Commentary

~~By Jim Kouri~~ (Jim Kouri, CPP, the fifth Vice President and Public Information Officer of the National Association of Chiefs of Police, has served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country...

~~~By Sven Larson~~~ This is the first in a two part series. — The European Union is not just a giant, ailing and failing welfare-state project, but it is also a political machine aimed at expanding government power in other directions as well ...

~~By Donna Garner~~ ======== Community College Research Center – Online Courses – Study published 2010, 2011 BY Xu and Jaggers http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Community-College-FAQs.html What do we know about community college student performance in fully online courses...

~~~ by Tim Bryce - 7/22/2013~~~ BRYCE ON THE POST OFFICE   - For starters, how about forwarding our mail to the public dump?   Whenever the United States Postal Service (USPS) suffers a major economic downturn, which seems to be fairly regular, they always threaten to cancel Saturday delivery service. Basicall... Read More ...

~~By Economist/Professor Ernie Goss~ Correction: Was: Utah: The state’s overall index, or Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator, once again moved above growth neutral 50.0. Based on the monthly survey of the membership of ISM-Utah (www... Read More ...

~~by Maureen Bader~~ Both the City of Cheyenne and Laramie County governments have prioritized government worker pay hikes in this year’s budget. Both governments are rationalizing prospective hikes with employee pay studies, but these studies seem to be undervaluing, or leaving out altogether, the cost of benefits...

by Donna Garner DOMA MAJORITY RULING BY SUPREMES In a 5-4 decision (with Justice Anthony Kennedy writing for the majority that included Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, and Obama’s two appointees, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kegan), the U...

~~June 25, 2013~~ ~~by Steve Klein~~ About Steve Klein serves as Staff Attorney and Research Counsel for the Wyoming Liberty Group and frequent guest on The Morning Zone Program on KGAB. . Today, in a 5-4 decision the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against government shakedowns and simultaneously reinforced land rights in Koontz v...

~~Will Russia Pull Out Of Syria~~   ~~By Micah Halpern~~   Thursday June 27, 2013 Vedomosti is the Russian business daily. AFP (Agence France Presse) ran a piece citing Vedomosti that took me by surprise. In fact, I find it hard to imagine that the report is correct. It sa...

~~By Sven Larson~~ I am working on a third installment about the G20 governments’ solemn vow to not leave any business, any product or any market unregulated. While that one is progressing, it is time to yet again say: Never bark at the big dog...