The Myth of the Senior Transit Rider
According to Transportation for America–which is largely a shill for the transit and high-speed rail industry–the nation about to face a new crisis: a shortage of mobility “options” for retiring baby boomers. According to a report published by the group on June 14, “By 2015, more than 15.5 million Americans 65 and older will live […]
Colorado K-12 Hiring Keeps Pace with Student Enrollment–At Least Through 2010
I so often enjoy reading the online work of Mike Antonucci at the Education Intelligence Agency, if for no other reason than he asks the questions and does the homework that so very few others are willing to do. On his Intercepts blog today, he adds some badly needed context and perspective on the supposed […]
ObamaCare’s tough day in court
Assuming the high court deigns to hear the case, [there’s] awkward reality that one of the Supreme Court justices, Elena Kagan, was obviously involved in orchestrating the legal defense of ObamaCare. Thus, there will be legitimate calls for her to recuse herself from any case involving that law.
The History of Home Ownership
An earlier series of Antiplanner posts looked at the recent financial crisis and the role the housing market played in that crisis. This has led the Antiplanner to look deeper into the history of housing and home ownership. The Census Bureau began tallying homeownership rates in the 1890 census; before that, American homeownership rates can […]
New Education Books Mean No Reason to Be Bored This Summer Season
Camping trips can be fun, but no one told me just how hard it would be to blog while out in the middle of nowhere in the great outdoors. No, seriously, it was fun to get away for awhile. But I hope none of you were left to wonder: If little Eddie isn’t watching the […]
ObamaCare: replacing employer-based insurance w/ subsidized health plans
A new study by McKinsey suggests that as many as 78 million Americans could lose employer health coverage, and some will end up with tax-funded subsidies for politically defined health plans.
Do What First?
The Texas Transportation Institute estimates that commuters wasted $115 billion sitting in traffic in 2009–up from just $24 billion in 1982. But Smart Growth America is still promoting its idiotic “fix-it first” policy. Federal Highway Administration data show that the number of bridges that are “structurally deficient” has steadily declined from 79,000 in 1992 to […]
New Membership Director Keeps PACE on Track
The Professional Association of Colorado Educators (PACE), a fast-growing non-union membership option for teachers, has welcomed aboard a new membership director. Florida Teach for America alumnus Tim Farmer explains his educational background, along with his new organization’s vision and goals.
“Accountable Care Organization” Debacle Exposes Obamacare’s Fatal Conceit
Obama administration’s efforts to promote accountable care organizations (ACOs) in Medicare are failing because they are “premised on the fatal conceit that government experts can direct the market better than millions of consumers making their own decisions.”
Cars: Necessity or Luxury?
Some people are chortling over a recent Pew survey that finds the share of Americans who think that cars are a “necessity” is the lowest since pollsters started asking the question in 1973. Perhaps, some are suggesting, that’s because young people aren’t driving as much as older Americans, so we shouldn’t invest much more in […]
How Pre-Revolution Pamphlets Help Show that a Key “Progressive” Constitutional Theory Is Wrong
Writers on the Constitution frequently overlook valuable aids to interpreting the document. I previously have mentioned the example of eighteenth-century law books. Also largely neglected are the pre-Revolutionary pamphlets written by Americans defending their colonies against British overreaching. (For an article on constitutional sources, click here.) These pamphlets were composed from 1763 until the outbreak […]
White House: Buy Health Insurance or Be Poor
“[T]he government’s latest position that the [health control] law doesn’t really require people to buy health insurance at all. We have the option instead of earning less money. “
