Commentary

Republican Governors Leading Nationwide Charge on Education Reform

By Troy Senik
Thursday, July 12 2012

Over the past three years, the Tea Party’s gifts to conservative politics have been legion, but none have been so acutely commendable as the grassroots movement’s ability to fundamentally reshape the parameters of political conversation on the right. Since the beginning of the Progressive Era roughly a century ago, the slow, relentless march of the state has often been implicitly accepted as something of a fait accompli. While conservative activists and intellectuals have consistently agitated for rollback, their politicians have been less than enthusiastic. By now, the litany is painfully…

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What Aaron Sorkin Gets Wrong About America

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ObamaCare Takeaway: A Net Win Constitutionally

	Years from now, here is the proposition for which law students will study this week’s Supreme Court…
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Obama Administration: Leak Vital Military Secrets, but Conceal Relevant “Fast & Furious” Documents

	“Our son lost his life protecting this nation, and it is very disappointing that we are now faced…
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State Reform Spotlight: What a MESSA! Michigan’s Fight to Save Money on Teacher Health Insurance

	Wisconsin’s Scott Walker isn’t the only Midwestern governor to facedown a recall threat after…
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Mitch Daniels: A Study in Political Character

	In “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe,” Douglas Adams wrote “It is a well known…
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