Mandated birth control coverage: It’s not about contraceptives, it’s about liberty
In a free society, we … allow individuals to pursue their individual goals according to their “different moral convictions.” We don’t force them into relationships, whether with employers or insurance companies or whomever, that offend those convictions. Continue reading
Can Health Care Be Bought and Sold on eBay?
A small, emerging online service called MediBid is creating an actual market that puts doctors together with patients who need care. Here’s the best thing about it. Patients who use this service can cut their health care costs in half. Continue reading
FTA Cost-Effectiveness Rule
As if projects such as the Honolulu rail line aren’t a big enough waste of money, Secretary of Immobility Ray LaHood is seeking to change the Federal Transit Administration’s process for evaluating grant proposals for rail projects. As if to illustrate the slow and cumbersome nature of federal programs, LaHood originally proposed to revise these […]
School Reform News Bulletin: Can Bold Iowa Reform Plans Get Unstuck?
Hard to believe it was five months ago I asked the question: Is major education reform about ready to give Iowa a try? At the heart of the story is a local connection. Jason Glass, appointed the state’s education chief a little more than a year ago by incoming Governor Terry Branstad, has some notable […]
Why should Americans pay for Colorado’s green fantasies?
Greeley Tribune reporter Nate Miller interviewed me as the voice of opposition about the wind “Production Tax Credit” (PTC). Miller does a good job of presenting both sides of the argument: Supporters of the wind production tax credit, which began in 1992, contend failure to extend it will result in layoffs for workers from good, […]
Why should Americans pay for Colorado's green fantasies?
Greeley Tribune reporter Nate Miller interviewed me as the voice of opposition about the wind “Production Tax Credit” (PTC). Miller does a good job of presenting both sides of the argument: Supporters of the wind production tax credit, which began in 1992, contend failure to extend it will result in layoffs for workers from good, […]
Right to Carry Victory in Colorado: Students for Concealed Carry on Campus v. Regents
Originally published on Volokh.com Colorado’s 2003 Concealed Carry Act provides that licenses issued pursuant to the CCA shall be valid “in all areas of the state, except as specifically limited” by other portions of the CCA (such as the rule that CCA licensees can have a gun in the car when they are on K-12 school […]
ObamaCare increases demand for medical care without increasing supply
John Goodman explains how ObamaCare increases demand for medical care with out increasing the supply. Continue reading
Designed to Fail
Are American cities competing to see which can come up with the most ridiculous transit proposals? If so, Honolulu will probably win, hands down. The nation’s 52nd-largest urban area has only about 950,000 people, yet it is spending $5.3 billion, or more than $5,500 per resident, to build a single 20-mile rail line. That’s probably […]
Two decades is long enough for wind tax credit
If we had our way, there would be no tax subsidies of any kind for any energy resource. Since the wind production tax credit (PTC) is what’s currently being debated in Congress and on editorial pages across Colorado, we’ll address it. Below is our column that appeared originally in the Pueblo Chieftain on Sunday, March […]
Why an Amendments Convention is not a “Constitutional Convention”
Sometimes a convention for proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution is referred to as a “constitutional convention.” That title is both wrong and fatally misleading. The correct name—given by the Constitution itself—is convention for proposing amendments. Other accurate names are amendments convention, Article V convention, or convention of the states. In the Founding Era and […]
Happy Dr. Seuss’ Birthday: A Fun Friday NEA Tribute from Ed-I-Said
Today is the birthday of the late, great Dr. Seuss (aka Ted Geisel). Millions of school children across Colorado and the rest of the United States will hear one or more of his stories as part of the Read Across America campaign. The nation’s largest teachers union is one of the event’s key sponsors. Hey, […]
