League Stands Up for Charters vs. Unfriendly Greeley, Pueblo School Boards
In the end-of-the-year holiday dash, it sure looks like the Colorado League of Charter Schools has been busy. Busy standing up against the anti-charter actions of a couple local school boards.
Two cases in point. The first is an op-ed League president Jim Griffin penned for the Greeley Tribune. It came out a couple days ago […]
The Citizens’ Budget on TV
This episode of Jon Caldara’s TV show the Devils Advocate first appeared on Colorado Public Television – Channel 12 on Friday, December 17th, 2010. It features a 30 minute discussion about the Citizens’ Budget and features Independence Institute Fiscal Policy Center director Penn Pfiffner – director of the Citizens’ Budget project.
Does the Constitution really give Congress power over immigration?
Congress’s power to “define and punish . . . Offenses against the Law of Nations” included authority to “define” immigration rules and “punish” those who violated them.
Cast Your Votes for the Best and Worst K-12 Education Developments in 2010
What are the best and worst developments in K-12 education for 2010? You can chime in and make your selections on a poll sponsored by Education Next — based on a list released by Stanford University’s Koret Task Force on K-12 Education.
Ten items are available for you to rate either as one of the two […]
12/16/10
Newsletter December 16 2010
Federal Pay Freeze Should Precede a Larger Fiscal Conversation
by Barry Fagin As a long-time, hard-working federal employee who gives up a lot to work where he does, I have just one thing to say about the proposed federal employee pay freeze. I think it’s a terrific idea. Well, maybe not exactly terrific, particularly if you think about how little difference it would actually […]
Petty Department of the Interior Snipes at Rocky Mountain Drillers
Evidently, the Department of the Interior (DOI) has thin skin. Last week, the Western Energy Alliance, a Denver-based trade association of oil and gas drillers in the Rocky Mountain region, accused the DOI of inhibiting oil and gas production with the soft statism of bureaucratic foot-dragging. To read the Western Energy Alliance’s complaint, click here. […]
Kopel & Natelson discuss Virginia v. Sebelius
A Virginia judge just ruled against ObamaCare’s individual mandate [HR 3590], saying that the Constitution’s Commerce Power does not justify Congress regulating economic inactivity. Professor Rob Natelson & Research Director Dave Kopel comment on the court’s ruling & what that means for AG Suther’s case.
FAA Bill Postponed for 17th Time
Last week, the House decisively postponed reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration, something it has already done 16 times since reauthorization was scheduled to take place in 2007. At stake is the future of America’s airline network, which is beholden to the federal government to maintain and update an antiquated air traffic control system. Flickr […]
Traverse City (Mich.) Schools Open Door to Negotiations, Good Government
The Mackinac Institute for Public Policy’s Michael Van Beek — who is essentially the Michigan equivalent of my friends in the Education Policy Center — brought some interesting news to my attention with a recent posting:
The Traverse City Area Public School district is raising transparency to a new level by posting on its website the […]
Prepare for the ObamaCare doctor shortage
David Catron at Health Care BS cites three surveys of doctors that each conclude that many will retire or stop practicing in response to ObamaCare (HR 3590) or other similar authoritarian “reform” measures.
2009 Transit Data
The Federal Transit Administration has published the 2009 National Transit Database, which includes loads of information on every federally subsidized transit system in America. Unfortunately, the data come on about 20 hard-to-read spreadsheets (this version, known as the “data tables,” are easier to read but harder to use for calculations). So, once again, the Antiplanner […]
