July 7, 2025

The Parent PLUS Loan Trap: This Student Aid Program Is Broken

In May of 2017, I was ecstatic to finally graduate high school in the top ten percent of my class in Peoria, Arizona. I had pushed myself academically, taking on honors and Advanced Placement courses,…

July 7, 2025

Big Tobacco Is Pushing Anti-Vaping Narrative; Harming American Small Business

Since entering the U.S. market in 2007, e-cigarettes have been the target of a massive misinformation campaign. Despite being a proven tool for reducing tobacco-related harm, public health groups have opposed their use among adults,…

July 7, 2025

New Trump Tariffs Should Be Temporary

As a small business owner and a consumer, I am not excited to pay higher prices and to have to sell products at an inflated price. Tariffs are taxes collected by the government that end…

July 7, 2025

Toil and Trouble – A Tale of Corporate Governance and the Judiciary 

Waste, Corruption and Greed – the Shakespearean Three Witches rampant in the public sector and at the forefront of the news cycle and the Trump Administration’s crusade to reform American Government. Through DOGE the fight has…

July 7, 2025

A Centrist Path to Affordable Higher Education: Reimagining the College Cost Crisis  

The soaring cost of college tuition in America is a slow-motion crisis that demands neither partisan grandstanding nor utopian promises, but a pragmatic, balanced reckoning. In 2025, the average annual tuition at public four-year universities…

July 7, 2025

What I Saw at the Confirmation Hearing of USDOT Secretary Sean Duffy

The Senate hearing room, with its towering columns and rich wood paneling, provided a formal setting for the confirmation of USDOT Secretary Sean Duffy. The hearing focused on key transportation policies, but one of the most…

July 7, 2025

Ending Remote Work for Federal Employees Will Likely Increase Government Costs

Under the guise of work optimization, the current president signed an executive order for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to “reform the federal workplace to better serve Americans.”  In addition to cutting jobs forthright, President Trump…

July 7, 2025

A Centrist Path to Affordable Higher Education: Reimagining the College Cost Crisis  

The soaring cost of college tuition in America is a slow-motion crisis that demands neither partisan grandstanding nor utopian promises, but a pragmatic, balanced reckoning. In 2025, the average annual tuition at public four-year universities…

July 7, 2025

What I Saw at the Confirmation Hearing of USDOT Secretary Sean Duffy

The Senate hearing room, with its towering columns and rich wood paneling, provided a formal setting for the confirmation of USDOT Secretary Sean Duffy. The hearing focused on key transportation policies, but one of the most…

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