Editor’s Note: This article is the third in a three-part series. by Jay Lehr, Ph.D. Science Director, The Heartland Institute, and Mike Gemmell The Operation of Grant-Funded Science in the Present Day According to Donald W. Miller (The Government Grant System: Inhibitor of Truth and Innovation?, Journal of Information Ethics, Spring 2007), the following paradigms…

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by Ken Van Doren Necedah, WI Nationwide, state, federal and local governments are spending billions of dollars in the name of economic development. Doubtless I could have chosen many locations to demonstrate the points I intend to make, but I chose one locality to demonstrate the possible foibles of economic development for two reasons: first,…

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In Defense of the Great State of Arizona Every once in a while, a government gets it right. Sometimes elected representatives are able to see beyond the partisan politics and recognize what must be done. Rarely, much to everyone’s surprise, the obvious is apparent to even the powers that be. And so it is recently…

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In these confusing political times of who is who, who is what, a moderate Democratic, a moderate Republican, a conservative, or a Tea Party member, it is good to ask a question in order to find clarity. Whose Principles are these? Democratic Party, Republican Party, or the Tea Party? Recognition of each person’s ability, dignity,…

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by Joshua Tolley Today, while eating my lunch, I was listening to the radio when a story came on the news break. A parent is suing the school district in which his daughter goes to school. The reason? The school has a break for students to pray (if they want to). The father is stating…

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by Joshua Tolley A story coming out of Oklahoma, from Fox-23 is reporting that the Eastern Oklahoma Catholic Diocese, in particular a Bishop James Slattery is prepared to go to jail if need be to prevent the enforcement of a new Oklahoma law. What law do you ask? A law that would prohibit illegal immigrants…

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