It comes as a surprise to many that there is currently much more substantive policy work underway in Texas than during the legislative session. In fact, someone sent me a list that indicated a total of over 20 appointed or elected boards, commissions, and committees, not including the interim legislative committe work, have been authorized by […]
Archives for May 2008
Book Notes
Two recent books to recommend, which have interesting overlaps in the several ways in which they treat the history of liberalism in America: **Camelot and the Cultural Revolution, by James Piereson. The subtitle of this book describes it well–“how the assassination of John F. Kennedy shattered American liberalism”. This is a fascinating and unique treatment […]
Clarity in Tax Policy
Let’s be clear: we know where Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will take the country in tax policy–roll back the Bush tax rate cuts, restore the death tax, reverse the capital gains and dividend tax cuts, increase the cost of capital, thereby damaging investment, job creation, and prosperity. It works every time. It also works in reverse […]
“A Nation at Risk” at 25
During the past couple of weeks, there have been a number of articles and features marking the 25th anniversary of “A Nation at Risk”, the groundbreaking 1983 report on the dismal status of American public education, wherein the most famous line was the one that served as the national wake-up call: “If an unfriendly power had attempted to […]