The federal freeze on childcare funding in Minnesota is the predictable outcome of a governing philosophy that elevates empathy and expansion while treating authority, discipline, and enforcement as secondary concerns. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services didn’t freeze funding because Minnesota cared too much about families. It froze funding because federal officials no…
A Review of the OBBBA’s Endowment Tax Provision
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act introduces a significant overhaul of how large private university endowments are taxed in the United States. Currently, qualifying colleges and universities with sizeable endowments pay a flat 1.4% excise tax on their investment income. The OBBBA would replace this one-size-fits-all rate with a new tiered structure designed to increase…
The Case for Dismantling the Department of Education
Well, folks, it looks like President-elect Trump is stirring the pot again, this time with plans to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. Depending on who you ask, this is either the end of the world as we know it or the second coming of small-government common sense. As an independent Christian conservative, I find…
The Independent Christian Conservative 