President Obama has laid the groundwork for an unprecedented centralization of education policy under the guise of promoting educational innovation, accountability, and improved student achievement. In reality, Obama’s new national standards, curricula, and testing—in addition to huge spending commitments by the federal government—shift the policymaking power from individuals and communities to the federal bureaucracy.

The painful performance of the American economy in the past decade is not a function of bad luck; it is the product of flawed institutional design. Right now, we are reaping the harvest of efforts to reinvigorate progressive programs of the New Deal, which stress high taxes, large transfer payments, strong labor laws, and major [...]

As a result of President Obama’s current policies, America is heading directly toward a record-shattering 2013 recession. In addition to the implementation of ObamaCare and the expiration of the Bush tax cuts – which Obama refuses to renew for the nation’s job creators and investors – Americans will also see an increase in the top [...]