Posted by Neal McCluskey on July 22, 2010
By Neal McCluskey
For supporters of Title IX, it’s time to put down the pom-poms.
From the start, Title IX has been an unnecessary and destructive imposition of government and bureaucracy into college sports, substituting regulation and litigation for the free choices of women and men. But yesterday’s ruling that competitive cheerleading isn’t a sport — a decision worth reading just [...]
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Posted by Neal McCluskey on July 22, 2010
By Neal McCluskey
For supporters of Title IX, it’s time to put down the pom-poms.
From the start, Title IX has been an unnecessary and destructive imposition of government and bureaucracy into college sports, substituting regulation and litigation for the free choices of women and men. But yesterday’s ruling that competitive cheerleading isn’t a sport — a decision worth reading just [...]
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Tags: accounting, bureaucracy, college, Education and Child Policy, federal government, freedom, Government, liberty, litigation, schools, sports, students, title ix | No Comments »
Posted by Walter Olson on July 22, 2010
By Walter Olson
Paul Waldie at Toronto’s Globe and Mail reports on the case of Mike Reilly, who (unsuccessfully so far) has sought to write off as tax expenses the costs of campaigning for local office in a suburb of Vancouver. Reilly told a tax court that there was nothing idealistic about his quest for government office: he [...]
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Posted by Juan Carlos Hidalgo on July 15, 2010
By Juan Carlos Hidalgo
By now the name of Yoani Sánchez has become common currency for those who follow Cuba. Through the use of New Media (blog, Twitter and YouTube) Yoani has challenged the Castro regime in a way that various U.S. government-sponsored efforts have failed to do before, earning the respect and tacit admiration of even those who continue [...]
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Tags: Castro, change, communications, democracy, freedom, freedoms, Government, International Economics and Development, Internet, iran, new media, regulation, repressive regime, Telecom, Internet & Information Policy, Trade and Immigration, Twitter | No Comments »
Posted by Neal McCluskey on July 15, 2010
By Neal McCluskey
According to a Fort Worth Star-Telegram report, President Obama plans to reprise last year’s hotly debated role as Principal-in-Chief to help kick off the coming school year.
Will he have the Department of Education once again put out leading and Obama-aggrandizing study guides? Will he again take personal credit for getting computers and other goodies into your kids’ schools? [...]
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Posted by Neal McCluskey on July 15, 2010
By Neal McCluskey
According to a Fort Worth Star-Telegram report, President Obama plans to reprise last year’s hotly debated role as Principal-in-Chief to help kick off the coming school year.
Will he have the Department of Education once again put out leading and Obama-aggrandizing study guides? Will he again take personal credit for getting computers and other goodies into your kids’ schools? [...]
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Tags: constitutional, Education, Education and Child Policy, Government, Government and Politics, government jobs, obama, Video | No Comments »
Posted by Daniel Ikenson on July 1, 2010
By Daniel Ikenson
Steven Pearlstein’s ready for the nuclear option. With the conviction of a man who knows he won’t be held accountable for the consequences of his prescriptions, Pearlstein says the time has come for action against China. Hopefully, those whose fingers are actually near the button will recognize Pearlstein’s suggestion for what it is: an outburst [...]
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Tags: capitalism, consumer, consumers, creditors, currencies, economic relations, economic success, employment, exchange, financial meltdown, free markets, global economy, Government, investment, protectionism, saving, Trade and Immigration, trade restrictions, unemployment, Washington Post, world trade organization | No Comments »
Posted by Alan Reynolds on June 22, 2010
By Alan Reynolds
A recent Washington Post column by Ezra Klein dreamed up a new excuse for the conspicuous failure of Obama’s so-called stimulus plan. Klein argues that the stimulus of federal spending has been offset by the “anti-stimulus” of fiscal austerity by state and local governments. For proof he quotes Bruce Bartlett, who is fast becoming the favorite go-to guy [...]
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Tags: Bruce Bartlett, federal spending, Finance, Banking & Monetary Policy, gdp growth, Government, government spending, liberals, spending, state and local governments, Washington Post | No Comments »
