Monthly Archives: June 2009

The Big Lie Nears Climax: E.F.C.A.

By Ray Watkins | Published: June 29, 2009
America’s unionized private workforce has declined by approximately 27 percent since 1958. This, according to McMahon, has been a sign that unions have failed to respond to workers and market forces. “(Small businesses) have to be nimble and flexible in their costs,” McMahon said. “Labor unions have not figured out a way to deal with that.” He added that this reduction has led to a retirement and pension crisis for labor organizations. “If you understand the Social Security problem, then you understand their problem,” McMahon said. Union rep: card check vote imminent, BRUCE SIWY, Daily American Staff Writer
When I spend a little time looking around for relatively reasonable criticism of the Employee Free Choice Act, I have a hard time finding anything...
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Reading the Right: The Dean’s List

By Ray Watkins | Published: June 26, 2009
As blog readers know by now, ACTA has just launched a campaign to highlight some of the impressive strides that many institutions have made in advancing intellectual diversity and academic freedom in recent years. One such campus was South Dakota State University. Between 2005 and 2008, the South Dakota Board of Regents enacted a number of reforms pertaining to intellectual diversity, including the requirement that a "Freedom in Learning" statement appear on every course syllabus at all of the system's campuses. The statement adopted by the South Dakota State Administration informed students of their right to be graded solely on academic merits, and also told them that if they "believe that an academic evaluation reflects prejudiced or capricious standards," they...
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