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Needed: A capitalism vaccine to stave off the disease of socialism (Posted April 10, 2009)
Jonas Salk was determined to make polio a blip on history’s radar. In the same way, freedom-loving Americans must determine to resist socialism’s mantra that individuals must surrender their dreams of prosperity and success “for the collective good.” [ Read More ]

Institute hails CATS’ final meow
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Senate Bill 1, which replaces the ineffective, costly and controversial state public-school testing system, was signed into law today by Gov. Steve Beshear in a ceremony at the state capitol. [ Read More ]

Senators urged to make state government more transparent
Representatives from the nationally renowned Mercatus Center at George Mason University highlighted the benefits of open and transparent government at a meeting today of the Kentucky Senate State and Local Government Committee. [ View ]

Pigs on parade to the public trough
During the same year that our Constitution was ratified, Scottish professor Alexander Tyler astutely predicted: ‘A democracy . . . can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury.’ [ Read More ]

Bluegrass Audio: Radio commentaries promote liberty on KNN
The Bluegrass Institute and the Kentucky News Network have joined to make 'Bluegrass Audio,' a weekly 90-second radio commentary on the virtues of liberty, available to radio stations throughout the commonwealth. [ Read More ]