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Democrats Impede Excellence in Education Feb. 15, 2017
What is it about new Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos that so bothers Democrats that not a single ... Read More
Minimum Wage and Discrimination Feb. 08, 2017
There is little question in most academic research that increases in the minimum wage lead to increa... Read More
Trump Now Must Feed the Beast Nov. 09, 2016
It is the world turned upside down. Our new president-elect is not merely a bad choice; he is one of... Read More
Bad Teacher Protection Racket Sep. 14, 2016
Bad teachers. We've all had one. A Connecticut judge is ordering the state to stop spending money on... Read More
Trump and Blacks Aug. 18, 2016
Who would have thought that Donald Trump, of all people, would be addressing the fact that the black... Read More
Apple, Wal-Mart and Workers Jun. 22, 2016
Dear Mr. Berko: Since getting out of college in 2013, I've been working at Wal-Mart in Florida, maki... Read More
Sanders and the Snapchat Liberals Apr. 12, 2016
If the polls hold, scoring tickets to "Hamilton" will be as good as it's going to get for Bernie San... Read More
Bernie Sanders' Free Trade Mythology Mar. 10, 2016
Bernie Sanders' upset victory in Michigan came just two days after he stood on the debate stage in t... Read More
Such a Curiosity, Those White Working-Class Voters Mar. 09, 2016
The headline: "Millions of ordinary Americans support Donald Trump." Immediately, I bristled. Here w... Read More
Republicans Can Give Workers a $1 Billion Pay Raise Mar. 01, 2016
If Donald Trump's gravity-defying ascendancy has validated anything, it is that for Middle America, ... Read More
Can Government Force You to Fund the GOP -- Or a Teachers Union? Jan. 20, 2016
In a free country, the answer is obvious. Yet in the Supreme Court last week, it was up to Justice A... Read More
Fast Food Workers Doth Protest Too Much Nov. 20, 2015
In the latest in a series of minimum wage protests in recent years, fast food workers staged a one-d... Read More
Cops Gone Wild: Police Unions Are Killing Our Freedoms Nov. 06, 2015
Police unions are out of control. Earlier this year, Baltimore cops allegedly murdered Freddie Gray ... Read More
Dems Panicking Over High Court Union Dues Case Oct. 07, 2015
Saturday, the National Education Association, the nation's largest public employees union, endorsed ... Read More
Giving Power to the People Sep. 17, 2015
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker just proposed a plan to overhaul the country's labor laws, called "My Pl... Read More
Anatomy of a Failed Liberal State Sep. 15, 2015
When I grew up in the north suburbs of Chicago in the 1960s and '70s, Illinois was still a financial... Read More
A Moderate Democrat Actually Mar. 10, 2015
Orinda, California, Mayor Steve Glazer says that he is running for a state Senate seat vacated by no... Read More
Jerry Brown: Caucus of 1 Oct. 19, 2014
I know Republicans who voted for Jerry Brown in 2010. They thought he'd be like Richard Nixon going ... Read More
Juking the Job Stats Aug. 08, 2014
A decade ago, as the United States hemorrhaged manufacturing jobs, the federal government considered... Read More
Blue vs. Blue Does Not Equal Red Aug. 05, 2014
They are all Democrats, blue and blue. But like Republicans, they have opposing visions duking it ou... Read More
