By Michael C. Maibach                                                                                            February 2016   Americans elect a President through the state-by-state mechanism of the Electoral College, rather than direct nationwide popular vote.  Today, all but two states award all of their electoral votes to the statewide winner.  Ever since Andrew Jackson was denied the Presidency by the US House in 1824, some have called for its abolition.  It is timely t

By Michael C. Maibach                                                                                                         January 2016   As we consider this and recent Presidential campaigns, many of our fellow citizens have expressed unhappiness with their choices. “Can’t we get better people to run?” they ask. Why is it that in America, those considered as our "best and brightest" rarely run for public office?  CEOs of global enterprises, Presidents of leading universit

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 This opinion was published at delawareonline.com on January 19, 2015. The views expressed below belong to Dr. Richard Lamb and not of the Caesar Rodney Institute. Reposted with permission.   I am unacquainted with Bill Holt, but when he writes comparing John Staplefords column about Health Care and free markets, and stating--"Mr. Stapleford mistakenly tries to apply free market principles to areas of l

This article was originally published in The News Journal January 17, 2015. Click here for the original   I appreciated the Dialogue Delaware piece by Stacie Beck and Eleanor Craig entitled, “Unfriendly to Business,” which appeared in your pages on Jan. 11. It seems that there are a lot of things that folks suggest our various levels of government do to solve our impacted social problems and dearth of decent-paying jobs. The first impulse seems to be to start up “programs” to

*This editorial originally appeared in the "Our View" Section of the News Journal on April 8 on the website and April 9 in print. We are reposting the News Journal editorial because it asks a serious and profound question: Why do those who despise charter schools not at least ask what it is about charter schools, and school choice in general, which makes parents WANT to move their child from a traditional public school elsewhere? Twenty legislators have asked the state Board

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE There is much concern over rising sea levels and disappearing coastline. Yet how are such changes really measured? Satellites can measure tiny changes in sea levels referenced to a known baseline, but those measurements have only been available since 1993. Two other methods used for changes occurring over more than 100 years are tide gauges and efforts by the United Nations‘ Intergov

Yesterday marked the 284 th anniversary of the birth of Caesar Rodney, the great patriot whose famous ride on July 1, 1776 provided the Delaware Delegation the decisive vote for independence from Great Britain. But Caesar Rodney was not always pro-revolution.               Caesar Rodney was always disturbed by the Kings actions towards the colonies, but at first during the 1750s and early 1760s, he was still willing to stay loyal, although uneasily, to the British Crown. In

Just because Delaware is a prevailing wage state does not guarantee that the unions should be able to manipulate the system to their own advantage. Prevailing wage does not have to be union wage. This work is an analysis of the cost to taxpayers that prevailing wage continues to be and a sound alternative going forward.

As Delaware goes forth with an eye toward job creation and a revived economy, few legislative actions could be as harmful as irrevocably changing the employer/employee relationship by replacing our existing Employment at Will standard with the labor union endorsed Good Cause requirement. If passed, this law could stifle job creation and cause many Delaware employers to relocate in other states. Just as importantly, many companies who are currently considering relocation to De

Delaware Public Housing: Defenseless by Decree   After an investigation by the Caesar Rodney Institute revealed the state’s public housing authorities prohibit gun ownership, the National Rifle Association says it will take legal action if the gun bans are not withdrawn.   By Lee Williams (Editors note:  PDF version is available here)   WILMINGTON – Thousands of Delaware’s most vulnerable residents, forced by their socio-economic status to live in some of the state’s most dan