U.S. Should Embrace Its Energy Superpower Status
To make the most out of America's energy revolution, Washington lawmakers would do well to embrace three policy recommendations.
Investor’s Business Daily, November 18, 2013
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A River of American Money Flows to D.C.
Main St. Americans would be a lot better off if their wages weren’t bankrolling the affluent lifestyles of those living in and around Washington, D.C.
The Weekly Standard, September 23, 2013 -
Labor Republicanism
In contrast to those who favor handouts over earnings, or Wall St. over Main St., labor Republicans value work and advance imaginative policies to benefit the typical American worker.
Weekly Standard, November 4, 2013 -
What’s Next For Conservatives
Conservatives should advance innovative policy ideas, like proposals for an Obamacare alternative, a family-friendly tax code, more and better roads, and affordable higher education.
Lee.Senate.gov, October 29, 2013 -
Why College Costs Will Soon Plunge
Entrepreneurial online education providers—not government subsidies—are poised to make higher education more affordable.
Real Clear Politics, October 14, 2013 -
Park Service Paramilitaries: The Government Has King John’s Idea of Public Lands
The recent actions of the National Park Service say a lot about how the Obama administration views the power relationship between the federal government and the American people.
National Review, October 11, 2013 -
The Park Police
Is this an example of government of, by, and for the people?
The Weekly Standard, October 9, 2013 -
Would Sen. Mike Lee’s Tax Plan Strengthen Marriage?
Senator Mike Lee puts forward a tax-reform proposal that would significantly increase the child tax credit.
The Atlantic, September 17, 2013 -
Tax Reform, the Family, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Tax reform should be pro-growth, pro-opportunity, and pro-family, reflecting parents’ irreplaceable contribution to society (and to keeping the entitlement state solvent) and treating children as an investment in America’s future.
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Taming the Megabanks
Fueled by federal policy, the six largest U.S. banks have grown 20-fold in just 30 years; in response, bank reform should make banks smaller, simpler, and safer—the opposite of what Dodd-Frank does.
National Affairs, Summer 2013 -
Incomes Have Dropped Twice as Much During the ‘Recovery’ as During the Recession
Under President Obama’s agenda of driving ever more money and power to Washington, it’s the typical American household income that is suffering.
The Weekly Standard, August 23, 2013 -
Start a Family …
GOP policy should be informed by new analysis showing a positive correlation between marriage rates, inexpensive real estate, and Republican voters.
The Weekly Standard, April 22, 2013 -
Taxes and the Family
Our taxes and entitlements actively discourage Americans from having children (even as funding our entitlements requires them), so we need pro-family tax reform to offset this anti-parenting bias.
National Affairs, Winter 2010 -
The Middle Class or the Middle Men?
While the Democrats promote big government, big business, and big everything, the GOP should fight cronyism while proposing regulatory, tax, welfare, education, and infrastructure reform.
The Washington Examiner, July 24, 2013 -
The Country Party
The Democrats’ shift toward economic elitism affords Republicans an enormous opportunity to embrace a new organizing principle: being the party of economic populism.
National Review, July 29, 2013