by Steven Greenhut. A “right” is an “entitlement” that’s not dependent on the whims of authorities. If you have a right to “free speech,” then you can speak as you choose. The courts let the government enforce a few standards, but it wouldn’t be a “right” if government officials got to preview and restrict what you were ... MORE
Why insurance seems to insure inferior care. According to a recent study, severely injured patients are less likely to be transferred to a trauma center if they have health insurance. Researchers from the Stanford University of Medicine found that patients with insurance are less likely to get the best care than those who do not have ... MORE
More official government lies. Jacquelyn C.
Campbell, a professor in the Johns Hopkins University School of
Nursing, is accused of fabricating “key statements [about domestic
violence] and then representing the statements as findings of a
government survey.” On January 14, the victim-advocacy organization
Stop Abusive and ... MORE
by Morgan House. Other than losing our liberties, life is good. I recently talked to a doctor who retired after a 30-year career. I asked him how much medicine had changed during the three decades he practiced. "Oh, tremendously," he said. He listed off a dozen examples. Deaths from heart disease and stroke are way down. Cancer survival rates ... MORE
Children are the currency of tyrants. Some friends came to us this week, troubled, to ask our advice. It seems their youngest son came home from school on Monday and asked – begged – to be homeschooled. His request has been a recurrent theme during the past few months, but it took on a particular urgency on Monday when his biology ... MORE
Our cowardly Congress. The political philosopher Edmund Burke once remarked that all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good folks to do nothing. A glaring example of the impending triumph of a constitutional evil that could be stopped by folks who have been largely silent is the tyranny coming from the White House. And the folks ... MORE
Government has no business dictating prices. Snow, sleet, and freezing rain weren’t the only things to come down last week. So did a weather-related proclamation from Mark Herring. “Attorney General Herring Highlights Price Gouging Protections Ahead of Winter Storm,” it read. “Laws protect consumers from ‘unconscionable prices’ ... MORE