The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand, has a passage that has always stuck with me. A powerful leader named Edward Toohey has gathered a group of aspiring artists, writers, architects, etc to form a “social council”. Their mission is to discuss and promote the “arts” that will appeal to the common man.
We find that [...]

I have a hate/love relationship with unions. Surprised I am somewhat sympathetic? Me too. But I saw an interview with Ron Gettelfinger (whom I despise) on CNN and he made the best point in support of unions I had ever heard (paraphrased):
Interviewer: How can you feel that the union employees should receive millions more?
Ron: [...]

Until a couple weeks ago, the only “rubber rooms” I’d ever heard of were the crazy house kind.  I had no idea that New York State Board of Education (“NYSBE”) was using policies that resembled those of the United Auto Workers union, namely “job banks.”
Each year, hundreds of teachers in New York are put on [...]

In today’s WSJ op-ed section, Al Sharpton and Joel Klein wrote a letter to President-elect Obama about schools.  Part of their argument was about the difference in achievement between Hispanic and Black students and their White counterparts.  What they don’t mention is that the achievement level of the white kids is sub-par as well.  As [...]

Mitt Romney wrote an op-ed, published yesterday, calling for the government to “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt.”  He brings up some very good points and I wanted to bring them to your attention.  He is not advocating thousands losing their jobs.  He is calling for Detroit to finally receive its wake-up call and restructure itself as [...]

Today Senator Harry Reid of Nevada introduced legislation to give Ford, GM, and Chrysler government loans totalling $25 billion at interest rates starting at 5%.  The only requirement… Executives making more than $250,000 a year must not receive bonuses.   The money will come out of the $700 billion TARP funds.  Also included in the bill is an extension of [...]