Proposed IRS Rule Bad Charter Medicine, But Hints at Needed Pension Changes

by Eddie | 12:16 pm, February 10, 2012

There’s a little controversy trickling out of Washington, D.C., that you may not have heard about. A proposed regulation from the Internal Revenue Service would effectively deem charter school teachers to be private employees and not eligible for government pension benefits. Yesterday the Colorado State Board of Education made the bold and unanimous move of [...]

Another School Choice Trifecta: Jared Polis, Bill Cosby, Ben DeGrow… Swish!

by Eddie | 2:01 pm, January 27, 2012

Since yesterday’s school choice trifecta was so successful, why not another one to help bring a smashing conclusion to National School Choice Week? We’re in the heart of basketball season — it’s not March Madness time yet — but still “trifecta” gets me thinking about making that long-range jumper for student-centered education reform:

Yesterday, Colorado’s U.S. [...]

Judge Rules Americans Can Be Forced to Testify Against Themselves

by Bob Adelmann | 12:57 pm, January 26, 2012

In order to protect our rights, our security must be protected. In order to protect our security, our rights must be invaded. Nothing wrong with that, is there?

Constitutional Authority House Rule XII Largely Ignored

by Bob Adelmann | 6:02 am, January 20, 2012

Perhaps I’m getting cynical in my old age but this was worthless from the start. How ridiculous even to think that limits would be honored when they are written by the very people who intended to ignore them.

SOPA, PIPA Blackouts Are Working!

by Bob Adelmann | 5:11 am, January 19, 2012

Read carefully about Marco Rubio’s reversal when he realized that he might just wind up being a one-term Senator over this issue. The internet does work.

Another $1 Billion Won’t Help Buffalo, New York

by Bob Adelmann | 12:41 pm, January 17, 2012

The only way to wean politicians off the pork is to remove the pork.

One Lonely State Representative Opposes Indefinite Detention

by Bob Adelmann | 5:52 am, January 17, 2012

Where is the outrage? Where is the anger? Where is the complaining? Is there just ONE politician with backbone stiff enough to say NO?

Bob Schaffer Looks Back at 10 Years of NCLB Federal Education Failure

by Eddie | 3:56 pm, January 10, 2012

Yesterday I peered ahead at the upcoming legislative session. Today I take a look back at a landmark piece of national education legislation. Yes, I sometimes get confused like that. Anyway, it was 10 years ago this week that then-President George W. Bush signed into law the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). A whole [...]

Senator Tom Coburn’s Annual “Wastebook” Released

by Bob Adelmann | 12:52 pm, December 30, 2011

Senator Tom Coburn sports a very weak conservative rating, having voted for some of these wasteful measures and then criticizing them in his “wastebook.” Isn’t that the definition of hypocrite? Well, yes.

Each Chevy Volt Costs Taxpayers $250,000

by Bob Adelmann | 5:52 am, December 30, 2011

One may question his math (as some of my more critical readers have done), but the point remains: People spending their own money are making decisions NOT to buy the Chevy Volt, but rather the Prius. Isn’t that something? People – not government – are making the best decisions for themselves when they use their own money. What a concept.

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