The name, Jaime Escalante, came up in print at least twice last week, but there is more to his story that warrants discussion. During Univision’s December 9, Presidential Debate, the Moderator asked Congressman Duncan Hunter about Hispanics dropping out of…
Readers of this blog are familiar with the ongoing efforts by the union bosses to transfer authority over U.S. labor law to United Nation affiliate organizations like the International Labor Organization (ILO). Doug Bandow has written a summary of the…
Former Federal Elections Commissioner Bradley Smith has an excellent piece on campaign finance “reform” and freedom of speech. As former House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt once said: “two important values in direct conflict: freedom of speech and our desire…
With Congress failing to act on measures critical to the American people, they have made time on their schedule to payback Big Labor for their support in the past election. Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid has announced that a vote…
Newly elected New York Democrat Governor Elliot Spitzer is engaged in a heated battle with his former supporters — the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Spitzer, who supports slowing the growth in the state’s Medicaid budget, is under attack from…
Iowa’s Democrat Gov. Chet Culver said he would sign legislation to tax workers who choose not to join a union. Iowans have been working hard to protect their Right to Work Law against provisions like the so-called “fair share” tax.
Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple Computer, likes to speak his mind and at a recent conference on education reform in Austin, Texas, he let the teachers unions have a piece of it. PC World reports that, [d]uring a joint…
The whole Right to Work movement shed a collective tear when they heard the news that Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-GA) had passed. Norwood was a champion of freedom and workers’ rights. He was a stalwart defender of Right to Work…
The Sioux City Journal contributes a powerful editorial against efforts to punish workers who choose not to join a labor union in Iowa: With both of Iowa’s legislative chambers, as well as the governor’s office, controlled by Democrats, labor unions…