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Senate-Passed Bill Creates Unnecessary Hurdles for Charter Schools
May 10, 2012 Opponents of charter schools fear the loss of existing public schools' students and money, but the mass exodus to private schools and better performing school districts has already begun in a trend projected to continue.
Coal-fired Alabama on EPA's "Most Wanted" List
April 26, 2012 Despite the successes in environmental quality improvement in the U.S. since the early 90s, the EPA has promulgated more regulations in the first two years of the Obama Administration than it did during the entire first term of the Clinton Administration.
The Facts About Charter Schools
April 5, 2012 Public charter schools may be our only chance to change the lives of students at high risk to drop out of school, yet the AEA’s campaign to discredit public charter schools has resulted in the spread of deliberate misinformation
Penalties for Illegal Gambling: Cost of Business or a Crime
March 28, 2012 Are the penalties for violating Alabama’s laws against gambling so weak that crime literally does pay?
Is College the Cure for Conservatism?
March 16, 2012 Surveys suggest that a liberal takeover of public education could be deprogramming religion and conservative values in college students. Alabama Policy Institute President Gary Palmer sheds light on an alarming trend.
An Attack on Liberty
February 23, 2012 Every member of Congress, every governor, and every member of the federal judiciary along with the President of the United States took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic. Yet ...
Reagan: America is Too Great for Small Dreams
February 8, 2012 February 6th would have been Ronald Reagan’s 101st birthday. Considering the current condition of America and the world, I tried to imagine what he would say if he were still with us. Here are some of my thoughts.
Time-honored Standard of Conduct:
February 3, 2012 With the shipwreck of the luxury cruise ship the Costa Concordia, one of the most honored codes of seamanship, indeed of Western manhood, was violated … the code of “women and children first.”
Keystone XL Decision: Another Energy Policy That Hurts the Poor
January 27, 2012 Obama and Democrats have cast themselves as the protectors and defenders of the poor and down trodden. Yet their anti-fossil fuel agenda has created a highly regressive hidden tax that disproportionally falls on low- to middle-income families.
Voter ID Protects Right to Honest Elections
January 13, 2012 Alabama is once again at odds with the U.S. Department of Justice … this time over the voter ID law that the Alabama State Legislature passed during the 2011 legislative session.