Politics Information
Americans Unwittingly Subject Themselves to Genetic Discrimination
Millions of Americans are using home DNA testing kits to discover their ancestry or uncover their risk of developing certain diseases. Unbeknownst to them, testing companies are selling or giving away the personal genetic information gleaned from these kits.
John McCain, Obamacare and Call 911 To Be Murdered
A Minnesota police office murdered Justin Damond this past week.
Don't Play Favorites for Nuclear Energy
Now that nuclear energy is becoming less competitive nationwide, lawmakers are responding by using Americans' hard-earned dollars to bail out floundering nuclear plants.
Rising Chronic Disease Rates Portend Unsustainable Costs
12 percent of Americans suffer from five or more chronic conditions, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes. This fraction of the population accounts for 41 percent of total health care spending.
How U.S. natural gas will help countries meet their Paris commitments
While critics bemoan President Trump's decision to pull out of -- or renegotiate -- the Paris climate agreement, the United States has been reducing its greenhouse gas emissions over the past decade. And now the country is poised to help a number of the signatory countries reduce theirs as well.
Single-Payer: Coming Soon to a Theater Near You?
Hollywood loves a sequel. This summer, studios are releasing a fifth Pirates of the Caribbean, a third edition of the Despicable Me franchise, and another Spiderman.
Cut FDA Red Tape So Doctors Can Better Treat Patients
Doctors often fail to treat their patients with the most effective medicines -- but it's not their fault. Is an outdated FDA regulation to blame?
Designing a Solution to our Nation's Productivity Crisis
According to the most recent government data, American workers' productivity over the last decade has grown at less than half the annual rate it did between 2000 and 2007. Last year, our collective level of productivity edged up just 0.2 percent. Compare that to the late 1990s, when productivity jumped an average of 2.8 percent a year.
Americans' Issue with Entering and Exiting
We will never figure out health care, Medicaid and most of our country's issues until we learn how to enter and exit buildings.
President Needs to Tell the Ethanol Industry: You're Fired
President Donald Trump changed his mind on many issues since taking office -- China is no longer a currency manipulator and NATO is an important institution. So there's still hope he'll dump the renewable fuel standard (RFS).
Credibility of Pulitzer Prize Takes a Hit by Rewarding ProPublica's Liberal Bias
After busting the New York Police Department for abusing a decades-old eviction law, nonprofit news organization ProPublica received a public service Pulitzer Prize. A powerful story of journalism in pursuit of justice, right?
Supremes hand down big wins for the nation, says AMAC
The Supreme Court handed down "two big wins" for the American people this week, according to Dan Weber, president of the Association of Mature American Citizens.
March-In Rights Disregard the Law and Risk Patient Health
President Donald Trump recently tweeted that he's "working on a new system where there will be competition in the Drug Industry. Pricing for the American people will come way down!"
Patients Will Die if Congress Doesn't Reauthorize this 25-Year Old Law
Thousands of Americans could die waiting for the FDA to approve new, lifesaving treatments if Congress fails to reauthorize a 25-year old law this summer.
The Fine Print on Pipelines Isn't Scary
Have you heard? Transporting oil through pipelines is a threat to humanity! The many accidents highlighted in the press speak for themselves.
A Carbon Tax is a Terrible Idea
While President Donald Trump wants to cut taxes, there are others who hope to raise them -- by taxing carbon.
Middlemen Are Not Passing On All Drug Discounts Intended for Patients
Over 400,000 Americans with cancer suffer from a second disease -- "financial toxicity." The symptoms include missed mortgage and rent payments, raided retirement accounts, and decisions about whether to take medicines as prescribed or ration them to save money. Such choices can be deadly.
Problems with a Carbon Tax
There is no viable alternative to carbon-based fuels. The goal of a carbon tax is to force people to embrace substitutes, but fossil fuels are one of the most inelastic products. There just aren't any viable and scalable alternatives.
Innovative thinking is the key to resolving the Obamacare replacement dilemma
Support may be growing for the notion that the expansion of Health Savings Accounts can provide a "creative solution" to the Congressional dilemma on how to repeal and replace Obamacare, according to Dan Weber, president of the Association of Mature American Citizens.
President Trump said, "They Are Losers"
President Trump has renamed terrorists from monsters to losers. I agree. People such as 22 year old Salmon Abedi who contrive to inflict such a heinous act as the carnage he recently inflicted in Manchester, England, is the worst of pathetic world losers.
Trump's Budget Doesn't Make Sense
The following op-ed by Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, was published in the New York Times today.
We won't rest until the American Health Care Act is law
Dan Weber, president of the Association of Mature American Citizens, warns that "liberals in Congress will continue to sabotage efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare. They see President Obama's so-called Affordable Care Act as a first step toward a single-payer system which is, itself, a first step toward the creation of a socialist state here in the U.S."
Time to Fire the VA Health System
Rewarding failure appears to be something of a tradition at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Top Border Cop: The Sanders Drug-Importation Bill Keeps Me Awake At Night
A 24-year-old woman recently crossed the Mexican border in Nogales, Arizona on foot, pushing an inconspicuous stroller. In addition to her two young children, it carried five pounds of fentanyl, a deadly opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin. Law enforcement intercepted the drug shipment this time. But many other packages get through, with fatal consequences.
Problems with a Carbon Tax
While President Donald Trump wants to cut taxes, there are others who hope to raise them -- by taxing carbon.
Fake News Mustn't Drive the Healthcare Debate
There's a dangerous disease spreading amongst political and media elites -- "soundbite-itis." It causes policymakers to advocate ill-informed policies that hurt the very people they want to help.
Hooray For Less Taxes! We Hope
Americans pay too much in taxes. President Trump's idea to eliminate four of the seven tax brackets is an excellent idea.
Voters say they made the right decision in electing Donald Trump
"Forget the pundits who belittle the resolve of the Trump Administration to live up to the promises made to voters. The fact is that Mr. Trump has a well-documented to-do list and he's lost no time in checking off the tasks he's completed in the less than three months he's been in office,"
Encumbrances - State Churches, O'Reilly and Kim Jong Un
An encumbrance will often weigh us down or prevent us from going forward.
Trump Undoes Regulatory Overreach
President Trump is slowly but surely dismantling the "mare's nest" of regulations imposed by the Obama administration, says Dan Weber, president of the Association of Mature American Citizens.
The Winter Of Discontent
As the winter of discontent surges to every corner of the globe there are painful reminders of who many voted for last fall. The hindsight of which too many failed to heed the warnings of Senator Sanders has surfaced through the national consciousness.
Bill O'Reilly's Alleged Escapades, Hmmm
Bill O'Reilly most likely can afford to retire and he probably should be thinking about it before he spends all of his life savings on settling sexual harassment lawsuits. At least $13 million have been paid so far that we know about.
Oil and Gas Power Americans' Lives
Quick: What do makeup, prosthetics, and heart valves have in common?
Fuel the American Economy with Offshore Energy
Some parting gift: On his way out the White House door, President Barack Obama banned seismic surveying in the Atlantic Ocean from New England south to Virginia.
Cut Low-Skilled Immigration to RAISE American Wages
The Senate could soon vote to give millions of Americans their biggest pay-raise in decades.
Sanctuary cities do not have a mandate to protect criminal illegals
The last time I looked, aiding and abetting a criminal in the commission of a crime is, itself, a crime and the perpetrator is usually charged, arrested and held.
Environmentalists Should Get Behind Cleaner Fossil Fuels
Not all fossil fuels are created equally -- at least with respect to their carbon footprint.
Fuel the American Economy with Offshore Energy
Some parting gift: On his way out the White House door, President Barack Obama banned seismic surveying in the Atlantic Ocean from New England south to Virginia.
America's Nightmare - Congress
I dreamed I had come up with a solution to America's greatest problem, eliminate Congress. Unfortunately when I awakened I was in greater distress because the television was on and Congress was in session haggling.
Armstrong Williams: Giving Back to the Industry He Loves
There's something to be said for the media gurus who immerse themselves in the whole industry.
