Every time we walk into a clinic or hospital, an invisible tax is added to our bill. It has nothing to do with the quality of our medicine, the skill of our surgeon, or the comfort of our room. Instead, it is the direct cost of a broken legal system. The U.S. medical malpractice framework […]
When I was younger, I was told, “Once it’s on the internet, it’s there forever.” This useful saying is followed by some but haphazardly discarded by others. A notorious trope is that politicians are always in public relations rehab thanks to past online statements, and that has never been truer for the new wave of […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) recently announced that she had frozen her eggs at the age of 36. Predictably, the announcement drew the ridicule that increasingly substitutes for political argument. Some critics brandished the dreary clinical phrase “geriatric pregnancy.” Their purpose was less to acknowledge the difficulties she may face than to make her desire for […]
Colorado built one of the Mountain West’s great economies by attracting entrepreneurs, investment, and talented workers. Now there are increasingly visible signs that the state is surrendering that advantage, just as voters may be asked in November to choose between two ballot initiatives that would send Colorado’s business climate in sharply different directions. Palantir provided […]
As the Biden administration finishes its last days, one unfortunate truth revealed during the term was the magnitude of government censorship, particularly on the internet. The matter first came to light during the COVID pandemic, in which Big Tech suppressed viewpoints on social media platforms that they considered incorrect. Later, the “Twitter Files” would provide […]
Javier Milei, the chainsaw-wielding economist president, followed through on his promise of “shock therapy,” taming inflation by cutting spending and deregulating the economy.
Do you think Garth Brooks did a double take? Did the Most Rev. Sean Rowe, presiding bishop, or the Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith, dean of Washington National Cathedral, have reservations? Or was John Lennon’s “Imagine” chosen for former President Jimmy Carter‘s state funeral without the bat of an eye? Different people of different faiths […]
Greenland follows and exceeds Denmark in abortion liberality. With President-elect Donald Trump’s sights set on the icy territory, U.S. leadership could take strides toward making Greenland more pro-life against its Danish influence. As it is, Greenland’s healthcare policy is near-identical to Denmark’s, its ruling country: Socialized medicine, wherein services are free and provided by the […]
Los Angeles has been run by Democrats for 24 years, and the collection of failures built up over that time are on display as wildfires rage across the city. My colleague, Tiana Lowe Doescher, already detailed all the ways that blame for this lies with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and state Democrats, and that blame […]
Minneapolis became the battleground for a national activist-driven debate about defunding police departments. The Democrats running the city are so beholden to those activists that the ensuing years in Minneapolis have been all about police reforms and not about the surge in murders the city has been unable to handle. The Minneapolis City Council voted […]
European governments and too many in the media believe that free speech should be the preserve of calmer elites. This belief underlines efforts to constrict Elon Musk‘s controversial speech. True, while he’s one of the most dynamic entrepreneurs of our time, Musk gets some important things badly wrong. Musk presumes that the far-right activist Tommy […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released two important reports last year: the national births report for 2022 and the provisional births report for 2023. Both reflect a concerning trend: a decline in the general fertility rate among women aged 15-44 and a corresponding drop in the annual number of live births in the United States. […]
Judges aren’t politicians and shouldn’t behave like them. When they do, questions about their impartiality naturally arise. Consider two troubling recent cases where other judges unfairly echoed political attacks impugning the integrity of sitting Supreme Court justices. One case involved attacks on Justice Clarence Thomas, and the other involved attacks on Justice Samuel Alito. The most […]
Now that the 119th Congress has convened, there’s little question that the Big Tech lobbying machine will be back in full force to thwart renewed efforts to pass critical legislation designed to protect minors from harmful content and activity on social media. The widely supported, bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act nearly made it to the […]
