Government
The Corporate Income Tax And True Costs
The Atlantic featured a series of short “how to fix the world” focused pieces in the July/August issue. Among the ideas, which included such things as rejecting the Department of Homeland Security, revoking the vice presidency and rewriting drinking laws, was a piece by Megan McArdle, the magazine’s business and economics editor.
In “End the Corporate [...]
Thoughts On Genuine Educational Reform
There is no doubt among reasonable Americans today that education reform is one of the most serious challenges facing our nation as it enters the 21st century.
As the United States adjusts to the rise of new global powers like India, we will have to develop new ways to raise successful children and provide a public [...]
Book Notes: ‘Real Change’ By Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich’s latest public policy book Real Change is a superb, practical roadmap for achieving positive transformation in American government. The book was published in January and, though finished prior to “change” becoming the buzzword of Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, is now perhaps particularly apropos.
I cannot begin to do justice to Real Change and [...]
Glenn Beck: It’s Past Time to Tighten the Belt
CNN talker and radio personality Glenn Beck writes today on “the $53 trillion asteroid” that, according to U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, “threatens to destroy America’s future prosperity.” The impact of this “asteroid”, Beck warns, is almost beyond comprehension.
Let me give you three numbers that will put this economic asteroid into perspective: $200 billion, $14.1 [...]
