November 20, 2014
Some Thoughts on Income Stagnation
There are currently two schools of thought on how to deal with America’s income disparity problem. One school of thought is a government program to raise the minimum wage paid to workers. The second is to restrict the labor supply...
November 19, 2014
5 Lessons from the Obamacare Fight
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) We appear to be heading toward a crisis over the president’s expected action on immigration. Luckily, the recent showdown over Obamacare provides ample lessons on how to react. Here are five...
November 17, 2014
A Long Two Years
(This originally appeared in The Hill). It’s going to be a long two years. We all knew that the new Republican majority and the president had vastly different opinions on issues like taxes, spending and healthcare. But since the elections,...
November 17, 2014
Moussaoui Might Be Crazy. And He Might Be Right.
When is it easy to believe a paranoid schizophrenic in the courtroom? When it is Zacarias Moussaoui and he tells you that a Saudi prince bankrolled the 9/11 attacks. Moussaoui, who is in a high-security Super-Max prison in Colorado (where...
November 14, 2014
Resist the Bait
When the President issues his executive order granting temporary amnesty to up to 5 million undocumented immigrants, Republicans are going to be very unhappy. The big question is: What do they do about it? Conservatives want to have an early...
November 13, 2014
Questions and More Questions About the Future of Immigration Reform
Will Congress and the President come to a meeting of the minds on fixing our broken immigration system or will they continue to play to their political bases in hope that they retain the upper hand on the issue? That...