The perks of being on welfare
National Public Radio (NPR) recently published a story on why millions of Americans are leaving the workforce. The four reasons they came up with: More people are retiring, going to college, staying...
View ArticleWhen “Yes We Can” Becomes “It Is What it Is”
In the Obama era, the future isn’t what it used to be. I’m hearing a lot of “it is what it is” these days, especially from young people. As in: “I’d been waiting nearly three hours when his secretary...
View ArticleThe war for poverty
This year is the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s War on Poverty, and there has been lots of discussion of whether it worked or didn’t. It didn’t, at least as regards its...
View ArticleObamaCare chains more of U.S. to government dole
What sets Americans apart from people in so many other countries is that we actually like working. No, every job isn’t fun, but Americans understand the dignity that comes with work. We achieve a sense...
View ArticleThe desperate need for liberal compassion
Rep. Paul Ryan recently said the wrong kind of welfare can breed dependency, and liberals are beating up on him but good. They are saying that he is once again showing how conservatives do not care...
View ArticleTake government benefits? Sure, why not?
(“76 Contributor) A few weeks ago, I came across a challenging post on a conservative blog asking whether conservatives should ever use welfare programs. The author explained that he and his wife were...
View ArticlePresident’s cutesy speech omitted entitlement crisis
Unbelievable. President Obama, among the most divisive presidents in our recent history, gives an also divisive State of the Union speech, taking credit for things he did not do, producing a laundry...
View ArticleWork ethic or entitlements: Americans must choose
(Centennial Fellow) On this Presidents’ Day it’s worth recalling the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933: “Our greatest primary task is to put people to work.” Although sometimes considered the...
View ArticleWhen "Yes We Can" Becomes "It Is What it Is"
In the Obama era, the future isn’t what it used to be. I’m hearing a lot of “it is what it is” these days, especially from young people. As in: “I’d been waiting nearly three hours when his secretary...
View ArticleThe war for poverty
This year is the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s War on Poverty, and there has been lots of discussion of whether it worked or didn’t. It didn’t, at least as regards its...
View ArticleObamaCare chains more of U.S. to government dole
What sets Americans apart from people in so many other countries is that we actually like working. No, every job isn’t fun, but Americans understand the dignity that comes with work. We achieve a sense...
View ArticleThe desperate need for liberal compassion
Rep. Paul Ryan recently said the wrong kind of welfare can breed dependency, and liberals are beating up on him but good. They are saying that he is once again showing how conservatives do not care...
View ArticleTake government benefits? Sure, why not?
(“76 Contributor) A few weeks ago, I came across a challenging post on a conservative blog asking whether conservatives should ever use welfare programs. The author explained that he and his wife were...
View ArticlePresident’s cutesy speech omitted entitlement crisis
Unbelievable. President Obama, among the most divisive presidents in our recent history, gives an also divisive State of the Union speech, taking credit for things he did not do, producing a laundry...
View ArticleWork ethic or entitlements: Americans must choose
(Centennial Fellow) On this Presidents’ Day it’s worth recalling the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933: “Our greatest primary task is to put people to work.” Although sometimes considered the...
View ArticleAt the intersection of race and poverty
(Centennial Fellow) When I was in law school, I had the privilege of working at the Institute on Race & Poverty. IRP was focused on issues that were found at the intersection of race and poverty....
View ArticleObama’s failed war on poverty
In his bow to holding a “conversation” about the poor, supported by two other progressives at liberal Georgetown University against one lone conservative, President Barack Obama’s big idea was to...
View ArticleAnother lessons for socialists: Beware Greeks bearing debt
It’s unlikely one would ever lack for examples of socialist failure. But should you ever find yourself at such a loss, the one that stands out perhaps most profoundly of late is Greece. Greece’s...
View ArticleCandidates’ rhetoric reveals tenfold reality gap
(By Brad Hughes, Centennial Fellow) Unlike the usual top 10 list that makes you smile, here’s one to make you frown. Listening to the news, I noted these top 10 problems – each defined as a gap, and...
View ArticleWhat can America learn from the Calais migrant crisis?
(By Helen Raleigh, Centennial Fellow) Thousands of illegal migrants, many from war-torn countries such as Afghanistan, Syria and Sudan, have been camped out at Calais, a port city in France. Their goal...
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