Study: Americans Have No Voice in their Government
A new study, authored by two university professors, find that corporate interests and wealthy individuals control policy making so much that “the preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule,...
Key Quotes from the First Annual Fourth Amendment Forum
The following are some of the important excerpts from our First Annual Fourth Amendment Forum. They are provided with time codes in case you are interested in watching that portion of the video to see the comment in context. Kara...
REVEALED: Head of Herbert’s Common Core Review Committee Has Huge Conflict of Interest
UPDATE: Kendell’s letter has now been sent to the Board, and includes the names of dozens of businesspeople and local school board members. See the letter here. Two weeks ago, Governor Herbert called for a “review of...
How is Common Core like Obamacare?
Conservatives in Utah and around the country laughed to scorn then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi for suggesting, after passage of “Obamacare,” that Congress had to pass the bill so that the people could then find...
Government Transparency Works—And We Need More Of It
An analysis released two years ago by two professors reviewed the effect that freedom of information laws, or “open records” laws, had on corruption. Utah’s version of this law is called the Government Records...