Liquor

• Research Gaps
• Liquor privatization could mean new markets for PA wineries | PA Independent
• Liquor costs more at state-owned stores in U.S.: study - Chicago Tribune

Common Core

• Commonwealth Education Organization
• Michelle Malkin » Rotten to the Core: Obama’s War on Academic Standards (Part 1)
• Questionable Quality of the Common Core English Language Arts Standards

Repeal the Health Care Law

More flaws to the health care law found after it was passed.

• DPW Obamacare page
• WATCHBLOG: Young, healthy people will pay more for health insurance | PA Independent
• Medicaid vs. Privately Insured Patients: Comparing Access to Health Care and Outcomes

Public Pension Reform

• Analysis: Pennsylvania pension fix could add to woes | Reuters
• Video Pittsburgh controller argues for 401(k) plan for city employees

Cities

• The GOP and the City by Edward L. Glaeser, City Journal WInter 2013
• PA: Mandatory arbitration law binds financially distressed municipalities | PA Independent
• Scranton could join national trend of bankrupt cities, despite officials’ opposition | PA...

Higher Education

• Commission suggests changes to Pa. higher education - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• PDE-ACPSE
• Colleges Begin to Confront Higher Costs and Students’ Debt - NYTimes.com

Welfare

• Julia’s mother: Why a single mom is better off with a $29,000 job and welfare than taking...
• 6 charts that show the Welfare State run amok | AEIdeas
• Provider Reimbursement

Privatize It!

• Taking state parks off the state's books
• Councilman declares parking privatization 'dead' in Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Tribune...
• Northampton County Executive John Stoffa walks out on budget meeting - lehighvalleylive...

Did the Stimulus Work

• Did the Stimulus Work? | Jeffrey A. Miron | Cato Institute ...
• A Third Stimulus Won’t be the Charm
• The 'Stimulus' Actually Raised Unemployment

Who Are the Tea Partiers

• The Next Wave: who's entering the Tea Parties and how they are shaping the momentum
• Who are the Tea Partiers?
• Who are the Tea Party Members?

State Immigration Law

• Immigration Law Ruling Half-Right But Crucially Wrong | Cato @ Liberty
• Controlling Illegal Immigration: State and Local Governments Must Do More
• U.S. Needs to Let More Workers In

Unemployment and UC Benefits

The connection between unemployment compensation benefits and extensions and the unemployment rate.

• FOXNews.com - Our Unemployment Insurance Addiction
• Labor Dept. Estimates $7.1 Billion in Overpayments to Unemployed
• The Impact of the Potential Duration of Unemployment Benefits on the Duration of Unemployment...

Morality of Free Markets

• What if all businessmen were as dedicated to free markets as the Kochs?
• Book Review: Money, Greed, and God
• Free Markets: An Unknown Ideal