Franklin Cudjoe and Thomas Ayodele of IMANI are two freedom fighers in Africa doing great work. I’ve meet Franklin and he’s a great guy doing yeoman’s work. Here’s their new website. Check it out. Peace and free trade in Africa!-Max Borders
Monthly Archives: December 2007
- 2Dec19
State Employee Benefits: Another Government Burden to Hit Taxpayers
First we’re told that Social Security and Medicare are facing bankruptcy, now we learn that taxpayers will be on the hook for yet another case of shortsighted government fiscal irresponsibility. The Washington Post informs us that "According to a new analysis by the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Center on the States, states owe employees about $2.73 [...]
- Dec18
Journalistic Integrity
Journalistic integrity is not dead: Mary Cornatzer, business editor, said she wasn’t aware of that connection [between Workplace Options and Public Policy Polling] and would not have used the survey if she’d known. She said the reporter knew that Debnam was an investor in Public Policy Polling but didn’t pursue that link – "a decision [...]
- Dec18
Bootleggers & Baptists Redux : Gobble Gobble
If you’re wondering what is going on with all these bio-fuel boondoggles dotted around North Carolina, it’s because the Bootleggers and Baptists (pdf) are at it again! A short paragraph inside North Carolina’s landmark renewable energy bill could mean millions for one obscure company. The provision requires major utilities to sell electricity produced from poultry [...]
- 9Dec18
Borders on Immigration and the Rule of Law
Kudos to Civitas’ own Max Borders on this article published in the Greensboro News-Record. Borders uses the recent community college/illegal immigrant issue as a backdrop for the broader issue of the rule of law. "Despite the rhetoric, those who would simply ignore the law for the sake of what they consider to be a nobler [...]
- Dec18
Right Hand, Left Hand
What is a state to do when it tries to serve two masters? One one hand, those in charge are trying to "do something" about global warming and limit the use of coal-fired power plants. On the other hand, others in charge are trying to "do something" about economic development and use corporate welfare to [...]
- Dec18
Healthcare: Let me Drive
John Hood has a good piece on consumer-driven healthcare. (Personal note: my family and I like our HSA and HDHP, too. We’re cost-conscious, but it’s there when we need it and we may have something to show for it in five years, where we wouldn’t with an HMO.)-Max Borders
- 4Dec17
Disclosure Needed?
In Sunday’s News & Observer’s Business section, one of the main articles detailed the growing use of "backup daycare" centers and how this was becoming an increasingly useful benefit to employees to reduce absences. The article cites polling data from our friends over at Public Policy Polling that "80 percent said they have missed one [...]
- Dec17
Bipartisan Scholarship on Health Insurance
A must-read (this too) for progressives. (Oh, they’re at Duke. So buy them a coffee and learn something.)Max Borders
- 1Dec17
Jim Blacking the Youth
Move over Socrates… Corrupting the youth has reached new levels. ‘Do what you have to to succeed — even if you have to lie, cheat, steel or use violence.’ This is what 40 percent of young people (teens) think according to a recent survey. At the top of their list of the unethical? When asked [...]