If Social Security were run like Medicare
Those who oppose changing Medicare into a voucher program for “private” insurance should support running Social Security like today’s Medicare: authorities would assign housing to seniors and “pick up government-approved groceries for little or no money.”
New Phi Delta Kappa Poll Makes Case for Teacher Membership Alternatives
Update, 8/23: The new PDK poll isn’t alone in making the case for teacher alternatives. PACE membership director Tim Farmer makes a great case that “professional associations are the future of teaching” today on the Ed News Colorado blog.
The state of American public opinion on teachers and their unions, as reported in the recent Phi […]
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When Education and Politics Collide: Chicago Messes with Texas Edition
I’m not sure what it is with big people’s fascination with politics, and how discussions about education seem to cross over into the absurd the closer big elections get. Case in point: the Republican governor of Texas announces he is a candidate for President. Less than a week later, the Democratic U.S. Secretary of Education […]
Colorado Democrats celebrate socialized birth control & breast pumps
The Health & Human Services’ mandate on all new health plans (“insurance”) to cover breast pumps and birth control is just one example of how the 2010 health control act turns insurance companies into a vehicle for socialized medicine.
World Boondoggle Center
The World Trade Center that was destroyed almost ten years ago was a frequently photographed symbol of New York City, but it was also a huge boondoggle of the New York & New Jersey Port Authority that was heavily subsidized by motorists paying bridge tolls. So of course, it is completely appropriate that the building […]
The latest Obamacare case was wrong to uphold Medicaid expansion—Part I
As noted in my last post, on August 12 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit struck down as unconstitutional the Obamacare mandate that citizens purchase health insurance. However, the Court upheld the law’s massive expansion of the Medicaid program. Medicaid—part the 1960s “Great Society” mishmash now so widely understood to be a […]
Could President Perry Carry a Gun?
Originally published on Volokh.com Chris Moody attempts to analyze the issue for The Ticket. The analysis could have been improved by reading the laws of the District of Columbia. Moody describes D.C. as “a city that bans carrying firearms.” That’s not exactly correct. The D.C. Code generally prohibits carrying a firearm “without a license issued pursuant […]
Build Trains = Raise Fares + Cut Bus Service
Denver’s Regional Transit District (RTD) says it will have to raise fares and cut service due to higher-than-expected operating costs and lower-than-expected revenues. I am sure this has nothing to do with cost overruns for RTD’s rail lines that are under construction, right? Because operating and construction funds come from two entirely different sources, right? […]
Outside the Education Box: Blended Learning Opportunities for At-Risk Teenss
A new piece for Education Next by June Kronholz profiles Virginia’s four Performance Learning Centers (PLCs) — blended learning environments that use online technology to help get struggling at-risk students to graduate high school (H/T Joanne Jacobs). The story is chocked full of interesting anecdotes and insights. This one caught my attention:
Students graduate when they […]
DeFazio: Turn BLM Lands into Trusts
Oregon Representative Peter DeFazio is floating a proposal to turn the Bureau of Land Management’s “Oregon and California” lands into two trusts, one focusing on timber production and one focusing on environmental protection. This plan was partly developed by frequent Antiplanner commenter Andy Stahl. The Oregon & California (O&C) Railroad land grant lands now managed […]
Health “reform” will increase spending
“The report by the Medicare Office of the Actuary estimated that health spending will grow by an average of 5.8 percent a year through 2020, compared to 5.7 percent without the health overhaul. “
