The Public Employee Union Scam

2010-09-12
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Politicians granting unsustainable government-employee salaries, benefits, and pensions is a problem everywhere, but the states with the strongest public-sector unions will have the hardest time correcting the problem.

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Norman Borlaug: An American Hero

2009-12-30
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Called “arguably the greatest American in the 20th century” during his 95 years, Norman Borlaug probably saved more lives than any other person. He is one of just six people to win the Nobel Peace Prize, the Congressional Medal of Honor, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. And yet Dr. Borlaug, who died this...

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Capitalist Excess? A Review of Michael Moore’s “Capitalism”

2009-11-04
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Love him or hate him, or his films, there’s no question about where Michael Moore stands ideologically: Left-wing, “progressive,” populist, socialist. In some ways Moore’s newest film, “Capitalism: A Love Story,” muddies the water. But in the end, all it really shows is that Michael Moore doesn’t actually know what capitalism is. Apparently, Moore...

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Detroit: The Triumph of Progressive Public Policy

2009-07-22
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Imagine a city where all the major economic planks of the statist or modern “progressive” platform have been enacted: A “living wage” ordinance, far above the federal minimum wage, for all public employees and private contractors; A school system that spends significantly more per pupil than the national average; A powerful school employee union...

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