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Star Parker

Trump is right: Bigotry, violence ‘on many sides’
08/16/2017 - 8:40am
Star Parker
VIOLENCE: August 16, 2017 British writer and theologian G.K. Chesterton observed, “It is hatred that unites people — while love is always individual.” The use of hatred to mobilize has a long and bloody history. We should understand why it works so well. It taps into human weakness. It exploits the unwillingness of individuals to take responsibility for their own lives, to...
The promise of apprenticeships
Star Parker 07/12/2017 - 8:46am
APPRENTICESHIPS: July 12, 2017 Last month, President Trump signed an executive order to boost apprenticeship programs in the United States. These are training programs, offered in a variety of formats, usually by businesses, to convey skills to individuals for specific vocations. It’s a great idea, but like all great ideas, the key is in...
The cost of Medicaid
Star Parker 06/28/2017 - 1:03am
MEDICAID: June 28, 2017 The number of Americans enrolled in Medicaid has increased from 29 million in 1990 to 73 million today — an increase of 252 percent over a period when the nation’s population increased 30 percent. Total spending on Medicaid today is $574 billion, 275 percent above the $209 billion of 2000. Medicaid amounts to...
How we can start taking back our country
Star Parker 06/21/2017 - 8:06am
CHARITABLE GIVING: June 21, 2017 Americans are justifiably frustrated regarding what is going on in Washington, D.C. But let’s not forget that we elect these folks. We may have a mess, but we can at least be proud that it’s our mess. There is one unique problem. Unlike business, where change can be made quickly, government programs...
Draining the Dodd-Frank swamp
Star Parker 06/14/2017 - 9:01am
CHOICE ACT: June 14, 2017 The House just passed the Financial CHOICE Act, which enacts major reforms to the Dodd-Frank Act, signed into law by President Obama in 2010. The 2,300-page Dodd-Frank Act was passed to fix what supposedly was broken in our financial system that led to the massive financial collapse in 2007. The potential economic...
Trump budget fixes our broken culture
Star Parker 05/31/2017 - 8:24am
TRUMP’S BUDGET: May 31, 2017 George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen has just published a timely new book, “The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream.” Cowen’s message is that America is a nation that has lost its edge. Entrepreneurism and the willingness to take risks — key factors...
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