Fears of ‘government strings’ and bureaucratic restrictions are unfounded if the school-choice legislation is crafted carefully. Can you imagine a less modern opinion than this? “The one thing that is never taught by any chance in the atmosphere of public schools is this: that there is a whole truth of things, and that in knowing it and...
Only recently, with the General Election of 2020, did it seem like the debate over election integrity finally reached the public sphere. Even then, the skeptics and naysayers still far outnumber those of us who have seen it firsthand—and are willing to talk about it. Election fraud, stolen elections and vote harvesting are all lumped...
What Eva Arriaga lacked was options. Her medical assistant certificate, paid for with $15,000 in burdensome student loans, wasn’t enough to support her and her family. Though the Houston-area economy was booming, with thousands of high-paying jobs out there, Eva simply lacked the qualifications for the kind of job that provides a real future. Then...
There is no more vital function of government than protecting public safety, and that solemn duty must include anchoring criminal justice policies in evidence. While Louisiana leaders are rightfully making crime a priority during this legislative special session, proposals to virtually abolish parole and restrict good time credit would cost taxpayers millions without making Louisiana...
New York’s Times Square is known for many things, but lately, crime has kept it in the headlines. Amid mounting public safety concerns, instead of increasing police presence and giving law enforcement the tools to prevent and fight crime, the New York Police Department (NYPD) spent thousands of tax dollars testing the K5, a high-tech...
“It was always headed here” — to a rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, according to Politico’s Adam Wren. “But in the span of a few days, the wrinkled and sagging reality staring the nation in the face has become the defining issue of the 2024 campaign,” he went on, citing Special Counsel Robert Hur’s...
This week, the Supreme Court will hear two cases related to free speech which may provide clarity on the latitude of social media companies to censor the information shared with its users. In the spirit of liberty and to empower their citizens, Texas and Florida have both sought to hold Big Tech accountable for the...
On the presidential level, having an undeclared winner as Americans fall asleep in front of their TVs on election night, awaking Wednesday morning to confusion and uncertainty, has fostered chaos and a slow, cancer-like erosion of public trust in our elections. We understand that above all else, ballots must be counted accurately. But that doesn’t...
The following commentary is published on Thursdays as part of TPPF’s subscriber-only newsletter The Post. If you would like to subscribe to The Post, click here. Earlier this month, a school official at Borman Elementary in the Denton school district sent an email pressing school employees to support anti-school choice candidates in the upcoming Republican primary....
Rush toward green energy consigns Kenyans to continued energy poverty while limiting economic advancement. President Joe Biden’s decree to end permitting for the construction of more liquified natural gas export facilities is clearly aimed at shoring up his support among the left as he heads into a difficult reelection campaign. The move makes Europe more...
When Marylanders go to the polls on May 14 to cast their ballots in the state’s primary elections, the races in some cities could be decided by 16- and 17-year-olds. Cheverly, Maryland, as well as the nearby cities of Greenbelt, Hyattsville, Riverdale Park, and Takoma Park will all allow teens to vote. And it’s not...
More and more, Texas’ left-leaning local governments are embracing universal basic income (UBI) programs and guaranteed basic income pilot projects. In turn, these welfare state expansions are raising serious legal and policy questions related to the Constitution, economics, and the rule of law. Despite these concerns, a growing number of major cities and counties are...