Tuesday Links

Posted by Chris Moody

• How unions are becoming irrelevant to the average American worker in the private sector.

• Is the president’s speech part of a sinister plan to create a socialist Obama Youth movement? Hardly. However, let us not forget that our Constitution’s framers thought schooling was too important to be left to a federal government.

• The case for engaging Iran.

• The Supreme Court will rule Wednesday on whether the government can ban political speech during election time. Here’s the back story.

• The 10-year budget deficit is now projected to be nine trillion dollars. Paul Krugman says it’s no big deal. James Dorn thinks otherwise and explains why Krugman is mistaken.

• Podcast: The real problem with Obama’s speech to schoolchildren.