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1. Top 25 Current Comments of 2007
2. Capitalism’s Finest Film
3. DEQ Adheres to Environmental Law in Kennecott Case
4. CD of the Year
5. Michigan Civil Service Commission Ruling Allowing State Agencies To Deduct PAC Contributions for Public-Sector Unions is in Conflict with State Law
6. Food for Thought
7. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST December 18, 2007
8. Changing Michigan’s Labor Climate Will Take Work
9. Michigan Education Digest Daily, February-March 2008
10. Lawmakers Must Make Transformational Policy Changes Their Top New Year’s Resolution, Mackinac Center Analyst Says
11. Michigan’s Diaspora: The Revealed Preference for Leaving
12. December 15: Bill of Rights Day
13. DNR Makes Incredible Find
14. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST December 11, 2007
15. State of Michigan Should Not Become Collection Agency for PACs
16. David Littmann Discusses Gov. Granholm’s Change of Heart
17. Mackinac Center Agrees With Governor That State Budget Cuts and Reforms Are Needed, Not Tax Hikes
18. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST December 4, 2007
19. Michigan Needs Worker Freedom of Choice
20. State Budget Is Business as Usual
21. School Boards Empowered to Save Insurance Dollars
22. Water Agreement Not Right for Michigan
23. Choice Leadership: The Story of Two Women
24. Remembering Sojourner Truth
25. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST November 27, 2007
26. Setting the Record Straight
27. Firearms, Fat and Fresh Water
28. The Opportunities of Education Tax Credits
29. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST November 20, 2007
30. Restoring Balance to Labor Law
31. State Budget Priority: Preserve Business as Usual
32. Michigan Education Report (2007-04)
33. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST November 13, 2007
34. MichiganScience No. 5
35. NLRB Takes a Stand for Worker Freedom
36. Water Agreement a Bad Deal for Michigan
37. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST November 6, 2007
38. Choice Leadership
39. “Who Funds You, Anyway?”
40. Supreme Court Decision Complicated, But Correct
41. Budget Savings Can Replace Recent Tax Hikes
42. Tax Increases Harmful to Michigan’s Health
43. Michigan Privatization Digest - October 30, 2007
44. Where’s the Crisis?
45. State Budget Deal Shows “Lawmakers’ Budget Priority Was ‘Business as Usual,’” says Center’s senior legislative analyst
46. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST October 30, 2007
47. Norval K. “Nub” Morey: In Memoriam
48. Michigan’s Crisis and Opportunity
49. School Management Series
50. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST October 23, 2007
51. MDE Earns Failing Grade in Rating Programs
52. Spending Cuts Can Offset $1.3 Billion Tax Hike
53. Capitalism in the Capital
54. 55 Specific Spending Reductions Would Allow Repeal of the $1.358 Billion in New State Taxes
55. Replacing Michigan’s New Taxes With Budget Reductions: Curing $1.358 Billion in Overspending With 55 Specific Recommendations
56. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST October 16, 2007
57. Expanding Lansing’s Prevailing Wage Would Reduce Jobs, Hike Cost to Taxpayers
58. Principled Philanthropy
59. The Science of Changing the Future
60. Failing Children
61. Adopting a “Lean Government” Model for Michigan
62. Anatomy of a Tax Hike Campaign
63. Who is Protected by “Consumer Protection?”
64. The Edmonton Public Schools Story
65. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST October 9, 2007
66. Issues and Ideas Forum, October 9, 2007
67. Michigan Education Digest Daily with Analysis, October 2007
68. Michigan Education Digest Daily, October 2007
69. IMPACT Fall 2007
70. Are Bus Fares Fair?
71. Tax Hike Chronicle - Final Entry
72. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST October 2, 2007
73. Melodies that Support the Market
74. Governor and Legislature Appear Unable To Judge Priorities
75. The Love of Power vs. the Power of Love
76. Sweet Home Alabama
77. More Than Seven in Ten Likely Michigan Voters Prefer Spending Reductions to Tax Increases, According to Survey
78. September 2007 State Budget Survey
79. Health Savings Accounts Could Save State $194 Million
80. Statewide School Contracting Could Save As Much As $500 Million
81. Prevailing Wage Memorandum
82. School Aid Savings
83. Michigan Rankings on National Education Test Fall in 8th Grade, Stagnate in 4th; Proficiency Scores Flat
84. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST September 25, 2007
85. Students Manipulated to Lobby for the Privileged
86. Selective Moral Outrage
87. Kent Herrick Joins Mackinac Center Board of Directors
88. Prophets of Property
89. Michigan Education Digest Daily with Analysis, September 2007
90. Michigan Education Digest Daily, September 2007
91. Political Drama
92. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST September 18, 2007
93. Michigan “Job Churn” Figures Demonstrate Central Planning’s Folly
94. Healthy Outlook
95. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST September 11, 2007
96. Michigan Privatization Digest - August 31, 2007
97. Effective Funding Increase from Competitive Contracting in Selected Michigan School Districts
98. More at Stake in Budget Battle than Next Year’s Spending
99. The Only Safe State Spending Bet
100. Will Michigan Be “The Victors” Again?
101. The Not So Good Life
102. Used-Car Dealer Regulations Kill Small Businesses
103. Survey 2007: School Support Service Privatization Rises
104. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST September 4, 2007
105. Mackinac Center’s Labor Trilogy
106. Private Property Rights Under Attack
107. Squeaky Wheels Stifle Savings
108. Mackinac Center Questions MEA Management for Apparently Hypocritical Negotiations With USO Union Workers
109. Model Language for Michigan Right-to-Work Amendment Released Today by Mackinac Center
110. A Model Right-to-Work Amendment to the Michigan Constitution
111. Issues and Ideas Forum, August 29, 2007
112. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 28, 2007
113. Right-to-Work States Continue to Enjoy Significant Economic Advantages Over Michigan and Other Non-Right-to-Work States, According to New Report
114. Follow the Money
115. The Economic Effects of Right-to-Work Laws: 2007
116. Prevailing Wage Costs Taxpayers $250 Million Annually, Reduces Construction Jobs, Primarily Benefits High-Wage Construction Workers
117. Good Luck, Mike Bishop!
118. The Effects of Michigan’s Prevailing Wage Law
119. NCLB Falls Short of Helping Parents
120. Mackinac Center Launches University Campus Project
121. Communicating Freedom to the Next Generation
122. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 21, 2007
123. Back to School Shopping
124. Oakland County a model of prudent financial management
125. School Services Privatization on the Rise, According to Mackinac Center Survey
126. Private Companies Would Stamp out the Post Office
127. Survey 2007: More Growth in School Support Service Privatization
128. Michigan Education Report (2007-03)
129. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 14, 2007
130. Reporting the Seen and the Unseen
131. Rules of the Game
132. MichiganScience No. 4
133. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 7, 2007
134. Power and Responsibility: The Obligations of a Union
135. Thinking Outside the Bars
136. Workers’ Paychecks Need Further Protection
137. School Support Service Privatization: Getting it Right
138. MBT: A More Burdensome Tax?
139. Reach Out and Tax Someone
140. Mackinac Center Analyst: Gov. Granholm’s Prison Proposal Puts Taxpayers First
141. Budget Hawks Should Think Outside the Bars
142. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 31, 2007
143. Baseball, Free Markets and Milton Friedman
144. The Next Big Thing
145. “A Rich Folks’ Roller Coaster”
146. IMPACT Summer 2007
147. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 24, 2007
148. Michigan Unions — Strong or Bloated?
149. School Money Primer
150. Nobody Knows Who Can Cook
151. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 17, 2007
152. Putting Families First
153. Happy Birthday to the Northwest Ordinance
154. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 10, 2007
155. Time to Reform Teacher Compensation in Michigan
156. Intermediate School Districts: Innovations that are Past Their Prime
157. Michigan Needs Environmental Science Board
158. How To Avoid Raising Taxes
159. School Employee Pension Reform the Key to Budget Problems
160. Transporting Privatization
161. Right-to-Work
162. Songs of Freedom
163. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 3, 2007
164. Behind the Smokescreen
165. Artistic Expression
166. Right-to-Work FAQ
167. Study: Mackinac Center Releases Comprehensive School Privatization Primer for Food, Bus and Custodial Services
168. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 26, 2007
169. A School Privatization Primer
170. A Tribute to Hans F. Sennholz
171. State Government Needs Structural Change, Not Reorganization
172. Study: Revenues to State Universities in Michigan Remain High
173. Michigan Higher Education: Facts and Fiction
174. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 19, 2007
175. The Union Movement Goes Wobbly
176. Who’s the Boss?
177. Alarming Economic Statistics Scream Out Against Raising Taxes
178. U.S. Supreme Court Decision Likely to Prevent Challenge to Michigan’s “Paycheck Protection” Law, Mackinac Center legal analyst says
179. Book Review: Radicals for Capitalism
180. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 12, 2007
181. Stuck in Reverse
182. Michigan Needs Environmental Science Board
183. Too Much Time on Their Hands
184. Issues and Ideas Forum, June 7, 2007
185. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 5, 2007
186. Money Well Spent?
187. What Really Determines School District Spending?
188. The Tax Hiker's Shopping Guide
189. The Ideas of March
190. Stealing From the Future
191. Free-Market Movie Moments, Part II
192. The Love of Power vs. the Power of Love
193. Stealing from the Future
194. $19 Billion in School Revenues Described in New “Michigan School Money Primer”
195. A Michigan School Money Primer
196. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 29, 2007
197. They Can’t Ignore Us
198. Free-Market Movie Moments, Part I
199. Right-to-Work Right Now
200. Michigan Education Report (2007-02)
201. Savings from School District Consolidation Would be Limited and Difficult To Capture, Study Finds
202. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 22, 2007
203. A “Way Forward” for Michigan?
204. School District Consolidation, Size and Spending: an Evaluation
205. MichiganScience Sponsors Writing Contest for Students
206. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 15, 2007
207. Same Old Song and Dance
208. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 8, 2007
209. Weather, Water and Trees Highlighted in Latest MichiganScience Magazine
210. Wrestling with Reality
211. Say YES! to Right to Work!
212. Court Ignored Sound Science in Carbon Dioxide Ruling
213. Paying More to Protect the Privileged
214. MichiganScience No. 3
215. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 1, 2007
216. Targeted Tax Breaks: “How’s That Working for You?”
217. Michigan Privatization Digest - April 25, 2007
218. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 24, 2007
219. Your Getting Rich Costs Me Nothing
220. Make Earth Day About Science, Not Unfounded Fears
221. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 17, 2007
222. Tax Day
223. Study: Michigan’s Road System Needs Both Reforms and Dollars
224. Road Funding: Time for a Change
225. Supreme Science?
226. Property and Law: The Best Hope for China
227. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 10, 2007
228. IMPACT Spring 2007
229. Fast-Growth States Have Lower Taxes — Not More Grads
230. Taken For a Ride
231. Bigger Taxes or Smaller Government — Let the People Decide
232. Foreword
233. Reciprocity Can Reduce the Organ Shortage
234. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 3, 2007
235. “Student Activity Fees” an Offense to Free Speech
236. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 27, 2007
237. Kennecott and Other Businesses Harmed by DEQ
238. A Tribute to a Polish Hero
239. Contradictions and Spurious Conclusions
240. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 20, 2007
241. Need a Penny? Take Many
242. Health Care Made Easy
243. Medicaid Reform Around the States: The Good the Bad and the Ugly
244. Issues and Ideas Forum, March 19, 2007
245. Mackinac Center Amicus Curiae Brief in Davenport v. Washington and Washington v. Washington Education Association
246. Environmental Regulations Collide with Alternative Energy
247. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 13, 2007
248. Unemployment Tax
249. Taken For a Ride
250. The Estate Tax Strikes Back
251. How Healthy is Health Care?
252. Study: 19,000 Michigan Jobs Jeopardized by Proposed 2 Percent Excise Tax on Services
253. Tax Changes in Michigan: Measuring the Effects of Expanding the Sales Tax to Services
254. State Excise Tax Promises More Job Losses
255. Comerica Bank Announces Move to Dallas
256. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 6, 2007
257. Potential Per-Pupil Savings Resulting from Health Benefits Changes Made in Michigan School Districts
258. Michigan Privatization Digest - March 5, 2007
259. State of Michigan: Best-Run or Best-Protected?
260. Renaissance Center Brought No Renaissance
261. Road Funding: Time for a New Direction
262. Hot Enough For You?
263. Issues and Ideas Forum, March 5, 2007
264. Mackinac Center Amicus Curiae Brief in Heaphy v. Department of Environmental Quality
265. Another Kind of Tax
266. Card Check, Binding Arbitration and Employee Free Choice
267. A Collective Bargaining Primer
268. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST February 27, 2007
269. Market Economics in the Workplace
270. March 31 Deadline for Public School Union Decertification Petitions*
271. Michigan Cannot Afford a Sales Tax on Services
272. Michigan Education Report (2007-01)
273. Issues and Ideas Forum, February 2007
274. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST February 20, 2007
275. “Invest” Means Taking Your Money
276. Our Future Depends On Remembering Our Past
277. A Man Who Knew How Precious Life and Liberty Are
278. School Boards and Teachers Should Address Their Own Insurance Issues
279. Malthus, Mating and Money
280. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST February 13, 2007
281. Eight Ways to Save
282. Organized Labor and the Secret Ballot
283. Déjà Vu All Over Again
284. Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s 2007 State of the State Address
285. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST February 6, 2007
286. What Price Government?
287. Doom for Whom?
288. Legislators: Listen to Detroit Parents
289. A Movie No One Should Miss
290. Mackinac Center Tally of Proposed Government Expansions and Limitations in State of the State Address Available Tuesday Night
291. They Say “Invest,” But They Mean “Spend”
292. Public Officials Using Tax Dollars To Lobby for Higher Taxes
293. Students for a Free Economy
294. Using Taxes To Lobby for Taxes
295. Landfill Capacity and Ballast Water Treatment Headline Latest Issue of MichiganScience
296. Powerful Force
297. Michigan Municipal Solid Waste Landfills Waste Disposed and Remaining Capacity
298. MichiganScience No. 2
299. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST January 30, 2007
300. SEMCOG’s Crazy Train
301. Today’s Announcement of Decline in Michigan’s Union Membership “Dramatically Highlights” Need for Right-To-Work Laws
302. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST January 23, 2007
303. Socrates and the Minimum Wage
304. Getting the Teachers Union on Board for Reform
305. Around the State 2007-01
306. Higher Education and Economic Development
307. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST January 16, 2007
308. Legislators Should Do No More Harm To Michigan
309. Lansing Businesswoman Receives Mackinac Center “Lives, Fortunes and Sacred Honor Award”
310. Tax Hikes Could Hasten Michigan’s Exodus
311. “Tax, Spend and Borrow”
312. Elected School Boards or Unions: Who Rules the Roost?
313. U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments Today Suggest Unions Could Lose in Key Cases Involving Use of Union Fees for Political Causes, Says Center Legal Analyst
314. Michigan Leads the Nation in Outbound Moves
315. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST January 9, 2007
316. Michiganvotes.org Helps Track Legislator Attendance
317. Michigan Tops Nation in 2006 Outbound Move Rate According to New United Van Lines Data
318. Lights Out?
319. The Difference One Can Make (Monograph)
320. New Year’s Resolutions for the Michigan Legislature
321. New York Times Devotes Two Stories to Mackinac Center Training Program and Free-Market Movement
322. Reed Discusses President Gerald Ford
323. The People’s Power: Defending Representative Government
324. From Worst to First: The Best Business Tax is None
325. Stop Punishing Michigan Investors