Teachers as Parents — Extended NJ Editorial

As a California resident, a state with high taxes, higher unemployment, and the height of waste and spending, I look outside of my state politics for leadership and accomplishment. In addition to leaders like Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Mitch Daniels of Indiana, New...

Rhode Island: The Petri Dish of Socialism

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.” – Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) A petri dish is a pristine, transparent carrier in which scientists develop a culture, a bacterium, or a cancerous sample within a controlled...

Shorter Take on Democratic Supermajority

The Democratic Party has a supermajority in four states: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Illinois, and California. Massachusetts has the mini-version of ObamaCare, with businesses fleeing, and opportunities fleeting for residents. Rhode Island has the highest...

Sonenshein Shines Light on CA Dems Divide

I commend Raphe Sonenshein for laying off the worn-out "GOP divided" talking points, and instead shining the light on the growing rift in the California Democratic Party: the divide between reform-minded activists and retrenchment of the special interest...

The Legacy of Democratic Hegemony: Everyone Loses

The Democratic Party has a supermajority (or in come cases hypermajority control) over at least four states: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Illinois, and California. The states with the most blue are losing more people than they are gaining. They are losing billions...