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From Herbert London: Over the last thirty years (nothing precise about this time frame) radicals in the United States have worked tirelessly and relentlessly to change this society in a manner consistent with their…
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From the Cato Institute: News that the poverty rate has risen to 15.1 percent of Americans, the highest level in nearly a decade, has set off a predictable round of calls for increased government…
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It’s for the kids, right? Wrong. And there’s no question that public school administrators and teachers could care less about the future of education funding. They want theirs, period. From the NCAP: The costs…
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The problem is — since Republicans don’t understand mass communications — they can’t not blow it. From David Harsanyi at GOPUSA: Whatever you make of [Obama’s economic] ideas in general, they are unserious policy…
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From the NCPA: In mid-May, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) revised its previous estimate of the federal government’s 2013 deficit downward by 24 percent. The fiscal year (which ends on September 30) will feature…
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Some of us have been writing about this for many years — and make no mistake — both parties and all citizens share the blame. The Democrats primarily because over-spending is in their DNA…
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So this is what Obama was talking about when he spoke of hope and change, and the “fundamental transformation” of America. What’s amazing is how few people still see let alone grasp reality. First…
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The unemployment rate isn’t dropping. Government and the political spinners lie (as if we didn’t already know that). Here is an excerpt from one article and a link to two others. First, from Michael…
Read MoreFrom the Heritage Foundation: Detroit is just one of many local and state governments that are broke. Next in line: Illinois. Unlike Detroit, changes in the manufacturing industry will not contribute to the demise…
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From the NCPA: In late June the ratings agency Moody’s issued a report recalculating states’ pension debts using more conservative metrics than the states themselves apply, says Steven Malanga, an editor for Real Clear…
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From Nicholas Eberstadt at the American Enterprise Institute: Three overarching facts illuminate the strange and troubling economic paradoxes for America from the terrible 2008 crash and its aftermath. First: for U.S. financial and equity…
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G. Tracy Mehan III looks at Niall Ferguson’s new book: If you suffer from melancholia, or display other symptoms of clinical depression, you might want to skip reading Niall Ferguson’s The Great Degeneration: How…
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If we had a decent education system articles like this would be a lot less critical. From the Peter Ferrara at the Heartland Institute: Let’s proclaim the Good News: Government money is free. No,…
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And they’re the same reasons why money and jobs are leaving Illinois. From the NCPA: The Texas economy has been a remarkable success story in recent years. Compared with other states, the recession largely…
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From Steven Malanga — and note the second paragraph. Illinois’ situation when it comes to pensions is far worse. The city of Detroit has been in economic decline for decades. For much of that…
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