The record is fairly consistent: voters support vouchers in the abstract, but vote down specific proposals that make the ballot.
How do you save a presidency from the president?
Conservatives are frustrated about Donald Trump, but not for the reasons expected.
Which Ducey will run for re-election?
There have been two Doug Ducey’s: the transformative conservative reformer and the pragmatic steady hand at the helm. Which one will run for re-election?
Good and bad ideas about doing more on terrorism
British Prime Minister Theresa May says that Western democracies should go on offense, doing more than just trying to detect and disrupt terrorist attacks. But is that a realistic aspiration?
Congress’ shrinking role on climate change and war
Presidents weren’t intended to be able to make binding international commitments unilaterally or engage in combat without congressional authorization.
Trump’s budget shouldn’t be DOA
Trump’s budget includes serious and specific recommendations to restructure the federal government along conservative lines. Congressional Republicans shouldn’t ignore it.
Ducey, Trump and First Amendment confusions
The First Amendment protects the right to write or say what you want. That’s it.
State AGs shakedown Target
Private companies have sufficient incentive to protect data without being hustled by lawyer-politicians.
Horne decision illustrates the need for administrative law reform
Big consequences should only occur after a truly independent adjudication. Arizona law doesn’t provide that.
The surest way to boost teacher pay
House Speaker J.D. Mesnard was right to withdraw his bill requiring schools to use half of their inflation funding for teacher salary increases, and shouldn’t revive it. But he does raise an important question: Why isn’t there more upward pressure on teacher compensation at the school level?