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Mairead McArdle details for the Daily Wire some of the least-defensible elements of the latest federal COVID-19 stimulus package. Some of the items are only loosely related to relieving pandemic…
George Leef’s latest Forbes column offers another reason why one particular federal agency should get the ax. The National Endowment for the Humanities is one of the remnants of Lyndon…
Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon reports on the latest ways the National Endowment for the Arts has found to waste your money. The National Endowment for the Arts…
James Antle and Joseph Lawler explain at the Washington Examiner why the next round of budget discussions in Washington, D.C., could produce fireworks. President Trump fired the opening salvo for…
Thomas Donlan devotes his latest Barron’s editorial commentary to Congress’ apparent disinterest in President Trump’s budget ideas. When the president published his instructions to Congress regarding the federal budget for…
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online explains why the National Endowment for the Arts ought to be defunded “for art’s sake.” Of course we should kill the National Endowment for…
Michael Tanner‘s latest National Review Online column explains why federal taxpayer funding for art ought to dry up. As the husband and stepfather of accomplished artists, I take art very…
Elizabeth Harrington visits the world of the arts in her latest exploration of federal budget details for the Washington Free Beacon. A play about food stamps, a performance by a…
Elizabeth Harrington documents for Washington Free Beacon readers a government effort to dis the Bard. The federal government has invested nearly $100,000 to bring Shakespeare to the stage—only without the…
Last night, I kicked back and read the Asheville City Council meeting agenda more thoroughly. I already mentioned it once, but the language in the request for the city to…
What’s a deficit? What’s debt? Who cares? The city is going to partner with the Asheville Area Arts Council for a National Endowment for the Arts grant to celebrate distinctive…
There’s a good political argument to be made against Republicans trying to use the threat of a federal government shutdown to win support for their goal of defunding ObamaCare. James…