The U.S. House Of Representatives recently passed an act that would prohibit abortions from 20 weeks after fertilization, except in cases of rape, incest or when the life of a mother is endangered. A photograph in the womb at this stage of development is shown on the left. The legislation states that its purpose is […]
Background In early 1942 the federal government began rounding up tens of thousands of people and systematically shipping them off to remote, desolate camps for an indefinite period of time. The camps were patrolled by armed guards and surrounded by barbed wire fences. Many of these unfortunates, given as little as ten days’ notice and […]
I spent yesterday evening driving to our local high school, which is the polling place for any votes that relate to membership on the local school board. Equally important, but much more inflammatory, the school budget is also subject to approval through votes by local citizens. Among the many issues that have an impact on […]
Perhaps no Supreme Court decision is better known- or more controversial- than Roe v Wade. My decision to include it on the “worst” list stems not from a stance on the abortion issue but from questionable jurisprudence. Your opinion on a “woman’s right to choose” or “protecting the life of the unborn” will probably […]
New York Times economics analyst Eduardo Porter recently penned two columns about income inequality in which he claimed that the “job market is not working to distribute wealth” and “has lost much of its power to deliver income gains to working families” over the past four decades. As proof of this, he quoted data on […]
We were driving around town at the beginning of Memorial Day weekend and started to notice how few American flags we saw on the front porches of homes in the various neighborhoods. So we immediately went to Ace Hardware to buy a new bracket for our flag and went home to put it up about […]
Is there global warming? Does mankind have an influence upon the weather or the climate? If so, how much do man’s actions actually influence the weather? Most importantly; can man, through his actions or in-actions, actually influence the climate in a chosen direction? The answer to the first question is yes. The Earth has been […]
Is Hillary Clinton supporting policies that are un-American? So says her potential rival for the Democratic nomination, former Rhode Island governor (and United States Senator) Lincoln Chafee, in an exclusive interview today reported here. Gov. Chafee has a credible claim to become the most potent threat to upset Mrs. Clinton’s nomination by the Democratic Party. […]
Background On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or “Obamacare.” The law required virtually everyone in the country to purchase healthcare insurance or pay a penalty, a clause known as the “individual mandate”. Fourteen states immediately filed suit and by January 2011 that number had swelled […]
We had the occasion recently to catch up with a recent college graduate friend of ours (we have trained hundreds now in The Institute for the Public Trust) who is now in the last year of his Ph.D program in statistical economics, whatever that is. He is a gifted advanced mathematics person with a great […]
