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Goldwater Hits Flagstaff With $23 Million Bill For Violating Property Rights

Jul 25, 2021

By Christina Sandefur of the Goldwater Institute | Representing the owners of more than 50 properties, the Goldwater Institute has filed over $23 million in claims against the city of Flagstaff, Arizona, over an ordinance that went into effect in March that deprives...

Biden Administration Wants to Silence People They Don’t Agree With

Jul 23, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | "We're flagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation." Those were the words of White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki last week, and they should send chills up and down your spine. It's bad enough that we already have...

Parents Must Not Drop Their Guard After Scottsdale’s Apology For Inadvertent Inclusion Of Intrusive Questions

Jul 22, 2021

By Loretta Hunnicutt | After vigilant parents sounded the alarm about a consent form they were asked to sign electronically that would have asked their children highly personal questions, Scottsdale Unified School District leadership apologized. The District’s...

Arizona Corporation Commission Won’t Give Up on Its Green New Deal Dream

Jul 18, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | Some ideas need to be put to sleep. Maybe someone should tell that to the Arizona Corporation Commission. About a year ago, the commission quietly released its plan to impose California-style energy mandates in our state. While following...

Teachers’ Unions Are Radicalizing Not Educating

Jul 17, 2021

It is well known that America’s schoolchildren are woefully ignorant of their national history and government. Majorities of young adults no longer feel grateful to be an American, undoubtedly because they fail to comprehend the precious freedoms to which they were...

CRT Instruction Is Not New To Arizona Classrooms

Jul 16, 2021

By Johanna J. Haver | As a retired Arizona teacher and former member of the National Education Association, I am disgusted regarding the teachers unions’ recent solid support for instruction based on “critical race theory” – a point of view that promotes divisiveness...

The Real Problem With Critical Race Theory

Jul 13, 2021

By Richard K. Vedder,, Amy L. Wax | A growing number of parents of K-12 and high school students throughout the country have rebelled against the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) and “anti-racism” in public and private schools. The reasons for their alarm vary,...

How To Fix Politics In The Classroom? Sunlight.

Jul 12, 2021

By the Goldwater Institute | In too many of our nation’s classrooms, children are being taught that everything should be seen through the lens of race—a divisive and damaging worldview that negates the value of the individual. Instead of reading our country’s founding...

The Supreme Court’s Decision to Protect Donor Privacy Is the Right One

Jul 11, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | Every American should be free to support nonprofit organizations they believe in without being harassed or intimidated. You would think this is obvious. But leave it to California’s former Attorney General, Kamala Harris, to trample on...

Facing Reality: Two Truths About Race In America – A Book Review

Jul 9, 2021

By Neland Nobel | There is likely no other intellectual today willing to write on the controversies in social science concerning human achievement with the courage and wisdom of Charles Murray. Universities used to be the place where anything could be discussed and...

Arizona Republicans Deliver Historic Tax Cuts

Jul 7, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | After raking in cash from taxpayers amounting to a staggering $4 billion surplus, Governor Ducey and Republican legislators have delivered big with a historic tax cut this year. At full implementation, the cuts enshrined...

Did Arizonans Get A Tax Cut And Schools Get A Funding Cut?

Jul 6, 2021

By Jose Borrajero | As one of the longest legislative sessions in Arizona history comes to a close, we come to the customary conclusion that no one is totally happy with the results. That is to be expected. No individual or group of individuals should expect to get...