big government

^{Debra J. Saunders
November 23, 2022
Citizen Leadership}

The Administrative State Can Put a Bug in Your Phone

_{Debra J. Saunders
November 23, 2022
Citizen Leadership}

In the age of cellphones and the internet, consumers often face a simple choice: convenience or privacy? Do we let Big Tech have access to our private communications and free email accounts because it's so easy? Once you've said yes — and who among us has not? — it's not a stretch to think that Big Data already has almost all your information, so why get picky at the next juncture? Read More ›

Conceptual phone showing a cloud and bluebird on blue background

^{Debra J. Saunders
October 26, 2022
Citizen Leadership}

What’s Worse: Big Government or Big Tech? Both

_{Debra J. Saunders
October 26, 2022
Citizen Leadership}

No lie. Big Government has gotten into bed with Big Tech, their offspring likely will grow into Big Brother. Read More ›

^{Bill Walton
February 8, 2022
Economics}

Govzilla: How the Relentless Growth of Government Is Devouring Our Economy And Our Freedom

_{Bill Walton
February 8, 2022
Economics}

On this episode we’re talking with economist Steve Moore about his terrific new book Govzilla. It’s a sobering, yet easy to read, tale of the gigantic expansion of government over the last 50 years, and especially over the last two years since COVID hit. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
November 2, 2020
Education}

Election Implications for Education

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 2, 2020
Education}

Although other issues, such as the economy, coronavirus, law and order (or the lack thereof), healthcare, and a host of climate-related topics, have taken center stage, the election has implications for education. Read More ›

^{Bruce Chapman
January 3, 2019
Citizen Leadership, Discovery Institute}

The Federal Bureaucracy in Check

_{Bruce Chapman
January 3, 2019
Citizen Leadership, Discovery Institute}

Congress, despite many chances, has not been willing to take responsibility for checking “the administrative state,” as the aggrandizing bureaucratic power of federal agencies has come to be known. Arrival of a Democratic House makes it still less likely that Capitol Hill will resist the continued expansion of federal rules and regulations. As executive, President Trump has tried to slow Read More ›

Camera is watching a citizen. Copy space included. ACTA and end of privacy concept. 3D rendering.

^{Scott S. Powell
September 27, 2017
Technology}

Revisiting Orwell to Understand our Times

_{Scott S. Powell
September 27, 2017
Technology}

Just two or three generations ago, most Americans understood that George Orwell’s classics Animal Farm and 1984 were written to explain how freedom is lost to totalitarianism and the intolerance that accompanies it. “Big Brother,” a term still casually used to describe an all-knowing governing authority, comes right out of 1984. In the society that Orwell describes, everyone was reminded that Read More ›