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February 10, 2015

The White House Lied About Those Getting Amnesty Not Receiving Welfare Benefits

We are going to have to forget that old maxim that “crime doesn’t pay,” because in Obama’s redistribution economy crime (i.e., entering the country illegally) pays handsomely.

February 8, 2015

If Obama Wants Reagan's Capital Gains Tax Rate, He Should Take Reagan's Income Tax Rates

The White House has sent conservatives what it apparently thinks is a very clever message: You say the economy boomed under President Ronald Reagan’s tax reforms. Well, Reagan’s top capital gains tax rate was 28 percent, so let’s go back to that.

February 4, 2015

Are You (And High Schoolers) Smarter Than Immigrants Taking A Citizenship Test?

Arizona has become the first state in the country to require high school students to pass the basic civics test given to immigrants applying to become U.S. citizens. Students will have to correctly answer 60 of the test’s 100 questions. Can they do it? Can you?

February 2, 2015

Don't Fetishize Local Control

Abbott is correct; his observation clarifies an area of confusion among many regarding the supposed sanctity of local control.

January 30, 2015

New Congress Has an Energy Mandate

While the economy may have been voters' primary concern, energy issues played a key role, especially in the states that gave Republicans control of the Senate.

January 29, 2015

Rand Paul's Renewed Effort to Stop the Government From Stealing You Blind

Civil asset forfeiture has become one of law enforcement’s most egregious and unconstitutional practices.

January 28, 2015

The EPA Hopes To Kill The Texas Jobs Machine

If implemented, the EPA’s ozone ceiling reduction would kill off Texas jobs and handicap future economic growth—and achieve virtually nothing in return.

January 28, 2015

Run, Joe, Run!

Vice President Joe Biden claims he’s still considering a presidential bid. All I can say is: Run, Joe, run. There are reasons why Joe should jump in; they may not be good reasons, but at least they’re better than Hillary’s.

January 28, 2015

Evidence Doesn't Support Fracking As Cause Of Texas Earthquakes

People understandably want answers when they feel the earth shake. But correlation is not causation.

January 27, 2015

How To Fix The Internet

Now the Obama administration is turning its attention to one of our few remaining problems: solving the puzzle of why the Internet has been such a massive disappointment.

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