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Specious Theories Concocted to Justify Inflation


From an economic point of view, some of the ideas being proposed by current policymakers in Washington, particularly the president’s Council of Economic Advisers and top officials at the Federal Reserve, cause this economist to scratch his head in wonderment.

Reinforce the Pandemic's Partnerships for Innovation


Beating Covid-19 has certainly taken longer than most of us were hoping, but we've turned the corner, and it's never too early to begin the critical exercise of assessing "lessons learned."

Infrastructure Bill Should Be a Cakewalk


America needs attention to our infrastructure. It’s pathetic that our Congress and President are having so much trouble putting something together they can agree on. We managed to spend the equivalent of a trillion dollars in today’s currency on the Vietnam war. What did we get for a trillion dollars? Over fifty-eight thousand dead American soldiers. Plus, over 1500 missing in action and thousands of wounded. Many who have never recovered.

On Healthcare Reform, Don't Miss the Forest for the Trees


Sometimes in Washington, lawmakers lose sight of the forest for the trees.

Sacrificing Efficiency, Science and Multilateralism for Virtue-Signaling: The Perils of the Biden WTO Waiver


The Biden administration wants to improve America's international reputation. That's why it endorsed a proposal before the World Trade Organization to waive all intellectual property rights related to Covid-19.

Who Will Pay for the $2 Trillion Infrastructure Project?


If you are making less than $40,000 a year then you probably don’t care that single people making over $523,601 pay 37% of their income in federal taxes. Married people filing jointly making over $628,301 also pay 37%. These people make it and can afford to pay it we often say. What affects someone else doesn’t bother us that much when it comes to income and taxes.

Supply Disruptions Are Hitting Home-Based Medical Care


The days of scrambling to secure toilet paper are over. But the pandemic is continuing to wreak havoc on supply chains.

Time to Punish Big Tech's IP Theft


Owners of the Apple Watch might be walking around with stolen goods strapped to their wrist. In a complaint filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission this summer, medical device firm Masimo Corporation accuses Apple of stealing patented technology for measuring blood oxygen levels and incorporating that tech into the popular smartwatch.

Cargo Ships — America's Old Jobs Floating at Sea


Cargo ships waiting to unload at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach California could keep some of America’s store shelves bare for a while. These two ports handle the bulk of cargo coming from China. Cargo keeps coming from China, making the congestion craziness only worse. The dozens of ships floating in the pacific are carrying products that used to be some of America’s good paying jobs.

Current Tax Proposals: Critiquing Two Promises


I have written about “Washington’s Bi-Partisan Fiscal Folly” for years, caused by chronic over-spending. Regardless of which party holds the upper hand in Washington, the federal budget deficit persists. In the first two full fiscal years of the Trump presidency (when there was a GOP majority in Congress), the annual federal deficit rose from $584 billion to $668 billion in 2017 and then to $779 billion in 2018. Then, with a split Congress, it rose again to $983 billion in 2019 before exploding to a COVID-turbo-charged deficit in excess of $3 trillion in 2020.

For mRNA Vaccines, Thank Animals


To the delight of high school biology teachers everywhere, messenger RNA is having a moment.

Do Our Lawmakers Want to Hurt America's Hispanic Seniors?


Congressional lawmakers plan to use their multi-trillion-dollar reconciliation bill to make the biggest change to Medicare in generations. Specifically, they want the government to "negotiate" drug prices directly with pharmaceutical companies, a move they claim will save hundreds of billions of dollars and make patients better off.

How to Slash Americans' Electricity Bills


Whenever you hear about America's electricity system these days, it's usually some big problem that has captured the public's attention.

Proposal to Change Donor-Advised Funds: "Fixing" What Isn’t Broken


“A solution in search of a problem.” That’s the best summary we’ve heard of the recent proposed legislation to increase mandates and regulations for charitable giving through donor-advised funds.

Vaccinating the Globe, One Jab At a Time


The word "awesome" is overused. But few other words seem apt when describing the fact that the world has now administered more than 6 billion doses of the Covid-19 vaccines.

Going Woke: An Insider's Look at Corporate America’s "Social Justice Scam"


Coca-Cola, Google, Delta Airlines, Blackrock, Unilever, and Facebook. On its face, this list may sound like a great investment portfolio. Instead, as shown in a new book by former biotech CEO Vivek Ramaswamy, these companies serve as the posterchildren of woke capitalism.

American Innovators, not Regulators, Will Solve Climate Change


President Biden has pledged to cut America's greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. He intends to meet this ambitious target through a wave of new federal spending and government programs. Yet, our best hope for reducing carbon emissions isn't new government spending. It's a technological sea-change -- one that can only come from the private sector.

Gutting IP Rights Will Upend University Research, a Font of Innovation


The Biden administration recently announced support for a push by the World Trade Organization (WTO) to strip intellectual property protections from Covid-19 vaccines.

Opioid Deaths Continue to Rise as Delta Looms


Tens of thousands of American lives end prematurely every year due to opioid overdoses, leaving families shattered. Dr. Paul Christo, an Associate Professor in the Division of Pain Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, wants to remind those battling addiction to make use of telemedicine and tele-mental health services that emerged as valuable resources in 2020, and he adds, clinicians need to advocate to their patients that online treatment options are available.

ACA Paperwork Poses a Big Problem for Businesses


Fewer and fewer employers are offering health benefits. In 2001, 68 percent of firms sponsored health plans. Last year, that share dropped to 53 percent.

Schools Embracing New Innovations to Protect Students and Staff from COVID


In the spring of 2020, school leaders wrestled with how to keep students learning effectively while sheltering at home. Now with students returning to the classroom, the mission has changed: keep them safe.

Three Ways You Can Get Involved Locally to Help Afghan Refugees


On July 30, the first evacuation flight of Afghans fleeing the Taliban left Afghanistan and touched down in Virginia. The plane was carrying 200 men, women and children from the families of America’s Afghan allies. Faced with the prospect of persecution and violence if they stayed in Afghanistan, these refugees chose to seek shelter and safety on U.S. soil.

Pandemic Intensifies Fight Over Ridesharing Worker Benefits


A California judge recently struck down Proposition 22, a measure passed last year in the Golden State which would have exempted “gig” companies like Uber and Lyft from having to classify their drivers as employees. In 2020, Uber and Lyft spent more than $200 million in support of Prop. 22 in an effort to keep their right to classify drivers as “independent contractors.”

How the COVID IP-waiver Could Sabotage Crucial Cancer Research


President Biden craves a cure for cancer. In a speech to Congress this spring, he vowed to "end cancer as we know it." And as Vice President, he helped start the Cancer Moonshot initiative.

Give Our Guns to the Afghanistan Women


Afghanistan has guns but they are in the hands of the wrong people.

Afghanistan Will Never Go Away


Afghanistan is an unending nightmare that will never go away.

Us vs. Them — Why We Remember 9/11 Differently


On Sept. 8, 2021, Grove City College President Paul McNulty spoke in downtown Pittsburgh regarding his uniquely fascinating yet somber 9/11 experiences. He played an intimate role in the prosecution of the hijackers and their associates as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and deputy attorney general in the Bush administration.

Keeping Watch in Dr. Strangeloveland


Charges of treason leveled by politicians and journalists against Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley come from a forthcoming book titled Peril, co-authored by journalist Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. Remember that Woodward, along with Washington Post newspaperman Carl Bernstein, prompted investigations that led to President Richard M. Nixon’s resignation on August 8, 1974.

Academics Shine a Critical Light on Progressive Christians


Elites have long seen conservative Christians as intolerant and obsessed with politics. It’s a simple view that few have been able successfully to complicate into a more realistic picture. George Yancey and Ashlee Quosigk may have done so in their new book One Faith No Longer: The Transformation of Christianity in Red and Blue America. From sociological research data, they argue that progressive and conservative Christians are headed for a permanent split.

Home and Community Based Care Supports Us All


Every day, millions of workers enter people's homes to provide care to those with disabilities and the elderly. These "direct-care" workers assist individuals with bathing and dressing, cooking and eating, taking medication, and getting exercise. For the people they help, they are lifelines to health, independent living, and economic stability.

Trade Enforcement Needs to Be a Top Priority for Biden Administration


The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement has been in force for over a year -- but our North American trading partners refuse to fully implement the deal.

Afghanistan – God Help Them


Many Americans did not want our military invading Afghanistan. We did not want our military to stay in Afghanistan. Many of us hoped our troops would leave Afghanistan. However, the chaotic departure has been one of the most humiliating moments in our nation’s history.

It Takes a Village to End Human Trafficking


Human trafficking is the act of compelling someone into work or commercial sex through force, fraud, or coercion. It is illegal everywhere but happens every day in big cities and small towns across the United States.

It's Time for Hospitals to Put Patients First


Many hospitals are refusing to comply with a Trump-era requirement that went into effect on January 1st of this year to publish the prices for more than 300 "shoppable" medical procedures.

The Delicate Balance of University Innovation and Translation


The "virtuous cycle" of accelerated technology transfer -- the process by which university research funded by the federal government can be licensed, refined and marketed by private businesses -- has been the driver for a whole string of uniquely American tech successes, from quantum computing to cutting-edge medical treatments.

Uncle Sam Plays Market


GPS. The internet. Airbags. These wonders of modernity have something in common. Without government, many commentators hold, they wouldn’t exist. And perhaps these voices are right. Take GPS, developed by the Department of Defense to enhance coordination among military units. At first the sole province of government, GPS found its way into civilian hands, and by the 1990s, private sector demand far outstripped military use. Similarly, the internet was born of Cold War efforts to best the Soviets in the ongoing Space Race. And airbags? Likewise, a descendant of government’s military and space-related efforts. (The oft-cited trinity—Tang, Teflon, and Velcro—of public sector innovation successfully trickling to the private sector is, in fact, a myth).

Pasteur Act Can Reivigorate the Broken Antibiotic Market


Antibiotics have made modern medicine possible. Without them, surgeries and other routine medical procedures would be incredibly risky to conduct. In fact, antibiotics are so prevalent throughout society -- Americans fill over 260 million antibiotics prescriptions annually at the pharmacy -- that it's tough to fathom a world without them.

Let the Science Decide on PFAS in Water


Saying "per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances" is a mouthful -- so let's stick with the common abbreviation for this group of man-made chemicals: PFAS. And no, you don't want a mouthful of them. If consumed in high concentrations, PFAS may be harmful to human health.

Antibiotic Development: Subscribing to New Ideas


With multiple highly effective vaccines against COVID-19, we have begun to round a corner on the current pandemic. But another crisis looms.

Toyota Drifts Outside Its Lane


The Toyota Motor Company is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world. As of February 2021, the company ranked #10 on the Forbes Global 500 with revenues of more than $240 billion. The only other car company ranking ahead of Toyota on the Forbes list is Volkswagen, coming in at #8. Over the previous year, and despite the pandemic, the revenue and profit growth of Toyota have been 1% and 12.4%, respectively; numbers that should please any shareholder. Recently, however, Toyota, like many other companies, has drifted away from its core purpose as a business and lost sight of who it serves.


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The Democrats' Abundance Problem Revisited
Last week, I started revisiting my "Three Point Plan to Fix the Democrats and Their Coalition" from October of 2022. A brisk tour of the polling and political data suggested the Democrats are still in need of serious reform and that the three point plan is as relevant as ever. Here's the very short version of the plan:

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03/28/2024
Are Democrats Still Stuck With Biden?
Voters don't think much of the president but also remain wary of the obvious replacement.

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03/28/2024
What the Polls Say: RFK Jr. Hurting Biden, Helping Trump
In October, when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abandoned his primary challenge to Joe Biden and instead launched an independent candidacy, the initial conventional wisdom was that he might hurt Donald Trump more than Biden.

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03/28/2024
The Twilight of the Republican 'McLeadership'
The Trump team is steadily purging the Republican leadership of holdovers from past decades. The departure of McCarthy, McDaniel, and McConnell is part of exorcising the legacy of a more important Mc whose influence is still felt in the U.S. Senate: John McCain.

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03/28/2024
The Funniest Media Story of the Year?
The following three things were obvious before MSNBC puked on itself in its public divorce with former RNC chief Ronna McDaniel, but aren't we glad the network didn't notice? More later, but briefly:

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03/28/2024
Abridging, Not Coercing, Is First Amendment's Yardstick
Under the First Amendment, the government may not abridge the freedom of speech, whether that abridging is done by coercing internet platforms or by getting them to cooperate in government efforts to censor the public.

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03/28/2024
Trade Cheaters Are Killing Aluminum Industry Jobs
Aluminum industry workers stand ready to do their part to move the nation forward. They just need the federal government to enforce trade laws.

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03/28/2024
It's Time for an Immigration Moratorium
An effective freeze on immigration could revitalize our national culture, politics, and economy before it's too late.

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03/28/2024
U.N. Gaza Resolution Could Lead to Lasting Cease-Fire
After 171 days of a relentless Israeli assault on Gaza, the United Nations Security Council approved a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, with the United States abstaining. It's a breakthrough that must be built upon.

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03/28/2024
Biden's War Against the Jews
Biden claims he is a lifelong friend of the Jewish people and a Zionist, but these empty words are cover for a decades-long antipathy

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03/28/2024
'Fairness Initiative' Tackles Too-High Government Pay
Governments at every level ought to cap public-sector wages and benefits at private-sector comparables.

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03/28/2024
My Friend Joe
I write now, in the worst pain and shock, with news of my friend Joe Lieberman's death just moments ago. I write because I know what his critics will be quick to write, what news reports have already re-circulated.

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03/28/2024
Why I'm Resigning From the Biden State Department
Since Hamas' attack on October 7, Israel has used American bombs in its war in Gaza, which has killed more than 32,000 people - 13,000 of them children - with countless others buried under the rubble, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. Israel is credibly accused of starving the 2 million people who remain, according to the UN special rapporteur on the right to food; a group of charity leaders warns that without adequate aid, hundreds of thousands more will soon likely join the dead.

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03/28/2024
Gaza: Truths Behind All the Lies
From civilian casualties, the use of disproportionate force, and international biases, the mainstream narrative of the Gaza conflict often obfuscates the truth behind lies.

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03/28/2024
Obama, Fearing Biden Loss to Trump, Is On Phone To Strategize
As the election approaches, President Joe Biden is making regular calls to former President Barack Obama to catch up on the race or to talk about family. But Obama is making calls of his own to Jeffrey Zients, the White House chief of staff, and to top aides at the Biden campaign to strategize and relay advice.

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