Liberty
Housing policy needs a dose of welfare reform
Howard Husock and Bruce Meyer explain why American housing policy could benefit from a form of welfare reform. In 1983, Harvard scholars Mary Jo Bane and David Ellwood sought to…
Welfare reform
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Biden’s America Favors the Unemployed
Stephen Moore writes for the New York Post about a fundamental flaw in the Biden administration’s approach to employment. [W]e still don’t have nearly enough adult Americans in the work…
Liberty
No, AOC, it’s socialism that starves people
Cheryl Chumley of the Washington Times examines another ill-advised pronouncement from freshman U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in her normal screeching manner, just raised national hackles by…
Liberty
A common-sense approach to food stamps
Editors at National Review Online label the Trump administration’s approach to food stamps “commonsensical.” Our food-stamp program has some bizarre loopholes in it, and the Trump administration is trying to…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Drawing workers back into the economy
Colin Wilhelm of the Washington Examiner highlights an interesting projection from top Trump administration economic adviser Kevin Hassett. Top Trump administration economist Kevin Hassett believes that the booming economy will…
Agriculture
Once-in-a-generation farm bill welfare fix
Kristina Rasmussen explains in a Washington Examiner column why Congress faces a rare opportunity in its latest farm bill. For millions of families stuck in government dependence, the stakes couldn’t…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Heritage pushes stronger food stamp reforms
Charles Fain Lehman of the Washington Free Beacon details a leading conservative think tank’s concerns about proposed reforms to the federal program formerly known as food stamps. The Heritage Foundation…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Reform more important than cuts when it comes to taxes
David Bahnsen of National Review Online explains why lawmakers on Capitol Hill ought to pursue tax reform and not just another round of tax cuts. The last time we saw…
Liberty
Dems consider marching further left
John Fund of National Review Online ponders the prospects of a Democratic Party with only one wing. Of course, it would be the left wing. At Netroots Nation, an annual…
Liberty
How out-of-wedlock birth became typical
Super-intern Jordan Roberts and I have spent the last month understanding TANF in North Carolina. The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program was the creation of welfare reform 20 years…
Health Care
States Should Have More Control Over Their Medicaid Programs, Not Washington
As some members of the Congressional GOP are trying to put states back in charge over their private health insurance markets (for the most part), others also have a vision to…
Elections & Public Integrity
New Carolina Journal Online features
Leslee Kulba profiles the N.C. House District 112 election for Carolina Journal Online. John Hood’s Daily Journal reminds N.C. voters about positive gains the state has made in national rankings…