13 May 2021
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) released on Wednesday its 14th annual Rich States, Poor States report, which reveals once again states with the lowest taxes, fewer regulations, and more worker freedom offer a better standard of living for those who reside there.
The three authors of the study Jonathan Williams, Arthur B. Laffer, and Stephen Moore noted on a conference call with reporters on Tuesday that the winners and losers fall along the blue state/red state divide.
The introduction for the 14th edition summarizes the findings:
The new edition finds that even through the pandemic, states with policies such as low or no income taxes and worker freedom are more economically competitive and better positioned for wage growth, job creation and domestic in-migration compared to states with higher taxes and government spending. The new rankings also reveal that, as proven by new 2020 Census data, Americans “vote with their feet” by moving from hig
Food as Medicine: The Answer to Mounting Health Crises
Our toxic diet is feeding diseases that can t be cured with drugs that never resolve the underlying problem
Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist and professor emeritus at the University of California–San Francisco, has written a number of excellent books about health. His latest, “Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine,” goes deep into the details of how changes in our food supply have damaged our metabolic health.
The title of his book, “Metabolical,” is actually a portmanteau of the words “metabolic” and “diabolical,” which captures nicely the essence of his message.
Racial justice in America arrives and recedes like the sweep of a pendulum: out toward justice for a time and then back again toward selfishness. Now is the time for those seeking lasting racial justice to grab as much psychic, moral and political real estate as they can before it’s too late.
Your Right to Know column: Officials use digital dodges to hide records
The disturbing trend toward using digital dodges to evade Wisconsin’s Open Records Law extends far beyond the university.
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David Armiak / Center for Media and Democracy | 12:00 pm, May 14, 2021 ×
David Armiak
In March, The Washington Post reported that University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sought to move a conversation around the COVID-19 pandemic and students returning to campus in the fall to a private portal used by presidents and chancellors of the 14 Big Ten universities.
“I would be delighted to share information,” Blank responded in an email chain begun last August by University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel, “but perhaps we can do this through the Big 10 portal, which will assure confidentiality?”
BOISE —Gov. Brad Little’s announcement Tuesday that he is ending the state’s participation in three federal pandemic unemployment compensation programs, combined with Monday’s signing of House Bill 380 into law,