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Mandated Wages and Discrimination

By |2013-03-06T10:08:06-05:00March 6th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published March 6, 2013 on Townhall.com.

Let’s work through an example. Suppose 100 yards of fence could be built using one of two techniques. You could hire three low-skilled workers for $15 each, or you could hire one high-skilled worker for $40. Either way, you get the same 100 yards of fence built. If you sought maximum profits, which production technique would you employ? I’m guessing that you’d hire one high-skilled worker and pay him $40 rather than hire three low-skilled workers for $15 each. Your […]

A Minority View: Higher Minimum Wage

By |2013-02-27T17:03:06-05:00February 27th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published February 27, 2013 on Townhall.com.

In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama proposed raising the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $9 an hour. That would be almost a 25 percent increase. Let’s look at the president’s proposal, but before doing so, let’s ask some other economic questions.

Are people responsive to changes in price? For example, if the price of cars rose by 25 percent, would people purchase as many cars? Supposing housing prices rose by 25 percent, what […]

Joe Doe Loses His Fight with the 10 Commandments

By |2013-02-25T10:37:25-05:00February 25th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published February 25, 2013 on The Washington Times website.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has lost its six-year campaign to tear down a Ten Commandments monument at the Dixie County, Florida, courthouse.

They’ve even lost their usual extortion money for harassing a community.

The case fell apart after the plaintiff, an anonymous North Carolina man who had planned to come to Dixie County to live in his RV, decided not to move there after all.

Senior U.S. District Judge Maurice M. Paul dismissed the case without prejudice on Feb. […]

Sequester Hysterics

By |2013-02-21T13:49:41-05:00February 21st, 2013|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published February 20, 2013 on The American Spectator website.

President Obama told America yesterday morning that if the sequester goes through on March 1,

It will eviscerate job-creating investments in education and energy and medical research…. Emergency responders like the ones who are here today — their ability to help communities respond to and recover from disasters will be degraded. Border Patrol agents will see their hours reduced. FBI agents will be furloughed. Federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. Air […]

Federal Court Dismisses Lawsuit against Ten Commandments Display

By |2013-02-17T22:08:48-05:00February 17th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published February 15, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

The Ten Commandments won in federal court this week in Dixie County, FL, which adopted a policy that allows any of its citizens to erect a display atop the county courthouse’s steps. A local Christian man paid to put a six-ton (12,000 lbs.) stone Ten Commandments display there in 2006.

The ACLU sued on behalf of an anonymous North Carolina ACLU member who said he planned to buy property in that area and had to see the display when he went to the county courthouse. […]

Obama and the Pirates

By |2013-02-15T07:18:24-05:00February 15th, 2013|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published February 13, 2013 on The American Spectator website.

Everything in this column will be established by logical proof, as in geometry. There will be no name calling, or mere assertion.

You probably heard again last night that President Obama still thinks “the rich,” a crass term implying low class social envy, do not pay their “fair share.” He has been barnstorming America saying precisely that for his more than four years in office now. But the indisputable facts from official government sources say […]

Woman Dies in Late-Term Abortion Performed by Doctor Linked to Sebelius

By |2013-02-14T22:55:04-05:00February 14th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published February 12, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

According to reports, on Feb. 7th, 29-year old Jennifer Morbelli died due to complications from a late-term abortion performed by Dr. LeRoy Carhart, an abortion doctor celebrated by the left and embraced by Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

At a press conference held on Feb. 11th in Germantown, MD, it was reported Morbelli had learned there was some abnormality with her unborn child and chose to have an abortion 33 weeks into her pregnancy. (With modern technology, a child becomes viable outside the womb around 20 weeks.)

The Worst Five Years Since the Great Depression

By |2013-02-11T13:48:45-05:00February 11th, 2013|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published February 7, 2013 on Forbes.com.

In February, 2009, I wrote for the Wall Street Journal an article entitled “Reaganomics versus Obamanomics.” The article explained that the emerging Obamanomics was pursuing exactly the opposite of every policy of the enormously successful Reaganomics, and predicted that it would produce exactly the opposite results.

Well, the results are in, and under President Obama the American people have now suffered the worst 5 years since the Great Depression, as first explained by Steve […]

Lawyer Who Argued for Drone Strikes Angling for SCOTUS Nomination?

By |2013-02-06T22:08:35-05:00February 6th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published February 6, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

“What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?” — Mark 8:36

The U.S. government is claiming the power to kill American citizens without judicial review. This is a story about hypocrisy. And it’s the tale of two lawyers: President Barack Obama and State Department Legal Adviser Harold Koh.

While the Constitution only allows targeting of citizens under the most restrictive circumstances during war, the leading lawyer who made the argument that President Obama has this lethal power–Koh–was […]

Women in Combat

By |2013-02-06T14:21:45-05:00February 6th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published February 6, 2013 on Townhall.com.

A senior Defense Department official said the ban on women in combat should be lifted because the military’s goal is “to provide a level, gender-neutral playing field.” I’d like to think the goal of the military should be to have the toughest, meanest fighting force possible. But let’s look at “gender-neutral playing field.”

The Army’s physical fitness test in basic training is a three-event physical performance test used to assess endurance. The minimum requirement for 17- to 21-year-old males […]

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