August, 2011 - Independence Institute

The Myth That Will Not Die 0
- August 25, 2011
Transportation planning today suffers from several common fallacies, including the myth of the great streetcar conspiracy and the notion that we should spend billions of dollars on obsolete forms of transportation to give people “choices.” But the most troublesome myth is the notion of induced-demand, that is, that new roads will automatically become fully congested […]
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Rick Hess: Why Don’t Unions Stand Up for Effective Principals, Ed School Reform?0
- August 24, 2011
Time is of the essence today, so one of my Education Policy Center friends will simply take a quick moment and point you to a very insightful blog passage about the dynamics of education reform. Take it away, Dr. Rick Hess:
…it strikes me as ludicrous for the unions to sit quietly by and share the […]
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Create jobs by repealing ObamaCare 0
- August 24, 2011
Repeal of ObamaCare would probably do wonders to spur hiring, especially for permanent positions. Compensation for such jobs usually includes a benefits package with health care insurance, as well as a money wage or salary.
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Why Conservatives Hate Trains 0
- August 24, 2011
Debates over high-speed rail and federal transit funding have inspired a number of writers asking why conservatives hate passenger trains. Most of them get it wrong. The real answer is: they don’t. They just hate subsidies, at least if they are fiscal conservatives (as opposed to social conservatives like the late Paul Weyrich). Case in […]
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In Two Major Studies on Academic Standards, Colorado is Statistical Oddball 0
- August 23, 2011
How did Colorado get to be the oddball? It’s got to be more than just so I would have something to tell you about. Oddball at what? you ask. Okay, let me back up and give you a little context.
Yesterday Harvard professor Paul Peterson wrote yesterday on Education Next about a new U.S. Department […]
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Debate Over Future of BLM Lands 0
- August 23, 2011
Andy Stahl debates the DeFazio forest trust proposal with Douglas County (Roseburg) Commissioner Doug Robertson. Robertson also chairs the association of counties that collect revenues from the lands in question. Instead of dividing the lands in two, Robertson proposes to give all the lands to a single board of trustees set up something like the […]
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