Happy Tuesday folks, Across America, people recognize that we are on the wrong track and current economic policies are not working. According to Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index, more than half of the country (54 percent) say that the economy is getting worse, while a mere 41 percent believe it is getting better. Because President Obama, […]
It’s Time for Education Reform
Jun 10 by
The President is right about one thing: it’s time for education reform. But that’s about where it stops. In Room to Grow, Andrew Kelly offers a conservative solution to the problems plaguing the higher education system in the US. The problem, according to Kelly, is that a generation of well-intentioned policies have wound up encouraging […]
Jun 10
Associated Press: “Economy Still Lacks Its Former Firepower”
Jun 9 by
Happy Monday folks, Ramesh Ponnuru, in the most recent publication of National Review, wrote that one of liberalism’s “great flaws” is “an unwarranted confidence in its own basic intellectual health.” As evidenced by President Obama’s expected actions today on student loans, the liberal agenda nips at the corners instead of addressing the root of problems. For example, President […]
Jun 9
NJ: “Don’t Get Too Excited” About Jobs Report
Jun 6 by
Happy Friday folks, Even though the economy added 217,000 jobs in May, National Journal’s Matt Vasilogambros warns that “people shouldn’t celebrate too much just yet.” That’s because even though the economy passed the pre-recession “peak number of jobs from January 2008,” there are “more working-age people in the U.S. now than there were six years ago.” As […]
Jun 6
What Is Room to Grow All About?
Jun 5 by
As Yuval Levin writes, Conservatives should…look squarely at those 21st-century realities and show the country what an application of conservative principles to the challenges we face would amount to in practice. Laying out the agenda for doing that, issue by issue, is what efforts like Room to Grow are about. Be sure to read all of Yuval’s […]
Jun 5
Fox News Poll: 58% Disapprove Of Obama On Economy, Healthcare
Jun 5 by
Happy Thursday folks, President Obama’s liberal, Washington-based agenda continues to let down the American people. “U.S. businesses added new workers at a slower-than-expected pace in May, according to a survey of hiring,” conducted by ADP and Moody’s analytics. Private-sector payrolls increased by 179,000, but “economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journalexpected ADP to report a […]
Jun 5
Keeping the Lights On for the Middle Class
Jun 5 by
When a few liberal authors tried changing the discussion about Adam White’s policy recommendations, he set the record straight.
Jun 5
WSJ: Obama’s Coal Rules “Pinch States Unevenly”
Jun 4 by
Ron Fournier of National Journal could not be more correct in his observation that Obama “puts politics above policy.” His cynical, politically motivated decision to slash carbon emissions will “pinch states unevenly,” according to The Wall Street Journal’s Amy Harder and Alicia Mundy. Even though “Kentucky appears to have it easy, … with an 18.3 […]
Jun 4
Grounded in a Political, Moral, and Social Vision
Jun 4 by
There’s no doubt that Room to Grow, the new book from YG Network, is making a splash, but what does it all mean? As Yuval Levin, one of the thirteen Room to Grow authors, puts it, Room to Grow is about helping the public see that this agenda is “rooted not just in fiscal concerns […]
Jun 4
Even Big Labor Says Obama’s Agenda “Simply A Recipe For Disaster”
Jun 3 by
Happy Tuesday folks, President Obama and his liberal agenda are angering millions of Americans and even traditional allies of the Left, labor unions, say that President Obama’s narrow agenda is “simply a recipe for disaster.” The United Mine Workers of America recently blasted the Administration’s decision to curb coal emissions when it said that “The […]
Jun 3