Our Kids Aren't the Only Ones Suffering From Inequality. We're Failing Our Parents Too!
Clearly, inequality affects Americans of every age -- and that is why you cannot cure what ails the children without treating the parents, for the ailment is not generational. It is economic, and it perpetuates itself down through the generations.
The Minimum Wage Shows Why (and How) We Should Vote Today
For today is Election Day, and on this day, we will elect 36 governors. This is no time to stay home when the polling places are open. This is a time to choose leaders who will act where Washington has not.
How Obama Cut the Deficit in Half -- and Made Us Pay the Price
Barack Obama deserves credit for delivering on his promise to shrink the deficit -- a promise that Mitt Romney and his tax cuts would surely have violated -- but Americans have to ask themselves whether they really want a smaller government.
Does Obamacare Infringe on Our Liberty? Or Does It Give Us Even More Freedom?
Freedom requires more than the absence of laws and taxes. True freedom of choice requires the capability to make that choice -- and the free market doesn't always give us that capability.
The Poor Don't Lie and Cheat Any More Than the Rest of Us
The notion that the poor are uniquely morally deficient, it turns out, is completely backward. They're actually more virtuous, on average, than the rich.
Obamacare Is Not a Reason to Give Up on Government Programs
The biggest myth of the Obamacare debate goes like this: The failures of Obamacare prove that the government can't be trusted to run our health care system.
The Federal Government Didn't Lose the War on Poverty. It Retreated.
It's no surprise that the poverty rate rose to 15 percent during the Great Recession. A century of progress has been forgotten.