by Jeff Bryant | Mar 12, 2015 | Blog, Education
What fun we had recently with North Carolina's recently elected U.S. senator, Republican Thom Tillis, who insisted we didn't need government regulations to compel restaurant employees to wash their hands in between using the toilet and preparing our food. His solution...
by Chuck Collins | Mar 12, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Education
There’s a generational time-bomb ticking — and the student debt crisis is the trip wire. Adults under 35 disproportionately bear the brunt of escalating inequality. America’s educated youth are graduating into an economy with stagnant wages and a torn safety net....
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 12, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth
Washington looks like a city that has done remarkably well in the absence of a national urban agenda. The last decade has seen most of its once derelict neighborhoods undergo a striking revival, and the city is a fundamentally different place from what it was even 10...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 12, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth
Next week, progressives in Congress will release their annual budget proposal. They do this every year, and every year the national news media largely ignores it. Will the elite media report on it this year? Make some noise, and maybe they will. There are alternative...
by Bill Scher | Mar 12, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Several observers have commented on the condescending "Schoolhouse Rock" tone of Sen. Tom Cotton's open letter to Iran. He explains the basics of the U.S. Constitution to note that the "next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 11, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Over 100 law professors sent an open letter to Congress and the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) saying they need to “protect the rule of law and the nation’s sovereignty” in trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). While TPP is still secret, leaks...
