Health Care
After repeal, what should Washington replace Obamacare with?
Repeal will give our healthcare system a chance to do what it is actually supposed to do: care for us.
January 13, 2017
Criminal Justice
Don’t let Washington shape policing on Main Street
Policing is about protecting the rights of individuals while maintaining order in a free and civil society.
January 12, 2017
Property Rights
In the Crosshairs: Liberal Local Governance
Years of liberal thought and management at the local level have created major systemic problems that threaten the Texan way of life. On the fiscal front, cities, counties, school districts, and special districts have accumulated a staggering amount of debt; skyrocketing property tax bills are among the worst in the nation; local spending is growing...
January 9, 2017
Health Care
A doctor’s straight talk: America, your health care is not a federal responsibility
There are a host of good reasons to “repeal” the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). “Replace” is an entirely different matter.
January 4, 2017
Taxes & Spending
Are Texas’ Public Pension Plans Ticking Time-Bombs?
When it comes to Texas’ public retirement systems, one of my greatest concerns is that there are other ticking time-bombs, like the DPFP, out there getting ready to explode. It’s not just Dallas’ pension plan that’s taken on excessive risk to chase high yield in a low-yield environment.
January 3, 2017
Health Care
Should Washington give the states money for healthcare?
The rationale behind turning healthcare over to the states is straightforward.
January 2, 2017
Higher Education
Sad To Say, The ‘Chicago Principles’ Defending Academic Freedom Do Not Go Far Enough
It is only in the light of the simple superiority of truth-seeking and the indispensability of freedom for such seeking that the possibilities and limitations of our other freedoms—moral, political, and economic—come into proper focus.
December 30, 2016
Higher Education
A Marxist Education in ‘Hypersensitivity’ As A Cause Of Violence on American Campuses
The deepest effect of the Left’s success at transforming teaching and learning into consciousness raising and hypersensitivity is missed if we dismiss it as merely in the service of graduating a fresh batch of “little snowflakes” every May.
December 27, 2016
Family
Best care for foster kids comes from their communities — not from Austin
Texans recognize that the problems at CPS are not with the hardworking people in the agency but are the natural result of legacy thinking, which trusts the state to institutionalize, engineer and manage families.
December 21, 2016
Economy
ICYMI: State, National Experts Discuss Public Pension Reform
At last month’s pension reform summit (Rethinking Retirement: Solutions to Secure Texas’ Public Pension Plans), experts gathered from around the U.S. to share their insights and experiences dealing with one of the nation’s biggest issues: overpromised and underfunded public pension plans. Watch as our panel of experts discuss how they’re working hard to protect retirees...
December 16, 2016
Taxes & Spending
Texas Ranks Third Nationally in Economic Freedom for the Sixth Consecutive Year
Source: Economic Freedom of North America 2016 The Fraser Institute’s recently released annual report on economic freedom in North America shows that Texas continues as one of the most free jurisdictions in the nation and continent in 2014. Specifically, Texas retained its third place status in the U.S. for the sixth straight year while improving to fourth place...
December 15, 2016
Health Care
Cohen and Waldman: What ‘extortion’ looks like to advanced-practice Rns
The phrase "extortion racket" does not usually bring forth the image of a person in a white coat with a stethoscope. But here in the Lone Star State, health-care extortion is legal and hurts Texans both economically and medically.
December 15, 2016