By Joe BastThe humiliating loss of conservative Brad Schimel to liberal Susan Crawford in the April 1 Wisconsin Supreme Court election has forced a discussion of how the GOP in Wisconsin needs to “break the old model” of campaigning to once again start winning statewide elections. Donald Trump won the presidential election Wisconsin arguably 3…
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An Expensive Future
By Greg Grambow and James BohnAccording to the website usdebtclock.org, America’s $37 trillion national debt amounts to $323,050 per US taxpayer. That’s the total as of the morning of May 7th when we wrote this column. By the time you read this that figure will be higher. To see how rapidly America’s indebtedness is growing,…
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Nationwide Injunctions Place US Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
By William L. KovacsWhile one can define a nationwide injunctions (a court order compelling the federal government to take a specific action or refrain from a specific action that binds parties and non-parties), it is almost impossible to characterize its impact since it defies all legal logic. It is a ruling by one federal district…
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Free Trade
Free Trade“Whosoever is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing and bewrayeth not.” Proverbs 29:24 By Riley J HoodI hear many a liberal talk about the glories of “free trade.” I tell you there is no such thing. Ever notice how free-trade agreements contain hundreds and thousands of regulations? Ever notice…
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‘Cheap’ Wind and Solar Raise Electricity Prices
By H. Sterling BurnettMultiple studies have demonstrated wind and solar power remain more expensive than historically traditional sources of electricity, such as coal, natural gas, nuclear, and hydropower, and Energy Information Administration data back that up—disproving claims by renewable energy profiteers and their lobbying groups. As coal plants have been prematurely retired and replaced by…
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A Scholarship for Every Student,Why Not We Pay for It Now?
By William KovacsIf the President and the Republican Congress are serious about abolishing the Department of Education and increasing test scores by returning education to the states, they need to put education and the federal dollars spent on it directly in the hands of parents. The Department of Education, as it currently stands, is a…