Government doesn't improve people's lives when it takes options off the table.
The worst possible reason to vote for an incumbent legislator or member of Congress is the argument from seniority.
Advocates of local control and a lean education bureaucracy have a new champion in Washington, D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee. Hired last June by Mayor Adrian Fenty, the 37-year-old Teach for America alumnus and founder of The New Teacher Project has garnered national attention for her tough stance on bureaucratic accountability and education reform.
New Hampshire is one ornery place. Its voters enjoy sticking fingers in the eyes of party regulars and, it seems, of national media commentators and pollsters.
I’ve got an idea for rejuvenating urban communities across North Carolina: use tax dollars to offer cash grants to smiths to move their operations downtown.
The daily economic and business news constantly focuses on spending and the flow of dollars between consumers and firms. Reporters eagerly ask whether consumers are spending enough to keep the economy growing, and whether businesses are earning enough to pay more to workers and stockholders.
There is one trend that many observers across the political spectrum seem confident in predicting: a political turn away from free trade.
The decline of reading as a national pastime has far-reaching educational and economic implications.
I used to support tax-funded vouchers programs to promote choice and competition in elementary and secondary education. Of late, I’ve been rethinking that position.
Hope for change is evergreen. No matter the past – each year ushers in its own newfound commitment to bettering the world. Our desire to begin again may seem predictable, even a bit banal, but it serves a worthy purpose nonetheless: nascent, unwearied resolutions often galvanize us into meaningful action.
North Carolina now has about as many residents as does the country of Sweden. Notable countries with smaller populations include Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland, and Israel.
