Another Day, Another Default: Postal Service to Miss $5.6 Billion Payment to Treasury
In August, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) failed to pay $5.5 billion due to the Treasury Department to fund health benefits for its retirees. This… Read More
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TSA’s Bloated Bureaucracy: House Calls for Much-Needed Reform
Yesterday, the House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing on the state of the Transportation Security Administration 11 years after 9/11. Appearing before the committee,… Read More
Chart of the Week: Tax Revenues Devoured by Entitlements
The looming unsustainability of the big three entitlement spending programs—Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security—is not inevitable, but in order to avoid the catastrophic effects of… Read More
Morning Bell: Governor Walker Breaks New Ground in Higher Ed
Governor Scott Walker (R-WI), already well known for his efforts to curb union power, has now set out to tackle an equally big task: busting… Read More
Medical Malpractice Reform: States vs. the Federal Government
Medical malpractice reform is needed in many different states, but an effort currently underway on this issue in Congress is misguided. Legislatures in places like… Read More
Educators Tell House Committee to Give Schools More Flexibility
One-size-fits-all usually ends up meaning “one-size-fits-few.” And there is no exception when it comes to education. That was the message sent during a hearing held… Read More
In Pennsylvania, Rival State Leaders Converge on School Choice
Pennsylvania residents in this year’s gubernatorial race will be casting their votes for school choice regardless of their political affiliation. In Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal,… Read More
Morning Bell: An Appetite for Real Immigration Reform
In a very rare visit to the press cabin of Air Force One yesterday, President Barack Obama told reporters that the White House will not… Read More
In Their Own Words: Rep. John Dingell on How Long it Took “To Control the People”
Yesterday, President Obama signed his health spending bill into law promising the American people: “These reforms won’t give the government more control over your health… Read More
The Aftermath of Obamacare: What America Will Look Like If The White House Gets Its Way
America stands on the precipice of sweeping liberal health care reform that will radically reshape one-sixth of the U.S. economy, and a 153-page House bill… Read More
Sarkozy is Tougher on the U.N. than Obama
In a startlingly blunt manner, French President Nicolas Sarkozy today demanded that the United Nations be reformed and argued that key international issues could not… Read More
In the Green Room: Utah’s Gov. Herbert on DC ‘Freezing Out the States’ Over Health Reform
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFMLzi2CBII[/youtube] It’s simple: “Our approach in Utah is to give consumers more choice,” said Governor Herbert during a Heritage Foundation visit earlier this week. “If… Read More
Outside the Beltway: Cheboygan Drain Commissioner Fires Himself
In today’s edition of “Outside the Beltway,” where we semi-regularly post state and local stories of either conservatism at its best, or liberalism at its… Read More
