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Like the IRS Scandal, Texas Speaker Straus is attacking conservative non-profit groups and even churches!

ACTION ALERT! GOVERNOR RICK PERRY MUST VETO THIS BILL SB 346!

One of the top Chairmen for Joe Straus, Charlie Geren, has pushed a bill (SB 346) through the Texas House that, like the recent Obama IRS scandal, would attack Texas conservative non-profit groups by demanding that they reveal who gives money to them.   Read more »

The controversial conservative scholar Charles Murray raised the question of whether a liberal arts education should be abandoned altogether except for those with the leisure and resources to engage in learning as a manner of self-enlightenment rather than any practical matter such as finding a job or learning a marketable skill. Murray goes on to suggest, in his book Real Education, that perhaps we should declare the brick-and-mortar college obsolete for most purposes it now claims to serve.

If the goal of the conservatives is to convince the independents and the low information voters that the progressive policies are flawed, conservatives must have credibility when they engage in policy debates. Further, I think that some conservatives are doing themselves and other conservatives a huge disservice by engaging in nick picking of issues that should be left alone.   Read more »

While Democrats in state capitals such as Sacramento and Albany are busy patting themselves on the back for the great job they’re doing, a new report out today puts California and New York at the bottom of the list for economic performance and outlook, casting doubts about prospects for reducing unemployment creating economic opportunities for millions of Americans living in high tax states.

In “Rich States, Poor States,” the American Legislative Exchange Council and well-respected economist Art Laffer examine each state’s economic performance in areas such as GDP, employment, and domestic migration, all factors that are heavily influenced by state policies. Looking forward, they examine factors

Last week was rather interesting. Not just because of the various breaking scandals, either.

But more because the media at large covered Scandalpalooza. It was not just Fox News Channel or various (and smaller) conservative outlets. It was the mainstream media at large (aka MSM).   Read more »

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) asked Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate election integrity org True the Vote and its associated Tea Party group, King Street Patriots, immediately before the IRS and DOJ began targeting the group in June 2010.

Rep. Jackson Lee sent a letter to Holder which alleged that True the Vote was intimidating voters and their election monitors were crossing the line in unspecified “instances” of voter intimidation. The letter went on to

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) went to the floor of the Senate on Monday, May 20, 2013 and made an absolute fool of himself. Shortly after the devastating and tragic tornado had struck Moore, OK, with its huge loss of life and property, Senator Whitehouse immediately went to the Senate floor to “blame” this event on Global Warming.   Read more »

The House Appropriations Committee will be considering the fiscal year 2014 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill. The bill provides funding to ensure that our military and our veterans have the resources that they need. The full committee markup is scheduled to begin at 11AM Eastern, and can be viewed online.

It would seem reality has finally, at long last, over-ridden the default setting for government workers' “Big Government-loving” worldview.

As shown in the latest issue of Governing:

State and local government officials increasingly disapprove of president Obama and fear the country is headed in the wrong direction, according to a new Governing Index survey.

The myth that to succeed in life one needs a college degree has perhaps been the biggest myth bestowed upon a people since the idea that mortgage backed securities were a good investment.

The argument that a college degree increases earning power faces two problems:

First, correlation does not mean causation. Those who earn a college degree usually earn more money in their lifetimes than people without a college degree. However, that does not mean that financial gains are linked directly to the attainment of a degree. Those who receive college degrees usually start off in better place than those who do not.