Representative democracy is supposed to be, at least in part, a process of discovery through deliberation. That requires a modicum of respect and civility increasingly missing from our politics.
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Time for ESA supporters to get serious about reform
There are indefensible features of the program. If supporters don’t fix them, opponents will use them to impose more extensive limitations.
Read the column …https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/time-for-esa-supporters-to-get-serious
Ducey is ruining his exit
Holding a special session to lift the school spending cap hostage to other things is shabby all around.
Why hasn’t school-choice competition produced more for teachers?
School-choice competition is producing more for students. But it should also be producing more for teachers. A recent study documents the extent to which that isn’t happening.
Disorderly compared to what?
I was amused by the following from the Economist.
In a piece on Italy’s budget row with the European Commission, reference was made to relying on capital markets to impose fiscal discipline on spendthrift governments. “The danger, though,” according to the report, “is that investors could overreact. Market reactions can be both untimely and disorderly.”
As opposed to interventions by politicians and regulators, which are infallibly timely and orderly.
Will outraged high schoolers change the gun-control debate?
What’s the role of lobbying in a representative democracy?
Is tax reform a winner or a loser?
Taxes, North Korea, Trump, and the Arizona political highlights of 2017.