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Priya Abraham: Pennsylvania's Boost to School Choice
Joy PullmannPennsylvania lawmakers approved a large increase to the state's popular tax-credit scholarship program, but continue to shy away from vouchers despite an amenable constitution and Republican majority. What's the holdup? Priya Abraham, a senior policy analyst at the Commonwealth Foundation in Harrisburg, joins the School Reform ...
Randy Barnett: Obamacare Decision
Benjamin DomenechProfessor Randy Barnett discusses Chief Justice Roberts' surprising decision on Obamacare. ...
Maureen Martin: No Limits in Robert Ruling
Steve StanekWho'd have thought the personal mandate in ObamaCare is a tax? Chief Justice John Roberts says it is, and The Heartland Institute's Maureen Martin say that means Congress has no limits on what it may try to get Americans to do. ...
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli: Obamacare and the Supreme Court
Benjamin DomenechBen Domenech interviews Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Twila Brase, president of the Citizens' Council for Health Freedom on the Supreme Court's decision. ...
David Lesperance: Golden Geese Taking Flight - Part 2
David Lesperance helps people move their money and themselves around the world. Demonizing rhetoric from America's political leaders and bills like the recently introduced Ex-Patriot Act have boosted his business as millionaires and billionaires -- the nation's "Golden Geese" -- look for ways to protect their wealth from a money ...
Benjamin Domenech: Supreme Court's Obamacare ruling.
Benjamin DomenechBenjamin Domenech interviews Andrew Grossman, Dan McLaughlin, Erick Erickson and others on the Supreme Court's shocking Obamacare ruling. ...
Jonathan Bydlak: Building Coalition to Reduce Spending
Steve StanekA new group calling itself the Coalition to Reduce Spending has come together to pressure federal legislators and candidates for office to cut federal spending. Coalition President Jonathan Bydlak tells us why they believe federal spending needs to be cut and how they hope to do it. ...
Jonathan Ingram: Cigarette Tax Hike Doesn't Fix Medicaid
Steve StanekIllinois has more than doubled its cigarette tax, with most of the money pledged to Medicaid. But Jonathan Ingram of the Illinois Policy Institute says experience shows state officials are likely to be disappointed in the results. ...
Bret Swanson: Killing the Goose Laying the Golden Egg
Bruce Edward WalkerBret Swanson, president of the technology and innovation research firm Entropy Economics LLC, discusses the Federal Communications Commission’s mishandling of spectrum acquisition, which threatens to thwart the United State’s most robust economic and technological engine. ...
Dan Kish: EPA and the Economy
James M. Taylor, J.D.Institute for Energy Research senior vice president Dan Kish explains how EPA regulations are stifling the economy ...
John C. Goodman: Obamacare
Benjamin DomenechJohn C. Goodman of the NCPA outlines what comes after Obamacare. ...
Marcus Winters: Teachers Matter and How to Evaluate Them
Joy PullmannAmericans generally agree that teachers are important, but just how important are they and how do we know? Marcus Winters, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Public Policy, joins the School Reform News podcast to discuss this and his review of the available research on teacher evaluation policies in his new book, Teachers ...
Scott Cleland: The Administration’s Antitrust and Net Neutrality Obsessions
Bruce Edward WalkerScott Cleland, chairman of NetCompetition and president of Precursor LLC, discusses his Daily Caller essay “Obsolete Analysis Will Doom DOJ’s Antitrust Probe of Cable.” ...