August 8, 2022

From Cotton Fields to College

When I was a child in Arkansas, even the cotton fields were segregated. I picked cotton with my mother and grandmother on my granduncle’s farm. My grandfather died on the eve of the Great Depression, and my grandmother had to sell the family fa...

April 15, 2016

Another ‘Free’ Government Service

Sen. Elizabeth Warren says taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for tax software. She has the support of other liberal Democrats. She has introduced a bill that would require the IRS to make available a “free” online filing option to som...

November 28, 2014

The Harsh Realities of the Corporate Income Tax

Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber is now famous for saying that ObamaCare would never have passed were it not for the stupidity of American voters. He said that supporters of the bill could not admit that the bill taxed medical insurance premiums b...

July 24, 2014

Heading the Supreme Court off at the Pass

Two federal appeals courts are now split over the question of whether the IRS can establish federally run exchanges in place of state exchanges in the thirty-six states that did not create health insurance exchanges envisioned in the ObamaCare law. I...

June 9, 2012

The Obama Nation versus the Reagan Sensation

Our current economic slowdown is being called the "Great Recession."  How often have you heard someone say the this economy is the worst since the Depression?  The economic problems we face today are enormous, but that does not mean that th...

January 27, 2012

Let's Be Fair about Taxation

When I hear others say "fair share," I know what is coming -- a diatribe against the wealthy followed by recommendations to more heavily tax "millionaires and billionaires." The specifics usually follow.  I learn that it isn't just millionaire...

January 14, 2011

Study rewards schools for squandering tax dollars

As a Florida resident, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Florida schools are now ranked in the top five nationally. Florida's approach to education has, in the past, been suspect. Efforts initiated a little more than a decade ago by then Gover...

December 31, 2010

Why Do Schools Fire Losing Coaches But Not Bad Teachers?

Anyone who pays attention to local high schools knows that a coach who has several consecutive losing seasons will likely be fired.  Well, not really.  It is more likely that the losing coach will be sent to teach history or English. Have y...

October 9, 2010

Social Security: The New Class Struggle

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