Mr. Joseph P. Overton
Mr. Smith Is in Washington
Too many people continue to invest in the fanciful hope-call it the Frank Capra Theory-that someday Mr. Smith will go to Washington, end the corruption, and restore our liberties.
Michigan Public School Teachers Launch a Non-Union Revolution
Public schools and their employees don't win many battles against the Michigan Education Association (MEA) union, the political and financial behemoth that dominates Michigan public education. But recent victories over compulsory unionism in two charter schools could signal a new dynamic in Michigan's public school system.
Listening to Truth
As proponents of central planning weave new and seductive visions of political society, we need calm and reasoned scholarship to speak the truth in defense of liberty.
Advancing People and Privatization
Privatization is a major vehicle through which Michigan can transform itself from a coercive, politicized society whose outstanding trait is its voluntarism and resourcefulness in solving problems on its own.
Advancing Privatization and People
At its core, privatization is about people. It is about government being considerate of its constituents by a) funding only those functions that it absolutely has to through the onerous mechanism of taxation, and b) if it enters into areas it should not be in in the first place, it should work in the most cost-effective way possible.
