January 27, 2016

Trickle Down Vitriol against Trump Supporters

It looks like there has been a coordinated effort to demean Trump supporters, but the only evidence we have is in disparaging epithets published over the past several months. We may never know who sent out the ‘trash Trump supporters’ t...

October 28, 2015

Ben Carson's Quiet Health Care Revelation

A huge chunk of the U.S. economy is tied up in health care ($3.8 trillion annually). Presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson doesn’t stray far from big government’s role, and suggests taking the money that’s already there and redistri...

October 28, 2015

Ben Carson's big-government education plans

Education is a huge and troubled sector of our economy (we spend over $600 billion annually) and society.  While most conservatives tend to favor local control and parental choice, Dr. Ben Carson is quite comfortable with Big Government’s ...

December 20, 2013

Ben Carson in His Own Words

After five years of President Obama, we want a dynamic conservative candidate who we can believe in to take us to 2016. With names on the horizon like Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, and Nikki Haley, we have some promising politicians...

April 16, 2013

D.C. Public Schools Paid $218,000 for Consultant's 'Memo'?

Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, has asked for a special hearing at the D.C. City Council on Thursday regarding allegations of a cheating scandal in the D.C. Public Schools.  The claims of impropriety would hav...

March 13, 2013

Libertarians and the Tea Party

Is the Tea Party movement a direct result of the Libertarian movement?  As we pondered this question, we also wanted to know when and where the two groups intersected.  We started with an informal survey.  We asked several people the f...

September 10, 2012

Education Reformer Michelle Rhee Says GOP Shouldn't 'Kowtow' to Tea Party

Weighing in on education reform at the Democratic National Convention last week, Michelle Rhee, former DC Schools Chancellor, and CEO of the lobbying organization StudentsFirst said the Republican Party shouldn't "kowtow to the special interests with...

September 7, 2012

Abolish the Department of Education?

30 years ago, Ronald Reagan called for the termination of the Department of Education. But instead of disappearing, the Jimmy Carter creation has become a federal leviathan with no signs of abating in growth. Reagan's Secretary of Education Terrell H...

July 7, 2011

Who's Responsible for the Government Schools Cheating Scandals?

Cheating scandals are multiplying as major school districts like Atlanta, Baltimore (see AT article) and Washington, DC (see AT article) are under the gun by corporate and non-profit school reformers like Eli Broad, Bill Gates and Arne Duncan to prod...