a legal right to surface water, also applies to groundwater. -
Small Colleges Struggle with Declining Enrollment
Opinion -Decreasing enrollment at small colleges and universities is a growing matter of concern, college administrators report. -
Politico Slanders Ed Crane, a Great Man
Opinion -This thinly sourced story should not have run. Ed Crane deserves better. -
The ‘End of the World’ Apparently Comes With a Bump in Pay
Opinion -One wouldn’t know it listening to many media loudmouths, but the recently passed GOP tax reform bill is producing results that should earn the applause of “progressives.” -
Has Amazon Improved Life?
Opinion -Shopping with Amazon Prime has made my life better. But has Amazon improved the U.S. economy? -
Phyllis Schlafly, Champion OF Investors, Defender of Vigorous U.S. Patent System
Opinion -Phyllis Schlafly is perhaps best remembered for leading grassroot campaigns against Communism, abortion and the Equal Rights Amendment. -
Heartland Weekly: Why a Carbon Tax Does Not Work
Opinion -February 5th, 2018. -
Another Angle on American Individualism
Opinion -Sometimes one simply needs a change of scenery in order to see things more clearly. -
Lease the OCS – To Benefit All Americans
Opinion -An informed decision-making process will safely produce energy that belongs to all Americans. -
Michigan Supreme Court to Hear Case on Guns in Schools
Opinion -Michigan’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case brought by gun rights activists challenging school districts’ authority to ban firearms on school property. -
Taxes Are Better Than This
Opinion -Civil asset forfeiture involves the government taking assets allegedly used in or the proceeds of criminal activity. -
Merit-Based Teacher Pay Leads to Higher Student Achievement, DOE Study Finds
Opinion -Rewarding teachers with salary incentives for successful performance leads to increased student achievement, a study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) reports. -
One Reason Why Economics is Challenging
Opinion -Nineteenth Century poet Christina Rossetti asked, “Who has seen the wind?” Neither you nor I have, but we know that the wind can blow down trees and buildings -
The Debt Ceiling Hysteria and Profligate Government
Opinion -Once again, the financial fears have been ratcheted up due to recent announcements by the U.S. Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that by the middle of March 2018 the Federal government will have run out of room -
The Black Unemployment Rate
Opinion -The fact-checkers checked, and found that this was a "fact" cited by Donald Trump that wasn't an exaggeration or outright false. -
This Is Where Our Taxes Go
Opinion -Nobody likes paying taxes. -
Government And Crony Contractors – You’d Better Shop Around
Opinion -President Donald Trump inherited a whole lot of awful Barack Obama policy. -
Federal Court Rejects California Renewable Energy Tariff
Opinion -The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California rejected the California Public Utilities Commission’s Renewable Market Adjusting Tariff for small renewable electricity projects. -
Common Core-Aligned Standards Decrease Massachusetts Students’ Achievement, Study Finds
Opinion -Massachusetts student achievement continues to decline in the wake of the state’s adoption of the Common Core State Standards, a new study has found. -
Betsy DeVos Touts Shrinking DoE as First-Year Accomplishment
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #208
