Liberty
Diversity as weakness instead of strength
John Hinderaker writes for the Powerline blog about the downside of diversity. The shibboleth that “diversity is our strength” is one of the worst canards of our time. There is…
Fiduciary Duty
Liberty
Davos Elites Make Green by Going ‘Green’
Paul Mueller writes for the Washington Examiner about the financial incentives driving much of the climate agenda. Global elites of all sorts are traveling to Davos, Switzerland, for the World…
Liberty
Corporations Start to Drop Woke Agendas
Paul Fitzpatrick writes for Real Clear Politics about a welcome development in corporate America. The tide is turning against woke agendas in corporate America. Just recently Vanguard CEO Tim Buckley…
Education
Martin Center Column Probes Governing Boards’ Role in Controlling College Costs
Jay Schalin of the Martin Center asks why governing boards have failed to control rising college costs. Public higher education was once America’s great enabler, permitting young people from lower-class…
Education
Martin Center column emphasizes governing boards’ roles in saving struggling colleges
Michael Bills writes for the Martin Center about the role governing boards must play in addressing struggling colleges’ challenges. Before the COVID-19 pandemic walloped our colleges and universities, higher education…
Law & Public Safety
Split N.C. Supreme Court reverses decision in tobacco acquisition fight
The N.C. Supreme Court has voted, 4-3, to overrule a state Appeals Court ruling in a court fight involving British American Tobacco and Reynolds American’s $29.25 billion takeover of Lorillard.…
Liberty
Anthony Foxx gets sued
From McClatchy: Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was paid nearly a half-million dollars by a bus company while mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, even though he performed no work for the…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Who’s really being unpatriotic?
It baffles me that corporations like Burger King, that are moving their headquarters out of the United States to avoid a punitive corporate income tax, are being referred to as…
Liberty
We Gotta Move These, Refrigerators, Gotta Move These Color TVeeeeeeees
The Eastern Band of Cherokee (which sounds funny because we can’t say “Indians” anymore) is being sued by minors whose share of casino profits, held in trust, yielded poorly as…
Liberty
Board responsibility
Amid all of the problems that have come to light regarding the Mental Health Association – unpaid taxes, temporarily unpaid wages, questionably high payments to executives and consultants, and now…
Liberty
And This Helps These Kids?
In this opinion piece, the Washington Examiner’s Barbara Hollingsworth slams the federal government’s practice of sending to the states the Social Security funds that are supposed to help disabled foster…
Liberty
“corporate conscience”
One of Milton Friedman’s best essays dealt with this issue about 30 years ago. His argument was that since corporate managers are hired by the stockholders for the purpose of…