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Fool for Higher Education Americans will continue to borrow for college as long as government-subsidized loans are available. But when the federal spigot closes, so will be the number of students able to attend college. The resulting downward pressure on demand will force universities to reduce prices, restoring market equilibrium in time.

How California's Budget Blunders Led to My Divorce from the Golden State California’s big-government, entitlement state model, aided by the nation’s best weather, is collapsing. California, ever the trendsetting state, appears to presage President Obama’s ideal vision of America by a few years. Meanwhile Texas frees job creators to do what they do best through low taxes, less regulation, and a reasonable lawsuit climate – perhaps pointing the way to an alternative vision of a once and future America.

Use Report to Improve Texas Juvenile Justice Many Texas youths have been successfully rehabilitated through local juvenile probation programming while in county custody under the Commitment Reduction Program. Prioritizing these types of programs can help address the challenges facing Texas' youth lockups and ensure the wise use of Texas taxpayers' money.

Federalizing Fracking: A Bad Idea “You can’t professionalize if you don’t federalize,” said former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle 10 years ago at the creation of the Transportation Security Administration. He may as well have been talking about the Obama Administration’s new executive order and rules to expand federal oversight to what is now, arguably, the most economic valuable activity in the country.

Higher Ed Needs Help From Everyone We must keep our eyes on the goals before us: transparency and accountability, better use of resources, world-class research and high-quality graduates, and reduced cost to students and taxpayers. When we reach these goals, all Texans win.

EPA’s "Crucifixion" Enforcement Strategy The EPA has increasingly employed intimidation, threats and punitive action outside the fundamental restraints on the exercise of federal powers guaranteed by the Constitution. Al Armendariz's recent remarks about "crucifying" the first guys that cross their path fits a pattern of disturbing overreach more resembling that of totalitarian regimes than our representative democracy.

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