Opinion
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If the Government Can’t Manage Elections, It Sure Shouldn’t Manage Health Care
Opinion -Editorial -If government can’t accomplish the task of properly counting ballots in a timely manner, it is not capable of managing our health care system -
Lockdowns Leave Americans Worse Off Than Ever
Opinion -Editorial -Keeping communities locked down has resulted in several unintended consequences -
Certificate of Need Laws Drive Up Costs and Limit Competition
Opinion -Editorial -CON laws adversely affect health care costs -
Certificate of Need Laws: Why Should You Care?
Opinion -Editorial -Currently, 35 states are bound by certificate of need (CON) laws -
Berkeley Bans Unhealthy Foods from Grocery Store Checkout Lines
Opinion -Editorial -The “Healthy Checkout Ordinance,” which passed unanimously, is yet just another example of Berkeley’s City Council projecting their will upon the public -
Federal Court Rules Pennsylvania Lockdowns Were Unconstitutional
Opinion -Editorial -Since the coronavirus pandemic, several governors have exerted unprecedented powers under the guise of taming the outbreak -
Data shows COVID-19 is not as deadly as we thought
Opinion -Editorial -Businesses have been shut down for months. Millions have become unemployed. Schools remain closed. -
Finally, States Are Retracting Hydroxychloroquine Bans
Opinion -Editorial -For mostly political reasons, hydroxychloroquine has become a highly controversial drug -
Finally, States Are Retracting Hydroxychloroquine Bans
Opinion -Editorial -For mostly political reasons, hydroxychloroquine has become a highly controversial drug -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Senior Policy Advisor Appointed by White House to a Top Post at FDA
Opinion -Press Release -Dr. David Gortler will serve as Senior Advisor to FDA Commissioner Dr. Steven Hahn -
The Source of Our Prosperity
Opinion -Editorial -Our world is more prosperous than ever, or at least was before the economic disruption from COVID-19. -
Coronavirus Accelerates the Trend of Declining U.S. Transit Ridership
Opinion -Editorial -U.S. public transit ridership has been declining for the last five years and the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the decline. -
Should We Trust Experts?
Opinion -Editorial -Experts in public health and epidemiology have driven policy making during the COVID-19 pandemic. How much should we trust experts? -
California Cancels School
Opinion -Editorial -Declaring that there will be no in-person instruction this fall, Governor Gavin Newsom puts teachers’ union interests over those of children and families. -
Did States Reopen Too Early or Shut Down Too Soon?
Opinion -Editorial -The surge in COVID-19 cases since June has led to much speculation that states began reopening too soon. -
Rethinking Medical Care
Opinion -Editorial -Following COVID-19, it's time we rethink our medical care system. -
Our Politicians Still Need a COVID Plan
Opinion -Editorial -Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic is reading that non-pharmaceutical interventions like social distancing, stay-at-home orders, and business closures are saving lives. They are not. -
Where Are We with COVID-19?
Opinion -Editorial -Deaths to date relative to projected deaths in an unmitigated pandemic provide one measure of where we are at in the pandemic. -
Herds and the Policy Response to COVID-19
Opinion -Editorial -Our elected executives face a bias to action, worsened by the 24-hour news cycle and running tallies of COVID-19 cases and deaths. -
Defund the CDC
Opinion -Editorial -After the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us, we should seriously consider replacing the CDC with an agency focused exclusively on infectious diseases. -
Sports and COVID Risk
Opinion -Editorial -Sports across the world are beginning restarts. Is this worth the risk? -
The WHO Follies, Redux
Opinion -Editorial -The World Health Organization this week showed once again why the motto on its official seal should be, Aperto Ore, Pede Inserta, or in English: Open Mouth, Insert Foot. -
Tragedies of Our Time: Pandemic, Planning, and Racial Politics
Opinion -Editorial -People are being forced back into a new tribalism and a new racial and ethnic collectivism in the public arena due to the renewed insistence on “group-think” that is reinforced by a variety of government policies. -
Fear: The Best Tool of the Ruling Class
Opinion -Editorial -Fear is a valuable, basic human emotion which functions as a self-preservation instinct. The ruling class is using fear as a tool to control the masses.