Higher Education
Free to learn? Think again: Campus censorship on the rise
But the first casualty has already been tallied—the freedom to learn.
September 15, 2015
Criminal Justice
Licensing often serves to limit competition and choice
Occupational licenses may not seem like a hot topic, but with 29 percent of all jobs in the United States now requiring some form of license, the time has come to take a long and hard look at the heavy costs of these licenses on the economy and Texans.
September 15, 2015
Criminal Justice
California forfeits common sense
This allows law enforcement to wholly sidestep any legal protections guaranteed by the state.
September 14, 2015
Higher Education
Higher education reform is reliant on government bodies
We know from the Collegiate Learning Assessment that 36 percent of college students across the country, after four years in education, show little to no increase in critical thinking or complex reading and writing skills.
September 11, 2015
Economy
America has colossal energy wealth, it’s time to lift our ban on oil exports
Limiting the global oil supply by prohibiting sale of domestically produced oil keeps global oil prices artificially high.
September 10, 2015
Energy & Environment
The land of the free or the home of $6 gas? America can’t be both.
Yet the American left, led by the Obama administration’s attack on energy markets, is trying to turn America’s prosperity into European-style poverty.
September 10, 2015
Health Care
States need more tools to fix Medicaid
All this reveals how little control states have over Medicaid.
September 8, 2015
Economy
California’s failed green energy project lesson for Texas
In Texas, wind’s performance at times of peak demand has a capacity factor of only 8.6 percent.
September 8, 2015
Economy
EPA’s Clean Power Plan nationalizes electric policy, electric bills to soar
The bottom line: it isn’t easy being green—it’s downright costly.
September 8, 2015
Property Rights
San Antonio’s “aggressive” land grab
Private property rights are America’s least partisan and most hallowed tradition, a defining characteristic of our free society. But those rights are increasingly coming under attack by Texas cities employing forced annexation policies.
September 8, 2015
Taxes & Spending
Stop wasting taxpayer dollars on “green” energy projects
Let’s cut to the chase: “green” energy projects funded by the government with taxpayer dollars are doomed to fail and must end.
September 2, 2015
Taxes & Spending
Texas fiscal year 2016 starts and budget items end
The evidence is clear that the Texas model of low taxes, no individual income tax, less regulation, and a good lawsuit climate promotes economic prosperity and individual liberty.
September 2, 2015