1+ hour, 53+ min ago  (523+ words) Two-thirds of all new drugs are developed in the United States. Why? Because there's money in it. As if that were a bad thing. Most people don't expect GM or Ford to sell cars at a loss (unless they're EVs)....

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (557+ words) America's health care system consistently ranks as the most expensive in the developed world. It's not, as some politicians claim, expensive because markets have failed. It's expensive because the market has been repeatedly blocked from succeeding. Until we're honest about…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (392+ words) While the magnitude of the fraud, the Somalia connection, and the possible complicity of Governor Tim Walz are often discussed, emphasis ultimately lands on the immigrant miscreants: single-country, purposefully non-assimilated, Muslim Somali community. But while immigration policies clearly play a…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago  (412+ words) As we gather to celebrate Thanksgiving, with many worrying about the impossibly high cost of health insurance, let's play a game of What If? What if healthcare dollars currently going to insurance companies were paid instead to the consumers themselves?...

6+ mon, 2+ day ago  (349+ words) That's where we find ourselves. The U. S. is at peace, and despite President Donald Trump's claims, there's no national emergency. And yet we've only seen debt as a higher share of GDP during the years of 1945, 1946, 2020, and 2021. Then, Republicans and Democrats…...

6+ mon, 6+ day ago  (573+ words) As the Trump administration prepares to force its Most Favored Nation price controls on drug makers, a major U. S. lobbying group is pushing for a change to drug discounts law that would necessitate a taxpayer-funded bailout of rural hospitals to the…...