Judge Andrew Napolitano
“In short, we do not need good laws to restrain bad men. We need good men to restrain bad laws.” G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
Why do people in power try to silence speech with which they disagree?
Last week produced news about the suppression of speech on university campuses. There, the suppression usually occurs through the power of intimidation before the speech is given. Yet, most public lectures on college campuses are public accommodations, meaning the landowner the university cannot bar the entry of audience members because of their political views, nor can it silence the speakers because of theirs.
Resilience. Tenacity. Realism. These are things that we here in West Virginia know a thing or three about. We make our homes in a place that can be both stunn
Sharon Hartin Iorio
Currently proposed legislation for at-risk public school students is an ill-considered mistake. At this writing, part of a bill moving through the Kansas House, if passed in its present form, would set poor precedents for school choice and is fraught with unintended consequences.
The existing law allows low-income K-12 students who are designated at high risk by their schools and attend the 100 lowest performing schools, to receive as much as $8,000 in state scholarships for private schooling. The funds are made possible through tax credits.
The proposed bill increases the number of scholarship recipients by allowing qualifying students in any school to receive scholarship funding. In addition, it assigns the approximate per pupil $4,500 per year of base state funding to “individual savings accounts” and allows these students to draw down their funds yearly to use for private school tuition and other educational needs. Since about 50% of Kansas students re
Resilience. Tenacity. Realism.
These are things that we here in West Virginia know a thing or three about. We make our homes in a place that can be both stunningly beautiful and obstinately difficult to live in, and we’re rightfully proud of our ability to make it work for our families. We know what it takes, we do what’s necessary and we plan ahead where we can.
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is again leading the way with these values when it comes to the energy transition that is underway in the American economy. With his new American Jobs and Energy Manufacturing Act, introduced this week with co-sponsor Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, Senator Manchin revived the 48C tax credit, which would provide $8 billion to manufacturers and other industrial users to retool, expand or build new facilities that make or recycle energy-related products. The bill sets aside roughly half of the money to assist communities where coal mines have closed or coal power plants have been retired.
Let me start by saying the loss of any innocent life by any means is a tragedy. The anti-gun movement is spreading a lot of disinformation about gun violence an