Opinion

When I had just started to raise a family, and I struggled to make my small business turn a profit, I had to make decisions about what bills to pay based on priorities and due dates. Sometimes, the struggle to balance the checkbook would be a painful one, and we had to do without some…

From the administration that brought you Common Core national standards and tests comes the news that the White House and Department of Education now are worried about too much testing in schools. Take the Obama administration’s concerns with a grain of salt, however: The new recommendations to cap assessments are unlikely to reduce any perceived…

Once again, a massive deal, crafted in secret, unveiled at the 11th hour, is being rushed through Congress under threat of panic. Once again, we have waited until an artificial deadline to force through that which our voters oppose. At its core, this deal with President Barack Obama does two things: First, it lifts federal…

Washington is addicted to spending. The most recent embodiment of this fact is the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. The deal, agreed to by House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama, increases spending (including debt service and offsets) by $85 billion over the next three years. Nearly half of those offsets (including new revenues) are not realized until…