State Guard, National Guard, Armed Conflict

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May, 2020 Washington – What with the nation in a crisis over law enforcement issues in Minnesota, it's time to reprise two blog pos...

Pandemic Challenge to Colleges: Adapt or Wither

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May, 2020 Lincoln –  If I were a college administrator once again, I'd be working urgently to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic. •  ...

Fighting Covid-19: An Index of Government Effectiveness

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May, 2020 Washington, Lincoln, Berlin – A useful measure of progress in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic is R, the reproduction ...

Memorial Day 2020

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May, 2020 Washington –  A Memorial Day like no other is upon us. Looking back, it's time to honor our family's Virginia ancestor...

Veterans and Congress Unite to Rebuke Secretary DeVos

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May, 2020 Washington –  As both a veteran and a taxpayer who cares about the public fisc, I am delighted to see Congress, on a bipartisan ...

Biden Needs Bigger Ideas for Rural America

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May, 2020 Lincoln –  Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is looking for big ideas, according to reporting from the New Y...

The Shadier Side of Federal Higher Education History

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May, 2020 Washington – Dan Moldea's new book, Money, Politics, and Corruption in U.S. Higher Education: The Stories of Whistleblowers ...

America is Sick Beyond the Coronavirus

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May, 2020 Washington – The coronavirus has exposed sickness in our system of government.  It has been there for some time. It manifested...

Colleges Will Collapse without Student-Loan Reforms

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May, 2020 Washington –  In the next coronavirus bill, Congress should take the opportunity to clean up the nation's student-loan mess ...

Failing Governors

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May, 2020 Lincoln, Berlin – Arizona governor Doug Ducey has cut off his universities' access to state coronavirus data because he does...