Editorials

The Laffer Curve exists in sports

The bat cracks, and there it goes. It sails in a long, high arc above the earth, perfectly…

Editorials

Health care system needs free markets

Diagnosis is the first step toward any cure. And as recent events show, at no time has the…

Editorials

No justification for Syrian strike

President Barack Obama’s Syria policy is maddeningly muddled. After years of denunciations of the Syrian regime and the…

Editorials

Minimum sentences thwart local control

Two competing impulses — both valid — are now clashing in conservative policy debate. Law and order are…

Editorials

Betting on politics to make difference

Would we pay more attention to elections if we knew we had a direct stake in them —…

Editorials

Let us look inward on Rosh Hashanah

The headlines are troubling — the United States is contemplating a military response to Syria’s use of chemical…

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DOJ puts diversity above education

Next door in Louisiana, one of the most ambitious education reform efforts is underway. But it’s in danger…

Editorials

Let’s also celebrate entrepreneurs today

Usually, we celebrate labor on this day — the honorable wielding of the hammer, the wrench, the calculator,…

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When ‘local control’ means ‘local funds’

Austin has a great new idea — but it turns out to be the same old habit of…

Editorials

New state laws go into effect Sunday

A number of new state laws go into effect tomorrow, Sept. 1. They’ll affect everything from how we…