After an 11th hour deal to patch together competing versions of a school voucher program failed to materialize Wednesday in the Pennsylvania Legislature, supporters of the bills expressed their disappointment.
Orthodox Union, the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, released a statement:
It’s a sad day for children and families
In a post today on The Cato Institute’s @Liberty blog, Andrew J. Coulson writes former Chancellor of D.C. Public Schools Michelle Rhee has some explaining to do in reconciling her support for voucher programs and her belief in strong regulation of all K-12 education.
Specifically, Coulson took to task More…
Jane Mayer has written a thorough and engaging piece about the Koch brothers for the latest issue of the New Yorker. While some have quipped that it falls short of penetrating the veil of secrecy that David and Charles prefer to operate behind, it is nonetheless required reading for anyone More…
[UPDATE: Quick clarification. This is definitely a conservative media outrage, but Boaz is a libertarian.] I’m reporting out something unrelated, so I’ve almost missed this, but apparently President Obama has made a major error in not going to Germany for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. More…
At a town hall meeting last week in Florence, S.C., Sen. Jim DeMint acknowledged the passing of Sen. Ted Kennedy, then shot a warning flare. Democrats, he said, would have no reservations about using an outpouring of sympathy for the late senator to push for More…
?Republicans began this week on an upswing, confident that their unanimous vote in the House and lopsided vote in the Senate against the Democrats’ economic stimulus package were building back up their reputation as fiscal conservatives. Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the party’s whip in the House, More…
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