March Madness: GOP Stumbles Toward Ill-Advised Makeover


The national view seems embodied in the much heralded report recently released by GOP National Chairman Reince Priebus…The GOP should pay more attention to American History and less to a deeply flawed reading of the last election.

The Telescope: Busting the Middle-Class: The Obama Recovery Enters Year Five


These findings stand in stark contrast to Obama's sanctimonious claim of "fighting for the middle-class." Further, it is evidence of failure of one of the biggest planks in the Progressive's Manifesto – Income Equality for All.

Icarus, Nixon & Obama: A Lesson on Hubris


Hubris is an attitude that the rules don’t apply – at least not to me. The hubristic culture of the Obama Administration starts at the top and permeates to all levels of the executive branch.

Is President Obama Really Just a Figurehead?


What if the most important operational decisions and actions of this administration are indeed unknown to the President? What if the actual power of the Presidency is being exercised not by the man elected to be the Chief Executive and Commander-in-Chief, but by other people in his name and without his knowledge?

The Egalitarian Roots of Environmentalism


The same evils of western civilization that are identified by the socialist – capitalism, Christian worldview, colonialism – are to the environmentalist responsible for applying the most offensive blemishes on the ecological canvas.

The IRS Scandal and the Fight for Individual Rights


As government has increased the scope of its control over citizens, the number of bureaucrats that rely on taxpayer dollars has grossly expanded as well. It’s not surprising that an agency which relies on taxpayer funding would attack citizens who seek to limit taxes and government.

The Lobato Decision and Education Reform


Winston Churchill famously noted that few things in life are quite as exhilarating as being shot at without result. In that vein many Coloradoans felt a similar adrenaline rush upon hearing that the State Supreme Court had narrowly overturned the grotesque trial verdict in the Lobato education finance case.

Government's Red Light-Green Light for Mobile Health


Mobile technology has burst into the healthcare space. Only there, the revolutionary pace of transformation is still a question mark. That’s because different government agencies are sending different signals, creating uncertainty.

Yes, Virginia, Austerity Still Works


The figure below relates the 2012 GDP growth in various European countries and the government expenditures during 2010 and 2011… The negative and statistically significant relation confirms that countries whose governments spent less experienced a stronger growth in their GDP. Austerity still works!

Congress and SCOTUS must reevaluate legal basis for NSA surveillance overreach

17-Jun-2013 | By Jimmy Sengenberger

As the debate surrounding whether leaker Edward Snowden is a whistleblowing-hero or a troublemaking-defector heats up, we should engage in the important policy debate that must now ensue regarding the delicate balance between liberty and security in the Age of Terrorism.

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