From the Foundation for Economic Education - Leonard Read told the surprisingly complex story behind the everyday pencil. Your job is to tell the story of another object in the form of a video under 3 minutes long. Each video will be judged by how well the economic concepts in I, Pencil are applied to another everyday object. Read More »

Hear from a new small business owner as she tries to make a go of it in a part of Ohio seeing new economic activity from the shale oil industry. Heather Swingle opened Sky's Coffee Bar in Cambridge to tap into the growing boom surrounding the Utica Shale formation. Why would politicians threaten her prosperity with a new tax? Read More »

CBS News recently reported that the Internal Revenue Service spent $60,000 to record two videos that the IRS claims were for training purposes. After the IRS refused to turn over the video's to Congress, CBS filed a Freedom of Information request to receive copies of the videos. Read More »

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has admitted that our public school system is broke. He stated that, "It's obvious the system's broken." Stanford Political Science Professor, Terry Moe, identifies the biggest obstacle to improving our nation's schools -- teachers unions. Moe breaks down how teacher's unions are hurting our schools, and why need to make a change to improve education in this country. Read More »

"Wisconsinites know that they can't operate a family budget by spending so much more than they take in year after year, so why has it taken years of deficit spending for leaders in Washington to figure this out?" said Scott Klug, Co-Chair of Fix the Debt-Wisconsin. "The ad applies family accounting to the federal budget and clearly lays out the fact that an American family couldn't survive for very long by spending so much more than they take in. The scary fact is, our country can't either. Congress should take note from the American people and fix the debt." Read More »

Check out this great video from the Competitive Enterprise Institute on the world economy and just how connected we all are through free markets. Read More »

Madison's Mayor wants to spend $50,000 to produce a music video showing the sights and sounds of his city. FIfty grand? We did it for him. For free. Read More »

John Koskinen, Chief Economist, Wisconsin Department of Revenue says that the most comprehensive data analysis shows Wisconsin has added tens of thousands of jobs in the last year. Read More »

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Kyle Olson looks at labor's embrace of radical elements in Wisconsin Read More »