Romney, Taxes, and Dependence on Government
Low-income people aren’t the only ones dependent on government. Another group is even more dependent: the people of the corporate world who expect...
Opinion
Why High-Achieving Students Cheat
Large-scale cheating has been uncovered over the last year at some of the nation’s most competitive schools. With American students no longer being educated...
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Preview of Census Data Reveals Muted Optimism for the Economy
A preview of the upcoming Census Bureau's upbeat analysis of the economy was met with little enthusiasm and contrasted sharply with reports from FedEx and...
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Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Set to Explode
When the Federal Reserve announced last week its plan to buy more treasury securities, only a few read the fine print. Many observers...
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Unionized Teachers Show Their Clout and Win
Although Chicago’s public school teachers are among the highest paid in the nation, they wanted more, and according to the settlement reached late...
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Can Republicans Talk?
Technically speaking, Republicans do talk, but talking is definitely not their strong suit. Nor do they seem to have put a lot of...
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When a Flat Tax Is Still a Progressive Tax
The U.S. tax code is a complex and burdensome maze of rates, exemptions, exclusions, credits, deductions, phase-out levels, and exceptions. People may not...
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Obama’s Chinese Tendencies
In campaign speeches September 17 in the swing state of Ohio, President Obama railed against imported automotive components that are illegally subsidized by...
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The Great Tax Divide
There was a time when Democrats and Republicans alike could talk sense about tax rates, in terms of what is best for the...
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A “Recovery” in Reverse
They say the economy is moving in the right direction, that we should stay the course, be patient, that it takes time to...
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N.Y.Times Education Confab Ends in Zero
After a full day of discussions about public education among a select group of establishment educators and allied think-tank types, the best recommendation...
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QE3: Quantitatively Easing America Further Into Inflation
Everybody knew it was coming. With the economy continuing to founder, it was only a matter of time before Ben Bernanke and the...
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Deeper in the Afghan Quagmire
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has designated the Haqqani network a terrorist organization. What is the Haqqani network? Wikipedia says that it "was...
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Will Democrats Booing God Cost Obama the Election?
Antonio Villaraigosa, the mayor of Los Angeles, was serving as chairman of the Democratic National Convention when the effort was made to put...
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National Review Online and Ron Paul
Republican leaders' decision to honor Ron Paul with a video tribute at this year’s Republican National Convention didn’t sit well with some on the...
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