Alton Drew

It's time for an FCC that promotes commerce

The framers of our great Constitution realized that unifying thirteen newly independent colonies meant promoting the one concept over which there was no dispute--the growth of interstate commerce. The sizes, economic bases, and existence of institutionalized slavery naturally created...

Obama's approach to the question of race

African-Americans are again questioning President Obama’s approach to the question of race in America. The hot question drew air from last week’s firing of Shirley Sharrod by her employer, the United States Department of Agriculture...

What consumers should expect from Wall Street reform

Wall Street is jittery over what impact the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act may have on a financial company’s revenues and compliance burdens. Consumers, on the other hand, have bigger fish to fry. They see flat...

So where is the Libertarian party

With the Tea Party taking the lead espousing limited government and lower taxes, I’ve been asking myself, where is the Libertarian Party? On the surface, these two organizations look alike. For example, according to their website, the Libertarian...

Is Obama maximizing his power of persuasion

If there is one song I refuse to sing, it is “We Shall Overcome.” I hate that song. When I hear people sing it, I imagine a group of people chained together, walking through mud, toward a goal...

Government should not be defining decency

I’ve been really impressed with our judicial system lately. The attempts to expand the interventionist tentacles of government have been thwarted not by Congress or the administrative branch but by the courts. One of these impressive moments came...

John Lewis needs to go

It’s mid-term election time and around the country the angst against incumbents will be put to the test. Every two years there seems to be a “throw the bums out” mentality amongst voters. This year...

Is Rand Paul right about government's role in civil rights

Dr. Rand Paul, within 24 hours of his senate primary win in Kentucky, seems to have stepped into the frying pan by questioning the holy grail of all legislation passed in the last fifty years, the Civil Rights Act of...

Democrats, job creation, and wealth, part II: No Brandeis. Blacks are just as accountable as anyone

The Brandeis University Institute of Assets and Social Policy today released a report on the disparity of wealth between black and white Americans. The report studied black and white families in the same high-income range between the years 1984...

Democrats, job creation, and wealth, part I

The Congressional Democrats and the Obama administration have had a long year given their legislative agenda. They have passed health care legislation, an $800 billion stimulus package, and have attempted to address climate change. Senate Democrats, along with a few...

It's time for an FCC that promotes commerce

Obama's approach to the question of race

What consumers should expect from Wall Street reform

So where is the Libertarian party

Is Obama maximizing his power of persuasion

Government should not be defining decency

John Lewis needs to go

Is Rand Paul right about government's role in civil rights

Democrats, job creation, and wealth, part II: No Brandeis. Blacks are just as accountable as anyone

Democrats, job creation, and wealth, part I

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