The bitter results of sweet intentions. Professor Craig Frisby is on the faculty of University of Missouri's
Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology. His most
recent book is "Meeting the Psychoeducational Needs of Minority
Students." It's a 662-page textbook covering a range of topics from
multiculturalism and home and ... MOREWalter E Williams: Minority Student Needs
The bitter results of sweet intentions. Professor Craig Frisby is on the faculty of University of Missouri's
Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology. His most
recent book is "Meeting the Psychoeducational Needs of Minority
Students." It's a 662-page textbook covering a range of topics from
multiculturalism and home and ... MOREU.K. Considers Cutting Minimum Wage To Boost Jobs
by Kitty Donaldson. The U.K. government is considering cutting or freezing the national minimum wage if it’s shown to be damaging the labor market, Prime Minister David Cameron’s spokesman said. The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported today that the Business Department has changed the remit of the Low Pay Commission, which sets the ... MORERich Lowry: The New Climate Deniers
Climate change has become an obsession for some. There are few things sadder than the “climate denier.” He ignores the data and neglects the latest science. His rhetoric and policy proposals are dangerously disconnected from reality. He can’t recalibrate to take account of the latest evidence because, well, he’s a denier. The new climate deniers ... MOREGay Marriage Polls Foretell Marijuana Legalization
by Hunter Walker. With the Supreme Court now at least considering a definitive statement in favor of gay marriage and support for marriage equality now practically a litmus test issue for Democratic politicians, Americans across the political spectrum are expressing surprise at how rapidly this once marginalized idea became something like a ... MORE
William Perry Pendley: A Lawman's License To Steal
Your public servants at work. Eight years ago, on a sunny and clear, but windy and cold day, near Garryowen on the vast prairie of southern Montana an hour north of the Wyoming border, vans full of armed, SWAT-geared federal agents sped down Interstate 80. Garryowen is a private town owned by Christopher Kortlander that features, ... MOREJonathon Moseley: Global Warming? Oops! Never Mind!
What was the Earth's temperature yesterday? Nobody knows. In fact, it's a ridiculous question. Almost every place on Earth today has a different temperature from that of any other location. So, is our planet's temperature rising? Do we even know? However, it is officially admitted: Global warming stopped 15-20 years ago. The mainstream media ... MORETibor R. Machan: Welfare Rights Are Wrong
Turning free agents into serfs. Ever since John Locke developed the theory of natural individual human rights, there has been an ongoing attempt to change his idea to something very different. For Locke the natural rights all human beings have are basically prohibitions. They forbid people from intruding on other people–from killing, assaulting, ... MOREStar Parker: A New Birth Of Education Freedom
Court rules Indiana parents are free to choose. As the nation has focused on the Supreme Court hearings on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage, news from the state of Indiana could prove far more important regarding the nation’s future. The Indiana Supreme Court has just ruled unanimously, 5-0, that Indiana’s school voucher ... MOREWhy Freight Rail Pays And Passenger Trains Flunk
by Michael Barone. Forty years ago, American railroads were in trouble. The Penn Central, the largest railroad, had recently gone bankrupt. American freight rail was technologically obsolescent and hamstrung by union rules and government rate regulation. American passenger rail was unprofitable and unreliable. Freight rail was ... MOREUnion Greed Drives California To Bankrupcy
by Steven Greenhut. Few non-local people pay much attention to the goings-on in Stockton, a hard-pressed Gold-Rush-era industrial city of 300,000 that sits in the agriculturally rich San Joaquin Valley at the eastern edge of the California Delta. But bond-holders, taxpayers and government officials throughout the country will be listening to U.S. ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: Highway Robbery, Government Style
Policing for profit is a bad thing for citizens. Long before Americans charted their revolutionary course in
pursuit of happiness, it was “life, liberty, and property” which
constituted the golden triad of essential rights that the government was
charged with respecting and protecting. To the colonists, smarting from
mistreatment at the ... MORENo Surprise, New York Ranks Last In Personal Freedom
from the NY Post. New York's big government - with its hands deep in taxpayers' pockets and regulations controlling everyone's lives - has made the Empire State the worst in the nation for personal liberty, a new study shows. A war on sugary drinks is the least of freedom-loving New Yorkers' worries, according a report by George Mason University, ... MORERobert J. Scamardella: Minimum Wage Harms The Economy
Why reduce the market for low-skill labor? Raising the minimum wage is the latest populist craze. President Obama recently proposed to hike the minimum wage to $9.00 an hour. New York State is poised to enforce such an increase. On its face, raising the minimum wage sounds benevolent. Closer examination shows that it hurts ... MOREMoving Gun Control Tyranny Forward Via Executive Power
by Jordy Yager. President Obama is quietly moving forward on gun control. The president has used his executive powers to bolster the national background check system, jumpstart government research on the causes of gun violence and create a million-dollar ad campaign aimed at safe gun ownership. The executive steps will give federal law ... MORE
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