5 Ways Federal Agencies Could Botch Trump’s Executive Order On Campus Speech
The EO merely requires agencies to ‘take appropriate steps’ to ‘encourage institutions’ to promote free speech and debate. Much, much more is needed.
Two Ways The Right Can Wrestle Big Government Down To Size
We must create visionary programs of our own, and they must center around slashing the bloated administrative and regulatory state bankrupting our country.
Why A Federal School Choice Program May Be The Dumbest Way For Trump To Promote School Choice
Any Republican who proposes expanding rather than ending the federal government’s power over education is whistling past the graveyard federalization has made of American education.
State Bills Foreshadow Frightening Trend Of Considering Parents Guilty Until Proven Innocent
While these two bills focused on homeschooling, the same perspective on parental rights—that the state knows best, parents be damned—can be seen in legislative branches throughout the country.
Federal Report Finds U.S. Department Of Education A Massive Failure
Bad oversight, data quality, and evaluation methodologies have plagued the department since its creation in 1867. We still don’t know what we’re getting for billions in dollars spent, besides meddlesome federal mandates.
How Our Administrative State Undermines The Constitution
Scholar and political theorist John Marini’s new book addresses the foundational constitutional problem of our age—how to rein in America’s unaccountable federal bureaucracy.
How Bureaucracy Wars Against Americans’ Control Of Their Own Government
Expansion of federal agencies’ power over the last century has culminated in the rise of the Deep State, which is seeking to undermine presidential power.
How Americans’ Social Distrust Points The Way To Religious Revival
Given that a lot of what passes for objective reality turns out to be only slightly more accurate than palm reading, it is hardly surprising that Americans mistrust their social institutions.
Trump’s Bump Stock Ban Adds New Chapter To BATFE’s Sordid History
If judges allow the BATFE to override laws passed by Congress, the historically corrupt agency will have a green light to go after semi-automatic firearms next.
It’s Not Money Causing Teachers To Leave Their Jobs In Droves, It’s People
Money is not at the root of America’s education problem. The true root of the issue lies with the human participants.
How Federal Grants Are Turning State Governments Against Their Own People
Almost a third of the money in many state government budgets now comes directly from Washington, D.C. But why are federal taxpayers paying for Wisconsin’s bike paths?
NYT: Jeff Sessions Is Doing A Great Job Fighting DOJ’s Liberal Bureaucracy
Intending to paint Jeff Sessions negatively, the Times accidentally paints a diligent and effective agency head who is achieving results over the objections of a large, entrenched, and politically extreme bureaucracy.
Congress Needs To Stop Pouring Money Into NASA’s Contractor Black Hole
It will take NASA more than 20 years and $40 billion to fly one manned mission. That’s not including the almost $18 billion NASA will spend to build the Orion capsule that will fly on that mission.
How America’s Obsession With Safety Is Stunting Our Kids’ Spirituality
America’s safety obsession reveals not so much a healthy desire to protect our children as the gangrenous decay of a society that has rejected the transcendent.
The Left Is Exacting A Terrible Revenge On Kavanaugh For Threatening To Limit Their Power
What a terrible price there is to pay for a judge who naively questions whether unelected bureaucrats should have the final say on what the law means.
The New York Times Anonymous Op-ed Pushes Electoral Sabotage
The problem with the much-discussed op-ed isn’t that the author is anonymous, it’s that author celebrates nullifying a presidential election.
For Sticking To The Law, Trump Title IX Regs Accused Of ‘Making Campuses Safer’ For Rape
In a first for the Trump U.S Department of Education, this rollback will also undo Clinton and Bush-era policies, to adhere more closely to the law and Supreme Court precedent, an administration official told The Federalist.
Why ‘Destroying The Civil Service’ Would Be Good For America
The United States’ civil service could fairly be described as the branch of the Democratic Party that does not have the inconvenience of standing for election.
Why There’s No Such Thing As Local Government Any More, And What To Do About It
Nonprofits, states, and local governments now typically behave like big-box stores: same entity, different location. Maybe the aisles run side to side instead of front to back, but largely everything is the same.
A Crank Called Colorado Police To Shut Down Kids’ Lemonade Stand, And It Worked
What kind of sick person would call the cops on a hot sunny day to complain about three little kids and their lemonade stand?
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