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Cancel culture and Cronkite
He was once “the most trusted man in America.” Now Walter Cronkite’s namesake school is a hotbed of cancel culture. Brian Anderson explains at National Review Online. Walter Cronkite said…
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Poverty, crime, and the political blame game
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online asks which political party deserves the blame for poverty and crime. Baltimore is . . . not great. It has the second-highest murder rate…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
1,000 Hours of Training Required To Blow-Dry Hair
North Carolina isn’t the only state pushing to change licensing requirements for folks who simply want to earn a living but are thwarted by ridiculously high barriers put in place…
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Another hit for Herbalife…..
The Biz Journal passes along this Bloomberg report that one of Herbalife’s major distributors has left the company to distribute Verve energy-drink products for Scottsdale, Arizona-based Vemma Nutrition Co. Anthony…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The NDRA is on its way—the National Debt Relief Amendment, that is.
Following the latest American Legislative Exchange Council gathering in Scottsdale, Arizona, the National Debt Relief Amendment (which I’ve promoted before on the Locker Room) now has seven new states with…
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You’d Laugh If It Didn’t Hurt So Much
Here’s how Robert J. Smith viewed land use planning: One of the few states that has really done a careful job has been the State of Arizona, and Arizona has…
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You’re paying for this
It gave me warm fuzzies this morning to discover yet another use of taxpayer dollars to bankroll the left’s holy war against global warming. Not. I recently pulled The Climate…
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Report from the front lines of the economic development battle
Darcy Olsen, president and CEO of the Goldwater Institute, reports on the Goldwater Institute law suit against economic development giveaways in this Wall Street Journal op-ed. In addition to outlining…
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Hometown Christmas Story
While I was home visiting my mother (91 and sharp as a tack), she reminded me of this story about my hometown, Mesa Arizona. During the Depression, downtown businesses were…
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It could be worse, corporate welfare in Arizona
I recently received a fundraising letter from the Goldwater Institute. They are raising money for their new Center for Constitutional Litigation headed by former Institute for Justice Vice President Clint…