Record 47 Million Americans Now Receive Food Stamps

By Matt Cole

10/09/2012

Although food stamp participation rates typically increase during a recession, a new study demonstrates that the rate of growth between 2008 and 2012 is unique.

TAGS: Diana Furchtgott-Roth, food stamps, Louisiana, Manhattan Institute, Obama, SNAP, Stimulus, USDA

Education Leaders Stunned by “Race to the Top” Outcome

By Fergus Hodgson

08/26/2010

Louisiana’s “inexplicable” failure to make top 12 raises questions about Obama administration’s commitment to reform Louisiana’s education leaders are wondering what more they can do to outperform other states in terms of reform. Louisiana failed to receive any funds in the federal “Race to the Top” program, and the lack of correlation between successful reform...

TAGS: Charter Schools, Education, Labor, Obama, Race to the Top, reform

Commentary: Obama’s Renewed Commitment to Card Check a Cause for Alarm

By Jamison Beuerman

08/18/2010

The President has been busy catering to his union allies, even to the point of soliciting them for funding to keep Democrats in office in upcoming elections. As part of his appeal to unions for political and material support, the President promised reinvigorated efforts to muscle into law the “Employee Free Choice Act,” commonly known...

TAGS: AFL-CIO, Card Check, Employee Free Choice Act, John Kline, Labor, Obama, SEIU

Commentary: DISCLOSE Act an Affront to Constitution and National Character

By Jamison Beuerman

07/29/2010

This is a shameless attempt to stifle political competition while bolstering their power base (unions) and currying votes from selective special interest groups in preparation for mid-term elections.

TAGS: DISCLOSE Act, interest groups, Labor, Obama, PACs

Commentary: Oil Spill Cleanup Requires Obama to Cut Red Tape and Ignore Special Interests

By Jamison Beuerman

06/30/2010

The federal government’s much-maligned response towards the Gulf oil crisis has been correctly attributed to red-tape and bureaucracy. But we should not overlook the recent evidence indicating that President Obama’s political posturing and constituent-pleasing are making matters worse. The concern is that President Obama has been complying with the wishes of two large factions of...

TAGS: Jones Act, Labor, Obama, oil spill, Quin Hillyer

Commentary: Injunction Against Moratorium a Victory for the Economy and the States

By Jamison Beuerman

06/22/2010

The citizens and businesses of the Gulf Coast were handed a welcome – and absolutely essential – victory today when U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman issued an injunction blocking President Obama’s six-month moratorium on all offshore drilling projects in more than 500 feet of water.

TAGS: BP, Martin Feldman, Moratorium, Obama, Obamatorium, oil spill

President’s Cabinet Appointments Lack Private Sector Experience

By Robert Flanagan

12/04/2009

Nick Schulz, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, recently posted a chart that showed prior private sector experience for members of the President’s Cabinet from 1900 to 2009. The chart, which came from a J.P. Morgan research report, is posted below. Schulz states that the chart excludes the Postmaster General, Navy, War, Health, Education...

TAGS: American Enterprise Institute, Cabinet, J.P. Morgan, Nick Schulz, Obama

Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government

In their report “Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government,” Ted Bolema, Ph.D., J.D., Antitrust and Competition Fellow at the Innovators Network Foundation, and Vance Ginn, Ph.D., Chief Economist at the Pelican Institute, write that while the current frustrations with the size of large tech companies and censorship practices may be warranted, giving...

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