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Governor Must Immediately Begin Education Campaign On Dangers Of Masks

Apr 14, 2021

By Sen. Kelly Townsend | On March 25 Health Canada issued a memo regarding the safety of face masks that contain graphene or bio-based graphene. Graphene is exfoliated graphite to a very small layer of nanoscopically thin flakes of hexagonally-arranged carbon atoms...

Masks In Classrooms Debate Prompts #LetTheChildrenBreathe Rally

Apr 12, 2021

By Catherine Barrett | While the wearing of masks has become a norm across the world as we strive to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, the debate over their efficacy continues. Parents and teachers, who doubt the need for masks, are heeding the words of Robert Frost:...

The Liberal Media Must Not Have Read the Kentucky Election Bill that “Expands Voting Access”

Apr 11, 2021

By Free Enterprise Club | This past week in Kentucky, HB 574 was signed into law. Despite the Kentucky legislature consisting of Republican supermajorities in both the House and Senate, the account for Democratic Governors tweeted, "While Republicans like @BrianKempGA...

Copyright Bots Powered by a 1998 Law Threaten the Public’s Right to Know

Apr 10, 2021

By Jonathan Hofer | A clever Beverly Hills police officer allegedly tried to thwart a police-reform activist’s attempt to post an unflattering video of the officer’s conduct by blasting Sublime’s song “Santeria” from his phone. Why would he do that? The officer...

Governor Ducey Should Follow The Science By Signing The “Mask Freedom” Bill

Apr 9, 2021

By Free Enterprise Club | Democrats have become far too comfortable with controlling you. For many of them, COVID-19 has been a power grab, seizing the opportunity to enact emergency orders and implement other restrictions on your freedom. They've crushed restaurants...

Democrats Play The Long Game At The Border

Apr 9, 2021

Since January 2021, Border Patrol agents have encountered multiple large groups attempting to enter the U.S. illegally

Who Pays the Corporate Income Tax?

Apr 8, 2021

President Biden is proposing to finance his infrastructure spending proposal by increasing the corporate income tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent. What difference will that make? If there is one thing that virtually all economists are united about, it...

The Liberal Media And Left Push A “Big Lie” About Election Integrity Bills

Apr 7, 2021

By Free Enterprise Club | The left has been stoking public outcry over election integrity reforms around the country, prompting Joe Biden to refer to Georgia's recent election bill "Jim Crow on steroids." The misguided outrage has been focused on Arizona too, and...

How Did the Cancel Culture Become Dominant So Quickly?

Apr 7, 2021

By cancel culture, I mean the idea that people have rights and responsibilities and obligations and entitlements based on their skin color or their ethnic origin. A person’s identity is defined by the group they belong to. There are no individual rights. There are...

The Importance Of Parents And Teachers Cooperation During Hybrid Master Schedules

Apr 6, 2021

By Catherine A. Barrett | After a year of remote learning, there are differences in the learning system that are noticeable today. Firstly, is my new role being the position a hybrid teacher is now a social worker and academic teacher. It is my job to teach and take...

Arizonans Deserve Better Than Legislators Trying To Triple Their Own Compensation

Apr 5, 2021

By Diane Douglas, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction 2015-2018 | In the words of the famed NY Yankee catcher, Yogi Berra, “it’s like déjà vu all over again!” In 2019, during the very last, wee hours of the legislative session the legislators passed SB1558...

Happy Days Are Almost Here Again, But For How Long?

Apr 5, 2021

By Richard K. Vedder | Moody’s Investor Service periodically assesses the financial health of America’s universities, and recently they issued a more optimistic report, rescinding their overall “negative” outlook for schools and replacing it with a “stable” one....