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How HUD Makes Lousy Programs Look Great

When federal agencies promote programs, like Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, or Common Core they conduct sophisticated and often deceptive marketing campaigns that cover up there downsides. Flowery slogans like, “transportation options are fundamental to having a shot at the American Dream,” and “Economic diversity is the path to better outcomes for all American children,” may…

America Won on Tuesday

To my Republican friends – don’t gloat. To my Democrat friends – don’t despair. What happened on Tuesday was historic but it was neither a Republican victory nor a Democratic loss. It was a win for America and a loss for Washington business-as-usual, corrupt insider politics, and the big money K Street free-for-all we have…

The chemicals anxiety machine

Rank politics and baseless health scares are driving anxiety, North Carolina election campaigns, civil rights claims and plans for class action lawsuits, all of which could bring electricity rate hikes that will cause real job, health and civil rights problems for families – for no health or environmental benefits. As I noted in an earlier…

EPA Invites Secret Green Activist Lawsuits

Overreaching federal regulators, the EPA in particular, are getting lots of help from collaborating anonymous lawyers they pay to sue them. The Department of Treasury even maintains a special “Judgement Fund” to perpetuate these legal charades. Referred to as “sue-and-settle” schemes, these closed-door, back-room agreements involve pre-negotiated legal filings by environmental organizations charging a federal…