Sometimes government payments actually do help needy and deserving recipients; sometimes not. We lay out a better way to serve Americans without doing them the disservice of making them dependent....
If you happen to be 38 years of age, half the people in the United States are older than you, and half the people are younger. You 38-year-olds out there are the median. You are in a prime stage of life, too. Singer Carrie Underwood...
Federal judges, who have “life tenure” under the U.S. Constitution, must check and balance the other branches of government, making the selection of the best, unbiased judges all the more important. ...
The principle of limited government should serve as a filter in a case-by-case balancing act to determine whether a particular regulation is necessary or not. ...
Do we need a federal abortion law? If America had such a law, what choices could it allow? We explore those difficult political questions using principles. ...
Today, we wade into the deep issue of abortion (or the choice issue, if you prefer), using principles, as always, for a lifeboat in which we can row out. ...
Federal action generally should be a last resort. People using guns to harm people may be the type of issue, however, that necessitates federal control. ...
Second Amendment rights and concepts have to mean something. In the first of two posts, we use a principled analysis to unpack this difficult constitutional question....
School may be out for the summer, but the issues involved in education do not go away when the doors are closed. School definitely is not out forever. Governments are asked to fund both schools and students....
Anger, fear, blame, resentment, and self-interest have driven the immigration debate. Evaluating policy through the lens of principles produces a better result....
