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By Mark Tapscott: Government spending and debt have grown so much in recent years that the federal budget is on an “unsustainable course” and will require reduced benefits and higher taxes in the near…
Read MoreBy Cole Lauterbach: When people leave the state, they take their paychecks with them and since 2000, Illinois has lost hundreds of billions of dollars in spending power as a result. An analysis of…
Read MoreBy Julie Kelly: Score another victory for the anti-Trump thugs and bullies. Journalistic codes of conduct, rules, and ethics were set aside in service of a plan to destroy the Trump presidency. Read more:…
Read MoreBy David L. Rosenthal: There is a lot of unlawful activity going on in American bureaucracy.
Read MoreBy Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner: Illinois’ finances aren’t just decaying at the top, they’re falling apart everywhere. The state’s one-size-fits-all pension laws and overly generous benefits have left many cities suffocating under impossible pension debts as their populations shrink, tax…
Read MoreBy Conrad Black: A disgraceful end for “deep state” actors and an implosion of the Democratic Party’s 2020 nominee are both very real possibilities.
Read MoreBy Curtis Ellis: Tariffs on Chinese imports have the nabobs of negativism nattering on about how American consumers will have to pay more at the mall this Christmas. These talking heads know the price…
Read MoreBy Andrew C. McCarthy: The IG report confirms it.
Read MoreBy Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner: Illinois is losing the state-to-state battle for people, and those losses are doing real damage to Illinois’ tax base and its economic vitality.
Read MoreBy Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner: Illinois is an extreme outlier nationally when it comes to losing people to other states through domestic out-migration. Unsurprisingly, it’s also an outlier when it comes to losing…
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Too bad so few Illinoisans will learn about this — here is Adam Schuster: Newly retired government workers’ lifetime pension benefits will far exceed what they contributed toward their own retirements Since July 1,…
Read MoreBy Jason Snead: The cases—which are most likely just the tip of the iceberg—range from ineligible noncitizens casting illegal ballots to corrupt politicians buying votes and rigging their own elections.
Read MoreBy Mark Glennon: To many of us, some things seem obvious. When you’re so broke that your survival is threatened you don’t raise pay. You don’t keep facilities open that are half full. You…
Read MoreBy Julie Kelly: The McCabe-CNN hookup is the latest in the long-running fling between the Obama Justice Department and the media.
Read MoreBy Adam Schuster: Despite shrinking populations of students and teachers, Illinois school districts have continued to grow their administrative bodies.
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