Call Transportation Bailouts What They Are: More Welfare for Labor Unions
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Call Transportation Bailouts What They Are: More Welfare for Labor Unions

Congress is moving full steam ahead on ramming through a bloated, wasteful, and debt-exploding $1.9 trillion legislative package. Although it’s supposedly justified by the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the spending is designed to appease progressive ideological causes and politically connected interest groups. A prime example is the $57.5 billion currently earmarked for various parts of…

Benefit from more diversity and inclusion in the workplace
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Benefit from more diversity and inclusion in the workplace

This post was originally published on Feb. 22, 2019, and updated on Feb. 11, 2021. Diversity and inclusion in the workplace can lead to business gains, including better employee retention, more innovation, and higher revenue growth, according to Great Place to Work. In this piece, we’ll talk about the benefits of greater diversity and inclusion…

Damian Flanagan: Manchester has a central role to play in preserving the UK

Damian Flanagan: Manchester has a central role to play in preserving the UK

Damian Flanagan is Chair of Manchester Conservatives. While we are all busy trying to make our way – maintaining life and livelihoods as best as we can – through the long ordeal of the Coronavirus pandemic, we might also be grimly aware that our very nation seems to be intractably moving apart. Calls from the…

The Great Reset (of property)

The Great Reset (of property)

In recent times, newspapers have been filled with stories about the enormous changes to the property market brought about by the Covid pandemic. “London falling”, reads one headline, warning that the “magnetism of living in the capital is losing its power“. Other articles echo this sentiment, highlighting the rise in demand elsewhere. There have been…

Harry Fone: Holding council meetings online can save millions in travel expenses

Harry Fone: Holding council meetings online can save millions in travel expenses

Harry Fone is the Grassroots Campaign Manager for the TaxPayers’ Alliance. Across the country, local authorities have had to adapt to the challenges the pandemic has brought. One key area has been the ability to continue to hold regular council meetings using online services like Zoom and Microsoft Teams. In order to make this possible,…

6 of Democrats’ Arguments for Disqualifying Trump From Seeking Office Again
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6 of Democrats’ Arguments for Disqualifying Trump From Seeking Office Again

House prosecutors argued Wednesday that former President Donald Trump not only is responsible for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol but was involved in a “premeditated” effort after he “ran out of nonviolent measures” to keep power.  Day Two of Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial was the first full day for Democrats’ House impeachment…

5 useful tools to understand your client’s needs
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5 useful tools to understand your client’s needs

Being a freelancer is a daunting task for anyone. Be it a designer, writer, developer or UXer, freelancing is a full-time — and sometimes a 24-hour job. You will need to anticipate, plan and confirm your client’s needs and wants, and deliver with limited time and resources. Sometimes, you need to accomplish tasks with limited…

George Shultz: A Centenarian’s 8 Decades of Service Remembered
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George Shultz: A Centenarian’s 8 Decades of Service Remembered

Former Secretary of State George Shultz died Saturday at the impressive age of 100 at his home in Stanford, California, where he had been a distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution since 1982.  Shultz died on the birthday of the president, Ronald Reagan, with whom he left his greatest mark on history. The cause of death has…