Thirty-six percent of students nationwide show little or no increase in their fundamental academic skills after four years invested in college.
Since one in three adults has a criminal record, nearly every American has a family member, loved one or neighbor who has, or who will, come in contact with the criminal justice system.
Texans are routinely given no say on the kind of government that presides over them, the level of taxes they pay and the debts they owe, or who represents their interests at city hall.
Increased costs for electricity will have a ripple effect on manufacturing jobs as well as the standard of living of working Americans who will pay more for their electricity.
Student outcomes improve when parents take an active role in their child’s education. One way parents take an active role is when they choose their child’s educational services.
For a dose of reality, consider master energy number-cruncher Vaclav Smil's estimate of a cost approaching $2.5 trillion to build enough new wind and solar facilities in the United States to replace the 1,100 gigawatt (GW) generating capacity of our fossil-fueled electric system.
Simply put, businesses don’t pay taxes; people do in the form of higher prices, lower wages, and fewer jobs available. Given that taxes exist to fund essential government services, the least burdensome taxes should fund conservative budgets, which grow by no more than population growth plus inflation.
The EPA’s actions will directly impact one of the tribe’s most significant employers, and will have an economic ripple affect across the reservation.
Brooke Rollins appeared on one of the final Morning in America shows hosted by Bill Bennett.
It is outrageous that our government would fight this hard to ensure that its citizens are denied their day in court.
Many Americans will pay 30 percent or more for their electricity and barely notice the difference, but for millions more, such as the members of the Navajo Nation, the Clean Power Plan will have farther-reaching effects, destroying jobs and harming families.
It is a demand that the rule of law must be acknowledged by the federal government and that a limit to the authority of the Endangered Species Act must be recognized.