The Friedman Foundation has published an excellent report detailing the administrative bloat plaguing our nation’s public schools. The School Staffing Surge: Decades of Employment Growth in America’s Public Schools shows dramatic increases in teaching and non-teaching staff over the past five decades despite modest increases in student enrollment. As we detailed in a recent report […]
It’s Spring Break in Argentina, and tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets to protest the policies of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Argentineans are angry—about rising crime, corruption, and the virtual ban her government has imposed on the purchase of foreign currencies as it attempts to stanch the increasing capital flight […]
(Photo credit: Mary MacFarlane) A Colorado-based free-market think tank located in Denver challenged the state’s paper of record when it launched a media blitz that included a billboard (seen above) accusing the media outlet of ignoring one of the state’s largest green energy failures this year. Jon Caldara, president of the Independence Institute, challenged The Denver […]
Less than four minutes into last night’s presidential debate, Governor Mitt Romney listed northern Mali as one of the hot spots affected by the proliferation of international terrorism. Romney’s mention of a country in a region of Africa (the Sahel) that few Americans have heard of had many viewers scratching their heads. One of Google’s […]
Fri, 10/05/2012 – 12:36pm | AmericanPatriot 1. Obamacare – Do you know that the cost to implement Obamacare is nearly double what we were originally told it would be? Do you want Medicare to be cut by $500 billion? Do you want a government bureaucrat deciding if you get health care or die? The Bill […]
Sat, 09/29/2012 – 7:14pm | AmericanPatriot While most of America is suffering through one the worst economic downturns in U.S. history, the Obamas are living the high life at your expense. During 2011, U.S. taxpayers spent an astounding 1.4 billion dollars on the Obamas. Meanwhile, British taxpayers only spent 57.8 million dollars on the entire royal family. […]
(CNSNews.com) – According to data published by the White House Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. Treasury, federal revenues hit an all-time high of approximately $2.57 trillion—back in fiscal 2007 under President George W. Bush. Earlier this year, OMB published a table as part of President Barack Obama’s 2013 budget proposal that showed […]
Rob Bluey October 23, 2012 at 1:35 am President Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney met for the third and final time Monday night for a debate that covered a range of foreign policy issues and a few domestic issues as well. The following slideshow of images features photos from the debate at Lynn University […]
Last Friday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released 120 pages of documents on the situation in Benghazi, Libya, from March 2011 to September 2012. In light of these documents, the denial of additional U.S. security personnel in Libya is shocking. The documents provide plenty of new material for tonight’s presidential debate. Emails describe […]
The Obama campaign has recently been accused of violating campaign rules and accepting donations from foreign citizens. According to the New York Post, a British citizen living outside of London was able to recently make two donations to the Obama campaign, through his re-election website, using his real address in England but with a New […]
