Uncle Sam and the Bed Pan Question
Health care costs continue to skyrocket nationwide, driving up government spending at double digit rates and hurting American economic competitiveness. But, instead of addressing this crisis head on by passing…
The ABCs of K-12
Adults across Ally Garcia's home state are arguing about how schools get money, whether they have enough and how the issue will affect Colorado's economy in the future. But…
Rewards of economic freedom
If you had to list 10 freedoms that are important to you from your most to your least important, how would you rank them? You might ask your family and…
National Review in ’72
One of many delightful surprises at National Review's 50th anniversary celebration was a marvelous new book by Priscilla Buckley, "Living It Up at National Review." Living it up? Aren't conservatives…
Congress Notebook
More evidence rolled in last week that Republicans are out to unseat Rep. John Spratt, D-S.C., of York, in 2006. The S.C. Republican Party and two groups with strong GOP…
Oregon cap on spending is in unions’ crosshairs
Can a good defense trump a good offense? Oregon's largest state-worker and teachers unions hope to find that out next year. They recently submitted a 2006 ballot measure that could…
Legislators are not to blame
In early August 2005, Libby Sternberg, executive director of Vermonters for Better Education, declared in her weekly newsletter, “Wanda Haynes of Middletown Springs is closing her child care business in…
Thirteen months to go, but spending limits campaign already off and running
A potential statewide vote to impose a strict spending limit on state government in Oregon is still 13 months away, but advocates on both sides of the issue are already…
Second shot fired in spending limits battle
PORTLAND— Opponents of a proposed ballot measure aimed at capping state spending have quietly filed a competing measure that would exempt schools, police and social services from any voter-passed spending…
Greenspan’s Boots
An individual who is destined to influence the livelihood of Americans -- and for a long period of time -- will soon face confirmation before the U.S. Senate. I am…