Liberty
Conflict brews over ‘free’ buses in NYC
Silvio Canto writes for the American Thinker about a disagreement among leading Democrats. We hear that there is a lot of conflict on the other side. Some call it generational,…
Tampa
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Liberty
As LA riots, anti-ICE protests spread nationwide
Moira Gleason writes for National Review Online about the political left’s latest dubious campaign. Protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have spread coast to coast as conflicts between authorities…
Liberty
U.S. Housing Market Sees Biggest Drop Since 2008
After the last couple of years have seen sky rocking home prices, the U.S. housing market just had its biggest drop since 2008, when the Great Recession first began. This…
Liberty
Trump, Pence Offer Contrast for Young Conservatives
Charles Hilu writes at National Review Online about competing messages from the last president and vice president. Over the past few days, both former president Donald Trump and his vice…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
How California environmental overregulation caused “Containergeddon”
"The bottleneck in California (caused by that state’s stringent emissions laws) led directly to bottlenecks at every other port in America."
Liberty
DeSantis Punches Back Against Biden’s Attacks
The DailyMail.com reports on the latest developments in a war of words between the U.S. president and Florida’s governor. Ron DeSantis on Friday mocked Joe Biden for saying ‘governor who?’…
Liberty
Florida’s success mystifies Biden adviser
Jonathan Davis writes at Trending Politics about Florida’s defiance of Biden administration COVID-19 expectations. One of President Joe Biden’s advisers expressed genuine shock over the monumental differences in how Florida,…
Research Brief
Education
Teacher union bloggers attack Truitt as Mangrum campaign falters
The race is a dead heat even though Mangrum maintained a 6-to-1 fundraising advantage thanks to hefty contributions from the North Carolina Democratic Party, Lillian’s List, and the NCAE PAC.…
Transportation
How market forces are obsoleting central planners’ expensive light-rail dreams
Rail transit is losing riders in big numbers nationwide. Technological changes and market forces — greater job dispersal, Uber and Lyft, low gas prices thanks to fracking, and soon, driverless…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Public Financing of MLS Stadiums Warrants a Red Card
When Major League Soccer (MLS) started play in 1996, there were 10 teams in the league and the whole undertaking faced an uncertain future. Despite the wild popularity of soccer…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Major League Competition For Major League Soccer
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve written a lot about Major League Soccer (MLS) and the competing bids from Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham for a franchise. If it feels like…
Transportation
American Airlines gets Charlotte-Havana route award
The new aviation deal with Cuba limits U.S. air lines to 20 scheduled flights a day to Havana. Airline interest was much stronger than that though, with various U.S. carriers…