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Medicare for All Means Medicare for No One: Cautionary Tales from Abroad
Cheryl Gilarski has had enough health problems to last a lifetime.
Materialism Has Become Both a New Religion And A New Political Cause
The 21st Century has brought us a boatload of new technology, an abundance of leisure time and a newfound focus on materialistic ethics. It's a new world in which we live but it is the kind of world in which pessimism, disrespect and wrong-minded beliefs and objectives beset the younger generations.
The "FAIR" Act Doesn't Treat Consumers Or Workers Fairly
The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would make it harder and more expensive for Americans to resolve conflicts with their employers.
Both Parties Drug Pricing Plans Would Chill Innovation and Threaten American Lives
Since Nancy Pelosi became House Speaker in 2007, Republicans have spent an incredible amount of time and energy pushing back against her progressive policy proposals. That's why it's odd that the GOP's newest drug pricing bill is a watered-down copy of one of Pelosi's worst ideas.
No Matter How You Phrase It, Price Controls Are Bad For Patients
President Trump claims he's preparing an executive order on drug prices.
Marching for Life: Countering Roe V. Wade's Escorts
I saw them again a few weeks ago, the first time in a while. My wife and I were driving by. They stood outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in Pittsburgh. "Look," I said to my wife, "those are the so-called 'escorts.' They lead young women into the abortion clinic. Look at their smiles as they do their job."
Hope Springs Eternal: Forty Years of Egyptian-Israeli Peace
March 26, 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty. Historians consider the Egyptian-Israeli peace brokered by President Jimmy Carter in the late 1970s to be the most important and impressive diplomatic achievement of an administration otherwise plagued by foreign crises.
Throwing the First Pitch
In The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Baseball and the White House former presidential speech writer, veteran journalist, and college professor Curt Smith provides a lively, informative account of our nation's chief executives and America's quintessential sport.
America - Exceptional, not Nationalist
Some of the liberal criticism of President Donald Trump since his election stems from an intellectual tradition that gained tremendous influence in the West during the 1960s, especially in American universities. According to what historians have labeled the New Left, a more radical strain of the American left, America is just another example of a toxic nationalist state, not unlike certain imperial or even fascist states.
The Quite Coup of the Courts
There is a constitutional crisis in this country. One branch of government is undermining the rule of law.
Right to Try Provides a License to Cash In on Patient Fears
More than 1.7 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer this year. One in three of those patients will eventually succumb to it.
Grease FDA Wheels to Save Lives
When you're desperately ill, your chances of recovery improve as your access to treatment improves. That's why it's such good news that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working to speed up the process of getting new medications to patients.
VA Must Not Neglect Catastrophically Disabled Veterans
Imagine losing both your legs while serving your country only to be told the Department of Veterans Affairs can't provide you the wheelchair you need. The VA's not sure when one will become available. So they tell you to stay in bed.
Trump Pushes the Ethanol Blend Wall
President Donald Trump intends to hand out $12 billion to various farmers to offset the financial losses they are facing due to his trade war. That's his attempt at directly padding his supporters' pockets.
"Environmentalism" Shouldn't be a Dirty Word for Republicans
Is there a more despised word among Republicans than "environmentalist"? For many GOP voters, the term conjures up a mental image of tree-hugging socialists hell-bent on regulating our country back to the Stone Age.
Trump Claims He's Defending U.S. Companies — But Businesses Disagree
This summer, President Trump imposed a 25-percent tariff on $34 billion of Chinese goods. The move follows his June levies on steel and aluminum from Canada, Mexico, and Europe.
Audio Recordings - Omarosa, President Trump and Billy Graham
Perfect people will never work in government. People make promises and look good in television advertisements but people are people and that always means human error.
Trump's Trade War Jeopardizes American Energy Jobs
This summer, China and the United States launched the opening salvos in a trade war that has been brewing for months. America imposed a 25 percent tariff on $34 billion of Chinese goods. In response, China slapped tariffs on U.S. products and agricultural goods such as soybeans and pork. President Trump escalated things by announcing another $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods.
Want To Save the Environment? Support Offshore Drilling
Several states are preparing to sue the federal government. They're trying to halt Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's planned expansion of offshore oil and natural gas drilling. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, the most vocal opponent of Sec. Zinke's plan, claims the drilling "threatens our environment and our economy."
Infant Health Deserves Careful Research, Not Partisan Bickering
Want to win a political argument? Accuse your opponent of hurting children.
Global Leaders Dither While Disease Races to Latin America
You're nearly twice as likely to die from colon cancer living in a Latin American country than you are living in the United States.
Labor Day - Deal With The Stuff
Labor Day Weekend gives Americans across the country a three-day weekend to rest, travel and celebrate our freedom to labor. Our jobs increased by two million people in 2017 and have continued to climb in 2018. Hourly wages have seen gains and the stock market has seen twenty months of phenomenal growth. Employers across the country need workers and job seekers have options.
Stop Nuclear Cronyism
In June, President Trump directed Energy Secretary Rick Perry to bail out struggling nuclear and coal power plants. Such federal action would come on top of state bailouts, such as New Jersey's just-approved $300 million annual lifeline to keep three nuclear plants running.
Animal Research is Crucial for Pets — And Their Owners
A team of researchers is testing a groundbreaking vaccine that could prevent cancer in dogs.
Americans Fund Most of the World's Drug Research. Here's How Trump Can End That
President Trump recently released an ambitious, 44-page plan to drive down prescription drug prices. The blueprint relies, in part, on negotiating and enforcing trade deals to prevent other countries from freeloading off of American researchers.
Animal Lovers Should Be Cheering For Animal Research — Not Opposing It.
Scientists just discovered a drug that could save millions of dogs -- and humans -- from cancer. Veterinarians at Tufts University administered the experimental treatment to Dover, a 7-year old dog suffering from lymphoma. The cancer had caused him to go blind, and his days were numbered. In desperation, Dover's owner enrolled him in a clinical trial testing the early-stage therapy.
John McCain - Chart a New Course
I respected Senator John McCain. I loved him as a war hero and a fellow American who served his country in an astounding way. Few people in our country will ever accomplish all that McCain accomplished in his life. He served his country in the military, suffered as a prisoner of war and became one of the most respected United States Senators in our nation's history.
Objections to Offshore Drilling Don't Hold Water
Coastal-state politicos are scrambling to block a federal plan to expand offshore oil and natural gas drilling. In June, governors from five East Coast states condemned the initiative. In July, congressmen tried, and failed, to insert an anti-drilling amendment into a spending bill.
Democrats' Immigration Dogma is Damaging African American Communities
If you're a Democrat and you question the party orthodoxy on immigration, prepare to be excommunicated.
Envionmentalists are Lying About How Green Their Money Is
Some of America's most prominent environmentalist groups are secretly investing in oil and natural gas, even as they publicly push groups to divest from fossil fuels. That's the takeaway from an explosive new report from NBC.
Branson Duck Boat Ride — Bad Judgment
I've thought about taking a Duck boat ride and I'm glad I passed.
Trump's Trade War Is Economic Suicide
When President Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on steel imports America's largest nail manufacturer had little choice but to raise prices. Mid Continent Nail Corporation lost 50 percent of its orders as customers opted for cheaper suppliers. Within weeks, the firm laid off 60 workers. And 200 more might lose their jobs by the end of July.
New Anti-Fracking Study Combines Old News and Flawed Science
Two environmentalist groups just released a scathing report which concluded that "fracking" -- a technique for extracting oil and natural gas from underground shale rock formations -- poses an unacceptable threat to human health.
Don't Gamble the Planet's Future on Unproven Technologies
A group of senators recently introduced a bill that aims to combat climate change by funding research into "negative emission technologies," which take greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere and store them underground.
Summit Asymmetries
On June 3, 1961, barely into the fifth month of his presidency, John F. Kennedy met with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Kennedy requested the meeting in February as an "informal" opportunity to become better acquainted. Kennedy had risen rapidly through the American political hierarchy from the House of Representatives to the U.S. Senate and on to the presidency.
Strengthen Patents to Boost Family Businesses
Which company is more innovative? A corporate giant, or a family-owned business?
The Life (and Death) of American Farmers
Recent reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that suicide rates among American farmers are higher than any other occupational group, and five times higher than that of the population as a whole. One is tempted to argue that this reflects the decline of community life in rural America.
Putin To The White House - Reason Enough
The buzz of a possible visit by Russian President, Vladimir Putin has died down.
Different reasons have been cited from safety to timing to other things going on right now for President Trump and Putin.
FBI Agent Peter Strzok: I Checked My Beliefs at the Door
Peter Strzok, the former deputy assistant director of the Counterintelligence Division of the FBI, testified on July 12 before two House Committees. In his opening statement, he said: "Let me be clear, unequivocally and under oath: Not once in my 26 years of defending my nation did my personal opinions impact any official action I took."
Trump's Drug Pricing Speech Mostly Hit the Right Notes
President Trump delivered a major speech from the White House Rose Garden on prescription drug prices this spring. He announced several policies aimed at reducing the overall cost of pharmaceuticals and limiting patients' out-of-pocket expenses.
