On: 10/15/2008 10:17:28 In: Fiscal Responsibility Sometimes the will of the people does prevail, and principle triumphs over politics as usual. The citizens of Louisiana have been on the edge of their seats for the past couple of weeks, waiting to see if their governor would listen […]

On: 10/14/2008 15:01:11 In: School Choice “[T]he Due Process Clause does not permit a State to infringe on the fundamental right of parents to make child-rearing decisions simply because a state judge believes a ‘better’ decision could be made.” —US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor California […]

On: 10/14/2008 10:00:48 In: Government Transparency By Dr. James “Jim” Kadlecek “The university has lost its way, and everybody knew it except the Board of Regents, the alumni, the faculty and 90 percent of the students” – James Michener, The Drifters  Another New Mexico State University president moves on. In the dozen years I’ve lived in Las Cruces, […]

On: 10/13/2008 11:45:08 In: Taxes Despite the growing cost of commodities like food and energy, the Democratic-controlled Congress wants to raise taxes on individuals and businesses. But we need only to look at the 1970’s to see the foolishness of that proposal. In 1980, as the Carter administration was in […]

On: 10/10/2008 15:49:41 In: Government Transparency What is it with politicians and cars these days? First, the car-kiting scandal . Now this: While Kentucky schools are experiencing budget cuts lately, at least one member of the state education department seems to have missed the memo. During this time of […]

On: 10/09/2008 13:05:31 In: Government Transparency The State Senate of Illinois has taken a good first half step towards banning the notoriously corrupt practice of “pay-to-play.” Under pay-to-play, unethical officeholders hand out lucrative state contracts to their political cronies — who, in turn hand back hefty campaign […]

On: 10/08/2008 17:18:17 In: Government Transparency

On: 10/08/2008 11:50:09 In: Fiscal Responsibility By HOWARD RICH There are many ironies associated with “Ronald Reagan’s Eleventh Commandment,” but perhaps the greatest irony of all is that this outdated Republican Party maxim didn’t originate with the Gipper. Those famous words “Thou shalt not speak ill of […]

On: 10/07/2008 14:43:26 In: Energy Crisis, Global Warming Fraud, and the Environment Big Government has once again proven that it really believes that tax dollars belong to them and not the taxpayers they “appropriate” the funds from. The New York State Assembly is reticent to take up a measure to cut the Empire State’s gas tax by 32 cents per gallon from Memorial Day weekend to Labor […]

On: 10/06/2008 13:17:25 In: Energy Crisis, Global Warming Fraud, and the Environment Lest anyone think high energy prices are because the world has completely maximized its production of fuel while demand continues to grow, it is clear that in the Land of Opportunity, the American people are missing opportunity after opportunity to bring […]