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Watch Closely Obama's Treatment of Unions
Teaser: The motivation behind the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order is neither fairness nor safety. It is entirely about rewarding friends and punishing enemies, and making federal...
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“Just Win, Baby” The Politics of Obamacare
Teaser: A pair of federal appellate court decisions sent Obamacare backers cycling through at least the first three stages of grief (anger, denial, and bargaining) over the likelihood of further...
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How to Opt Out of Public Sector Unions
Teaser: This week is National Employee Freedom Week, a nationwide effort of 81 groups in 45 states to raise awareness among public union employees that they can opt out of membership in their unions....
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One Easy Way to Save Up to 1 Million Lives a Year
Teaser: We are debating how we should allocate experimental drugs to treat Ebola. But we have the means to reduce malaria—and we are not using it.This article originally appeared in MarketWatch.Ebola...
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Texas Economy Makes Rick Perry a Lefty Target
Teaser: Perry has demonstrated that states grow with less, not more, government. That outcome by itself suggests that the left's efforts to destroy Rick Perry will not carry over to destroying the...
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Emotional Storms Are No Response for Disasters
Teaser: Americans nurse their own very private and personal storm of emoto-thoughts when it comes to natural disasters. We want to do something, so we look for theories that support action.This article...
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Beyond the Protests: Fracking in the UK
Teaser: Fracking can deliver affordable energy, economic growth, energy security, and job opportunities to the UK. Despite the claims of overzealous environmentalists, this is what most people want....
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3 Reasons an Obama Executive Order on Immigration Would Backfire
Teaser: A broad executive order would cause immense problems for workers supposedly benefitting by the grant of legal status. To begin with, legal challenges to the executive order would work their...
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A Closer Look at Medicare
Teaser: A close reading of the Medicare Trustees' report indicates that we shouldn't expect too much moderation in health care spending.The Medicare Trustees issued their annual report on the program's...
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Under Affordable Care Act, Minimum Wage Hike Discourages Work
Teaser: Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour will leave many full-time workers ineligible for Medicaid. Why do we design welfare programs to discourage work?Most criticisms of minimum wage...
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Union Membership Down, Political Spending Up
Teaser: Here are two statistics that most labor groups will not be sharing as they push their Labor Day propaganda—11 percent and $700 million. Though union membership has been declining, political...
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The Tale of Missing IRS E-Mails Gets More and More Curious
Teaser: It was revealed on Friday that the emails of Lois Lerner, director of exempt organizations at the IRS, were backed up on federal government equipment and have been available to congressional...
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How Right to Work Helps Unions and Economic Growth
Teaser: States with RTW laws have faster economic growth, and union membership is growing in RTW states. If unions want to gain more members and make them better off, they should flip their anti-RTW...
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Right-to-Work Laws Could Come to a City Near You
Teaser: Can cities in non-RTW states pass their own RTW laws? The answer is yes, thanks to a Supreme Court ruling in 1963. Municipalities seeking to make their business climate more friendly for job...
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Money Is Not the Answer for Our Bloated Public Education System
Teaser: American public education does not need more money. Instead, it needs to spend some of its current funds on more Neighborhood Outreach Connections.This article originally appeared in...
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Fast-food Worker Strikes Aren’t What They Appear To Be
Teaser: Many protesters marching near Times Square in New York City yesterday were organized by worker centers, which employ publicists to carefully craft messages and talking points. Fast-food workers...
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The Case for the Gold Standard
Teaser: “There has not been one instance in history where active monetary management has advanced an economy.” So goes the bold claim in the new book by Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames, Money: How the...
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The 'Coincidence' of CVS and Tobacco
Teaser: Back in February, when CVS announced that it would stop selling tobacco products, I wrote that CVS was looking for something in return: more access to the lucrative Affordable Care Act health...
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What Washington Can Learn From Apple
Teaser: As those in Washington debate how to get the economy growing faster than an anemic two percent, they should be looking back to the sector of the economy that has been driving...
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More Military Spending Could Actually Save the U.S. Money
Teaser: As we honor the memories of those who died on Sept. 11, 2001, we owe it to ourselves to prepare for future attacks. That means a strong defense and a budget that leaves us equipped for...
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