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Relevance: 38% Posted on: May 22, 2020
On May 22, 1995, in the case U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Arkansas’s congressional term limits law, 5-4, overturning the congressional term limits then the law in 23 states: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New…
Relevance: 38% Posted on: June 12, 2008
As fuel prices rise, a few things become obvious: We begin to conserve more; Many industrious folks look for energy alternatives; And many politically-minded folk hector us about using less of some type of fuels, more of another. How useful is this third category? Well, they are the ones driving…
Relevance: 38% Posted on: May 29, 2012
We’ll know soon enough whether foes of [Gov] Scott Walker made a bad bet on the recall, but either way, Wisconsin made a bad bet years ago in initiating America’s public-sector union movement. The incentives thus established — with concentrated benefits for state employees and dispersed costs for taxpayers —…
Relevance: 38% Posted on: September 25, 2003
Bill O'Reilly of "The O'Reilly Factor" sometimes gets it wrong. On one issue, I think he's half right and half wrong, so I'm going to play Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde here. O'Reilly complains that people in public life, including him, often get unfairly bashed by their critics. He mentioned…
Relevance: 38% Posted on: January 15, 2018
A few Babylonian, er, California cities going bankrupt — Stockton, Vallejo, and Bell — should be seen as more than dead canaries in a coalminer’s care. Indeed, you don’t need special prophetic gifts to see the dangers posed by over-promising cushy pensions to government workers. Californians are coming around. And…
Relevance: 38% Posted on: June 11, 2020
Propaganda in favor of action that is consonant with enlightened self-interest appeals to reason by means of logical arguments based upon the best available evidence fully and honestly set forth. Propaganda in favor of action dictated by the impulses that are below self-interest offers false, garbled or incomplete evidence, avoids…
Relevance: 37% Posted on: August 5, 2008
Do you support negative action programs? I didn’t think so. But you might be more inclined to support such programs if they’re labeled “affirmative action.” Around the country citizens have been fighting to stop government programs that grant preferences to some citizens over others on the basis of their race…
Relevance: 37% Posted on: February 11, 2021
Over the last year, we have learned that the risk to children and teachers of being infected by the COVID-19 virus while in classrooms is relatively low. Although precautions are warranted to keep that risk as low as possible, resuming in-person classwork is feasible. Many parents therefore want their kids…
Relevance: 37% Posted on: May 16, 2016
President Obama and other politicians are taking a wide stance over the nation’s public restrooms. Important bathroom policy will finally be determined at the highest levels. Last week, public educators nationwide received a legalistically-worded letter from the Departments of Justice and Education explaining how to legally treat transgender students under…
Relevance: 37% Posted on: May 22, 2023
On May 22, 1995, in U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Arkansas’s congressional term limits law, 5-4, overturning the congressional term limits then the law in 23 states: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North…