Handguns have killed more Americans than any other type of firearm. Two innocent policemen in New York City and a black teenager who pulled a handgun on police in Berkeley, Missouri, not far from Ferguson, are now part of that statistic. According to the FBI, criminals consistently chose handguns as their preferred weapon more than […]
Scott Stahlman
Posted inOpinion
For state pensions, use a scalpel not an ax
Does it make sense to slash public pensions of the lowest paid, or to cut excessive pensions at the top? If the top 70 university, legislative and judicial pensions are fatter than the state employees and teachers, why would politicians look to cut the two leanest pension systems first? I’ll tell you why, because they […]
