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Good Intentions: Bad Results Apr. 30, 2025
Government makes most things worse. Lyndon Johnson launched a War on Poverty; Richard Nixon a War on... Read More
Americans Need More 'Can Do,' Not More Candidates Aug. 01, 2019
Watching the political process play out is more discouraging each election cycle. Even the freshest ... Read More
You Can't Throw Money at War on Poverty Mar. 27, 2019
A damning new study dispels the myth that more money is the cure for education's failures. The repor... Read More
Liberal War on Work Jul. 24, 2018
Once upon a time, "work for welfare" was a pretty accepted notion. In 1996, Bill Clinton signed a st... Read More
How We Can Start Taking Back Our Country Jun. 21, 2017
Americans are justifiably frustrated regarding what is going on in Washington, D.C. But let's not f... Read More
Fighting Poverty With Real American Values Jan. 13, 2016
A recent forum on fighting poverty, sponsored by the Jack Kemp Foundation and moderated by House Spe... Read More
Scholars Shine New Light on Old Truths for Fighting Poverty Dec. 09, 2015
Two of the oldest and most venerated public policy institutes in Washington, D.C., the American Ente... Read More
The Fact-Free Left Jul. 21, 2015
The outrage over another multiple murder of American military personnel on American soil by another ... Read More
A Year of Anniversaries Dec. 30, 2014
2014 has been a year of anniversaries. It was the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First Wo... Read More
Semicentennial of LBJ's War on Poverty May. 20, 2014
This year, the cheerleaders for big government are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the launching... Read More
Special Rules for Democrats Apr. 29, 2014
Remember poverty? It was once a chief preoccupation of the Democratic Party. Lyndon Johnson made war... Read More
Dependency, Not Poverty Feb. 12, 2014
There is no material poverty in the U.S. Here are a few facts about people whom the Census Bureau la... Read More
Fact-Free Liberals: Part III Jan. 21, 2014
Since this year will mark the 50th anniversary of the "war on poverty," we can expect many... Read More
President Should Start With the Shivering Homeless at Home Jan. 09, 2014
Within a matter of days, it has become cliche to make note of President Obama's new commitment to en... Read More
Cruel Follies: Fighting Poverty the Republican Way, With Fresh (and Not-So-Fresh) Ideas Jan. 09, 2014
Listening to Republican politicians these days as they talk (and talk and talk) about poverty and in... Read More
The War on Poverty at 50 Jan. 07, 2014
With the 50th anniversary of the war on poverty at hand, the New York Times undertook a guided tour ... Read More
