Penny for Your Thoughts
A Michigan business owner discusses the perils of a 2 percent excise tax … more
Second Opinion
How Michigan can solve its health care problems. … more
Private Enterprise
Private employees provide quality and savings for public schools. … more
Mean Green
Michigan legislators shouldn't over-regulate the alternative energy market. … more
Bound and Gagged
Binding arbitration can mean less pay and fewer rights for workers under EFCA. … more
Two Pennies Too Much
Why an excise tax would hurt, not help, Michigan's economy. … more
Budget Twister
Michigan shouldn't subsidize amusement parks if a budget crisis really exists. … more
Death Warmed Over
Resurrecting Michigan's death tax could drive more taxpayers out of state. … more
Investing in Unemployment?
A proposed 2 percent service tax could cost 19,000 Michigan jobs. … more
Detroit to Dallas
The anti-business climate in Michigan forces Comerica to park somewhere else. … more
Ties That Bind
The EFCA could bind workers and employers to contracts neither wants. … more
Heated Exchange
Diane Katz explains why science should not be about consensus. … more
Off the Charts
Detroit parents deserve more charter public schools. … more
Work In Progress
Michigan's economic recovery could begin with a right-to-work statute. … more
Arbitration Manipulation
"Interest arbitration" doesn't give employees much of a free choice. … more
By the Book
Charles Koch's new book examines market-based management. … more
Theatrical Gore
Hollywood embraces a documentary that often tortures the truth. … more
Service Without A Smile
A sales tax on services would be bad for Michigan's working families. … more
Amazing Grace
The 200th anniversary of the end of the British slave trade is celebrated. … more
Sympathy Card
Card check can establish unions where workers do not want one. … more
How Much Is Enough?
Lack of planning on their part isn't an emergency on your part. … more
Presidents Day Plea
Those who do not learn their past are doomed to lose it. … more
Lifetime Achievement
Lawrence Reed remembers friend and Oscar winner Haing Ngor. … more
Fully Funded
School boards and teachers, not unions, should make health insurance decisions. … more
Be My Valentine
Who knew property rights and free markets could be so romantic? … more
Labor Intensive
Proposed changes in labor law should protect workers, not unions. … more
Port Authority
Scientists disagree on how to treat ballast water from oceangoing vessels. … more
Fear Factor
Working families beware of politicians who speak ill about spending cuts. … more
Bad Investments?
In her State of the State, the governor proposes "investing" in government. … more
Government Growth
State employees' pay and benefits outpace those in the private sector. … more
Double Meaning
When elected officials say "invest," they mean they want more of your money. … more
Waste Not, Want Not
Cities and others are spending your tax dollars to lobby for even more taxes. … more
A Force to Reckon With
William Wilberforce's fight to end slavery in Britain is a message of optimism. … more
Michigan Education Digest
Jackson saves with contracts for subs, enrollment incentives, Shepherd elections. … more
Older, not Wiser?
There are lessons to be learned from Michigan's early failures and success. … more
OFIS Overreach
Is the Office of Financial and Insurance Services usurping legislative power? … more
Capital Cooperation
School reform in D.C. requires teachers union involvement. … more
Greek Tragedy?
What would Socrates, the ancient sage, think of modernity's minimum wage? … more
Around the State
A digest of privatization initiatives and news from across Michigan. … more
Saving For College
More spending on higher education does not ensure economic growth. … more
Department of Private Works
The city of Pontiac could save money by contracting its public works. … more
Michigan Education Digest
"Rave reviews" for janitors, Ypsilanti schools advertise, Portage free speech. … more
Help Not Wanted
Michigan's Legislature can help the economy by doing less, not more. … more
Contract Capabilities
Private firms help public schools save money in new and innovative ways. … more
Losing Ground
Michael LaFaive discusses Michigan's budget crisis and outbound migration. … more
Local Control
How the teachers union attempts to usurp the powers of elected school boards. … more
Population Implosion
How many people are leaving Michigan and where are they going? … more
Attendance Record
A look at the voting records of Michigan legislators in 2005 and 2006. … more
Read All About It
A look at the Center's international media exposure. … more
Ford Recall
Mackinac Center President Lawrence W. Reed remembers President Ford. … more
UN-American
The AFL-CIO wants the UN, not the Constitution, to determine labor law. … more


