Opinion
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Unions, Hospitals Doubtful About Proposed New York Universal Health Care Plan
Opinion -The New York City Council is supporting a proposal from Albany to take over the state’s health care system by creating a “Medicare for All” program, over the objections of hospitals and labor union leaders. -
Sweden as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Socialist Role Model
Opinion -The much maligned Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez might have been on to something, although possibly inadvertently, in her interview January 6, 2019 with Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes. -
Wisconsin School Choice Students Outperform Government School Peers
Opinion -Students in statewide school choice program ace ACT test -
Study: Renewable Energy Subsidies Costly to Taxpayers, Benefit Big Companies
Opinion -The federal production tax credit for wind energy producers has cost the U.S. government billions of dollars in revenues while benefiting just a few large corporations, says a new study by the Texas Public Policy Foundation. -
Poland and the Failure of Paris Climate Commitments
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #310 -
Colorado Voters Reject Proposed Oil and Gas Drilling Restrictions
Opinion -Voters in Colorado overwhelmingly rejected a ballot initiative that would have prevented new oil and gas development on approximately 85 percent of the nonfederal land in the state. -
Missouri Activist Files Medicaid Expansion Ballot Initiative
Opinion -A retired trucker has filed paper - work to put Medicaid expansion on Missouri’s 2020 election ballot. -
Nebraska’s Expanded Medicaid Program Faces Shortfall
Opinion -Nebraska’s Medicaid expansion is creating a budget crisis that will likely force cuts to other government programs. -
Despite Medicaid Expansion Defeat, Montana Governor Includes It in 2020–21 Budget
Opinion -Montana’s governor is attempting to continue the state’s Medicaid expansion program, even though voters in the 2018 election rejected a ballot initiative to continue it. -
Are Norway and Sweden Socialist Countries?
Opinion -Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), the new face of the progressive left, says she wants socialism as it is practiced in Norway and Sweden, not as it is or was practiced in the Soviet Union, Cuba or Venezuela. -
Let’s Not Let One Billionaire Crony Decide What Fifty States Do About Online Gambling
Opinion -We less government types love federalism – rightly defined, of course. -
United States to Withdraw from Universal Postal Union
Opinion -UPU requires USPS to subsidize Chinese shipments to U.S. -
How to Reform Health Care When Congress Is Divided
Opinion -With Democrats having a majority of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, it will be nearly impossible for federal lawmakers on either side of the aisle to replace the Affordable Care Act in the next two years. -
‘Green New Deal’ Threatens Prosperity
Opinion -Editorial -Many Democrats are becoming more open about their socialist inclinations, although they still lie about socialism’s ability to make the world a better place. -
San Francisco Wants To Devastate Its Economy To Help the Homeless
Opinion -For decades, San Francisco’s Silicon Valley has been a technology incubator. -
A Health Care Choice for Americans: Promised Convenience or Guaranteed Lower Costs
Opinion -In 2019, Americans should expect the health care war to enter a new and more divisive chapter. -
Oklahoma Supreme Court Bars County Energy Restrictions
Opinion -State law preempts Oklahoma counties from unilaterally restricting energy development, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled. -
The Dangers of Negative Interest Rates and a Cashless Economy
Opinion -The recent gyrations in the stock market and the uncertainties surrounding American trade policies with China and other parts of the world have raised the question of when the next recession will come. -
Patients Suffer When States Limit Health-Care Choices
Opinion -Over the past several decades, American families have experienced skyrocketing health-care costs. -
Uneducated: Why American Education Is Fundamentally Flawed
Opinion -Mediocrity has become normalized and institutionalized. -
Climate-Modeling Illusions Not Based on Reality
Opinion -For three decades, global warming alarmists have harassed society with stories of gloom and doom as a result of the carbon dioxide emitted into the air by the burning of fossil fuel. -
So What If ACA Is Unconstitutional?
Opinion -Stocks of hospital and Medicaid-contracted managed-care companies plunged on the announcement of Judge Reed O’Connor’s ruling that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional. -
Ryan Zinke Accomplished Much During His Short Tenure
Opinion -Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke stepped down after a relatively short stint on the job. Like most members of President Trump’s cabinet, Zinke’s two-year tenure atop the Department of the Interior was full of remarkable achievements. -
Judge Rules Tennessee Can’t Revoke Driver’s Licenses for Failure to Pay Fines
Opinion -State laws fail to consider ability to pay
