Biden’s pandemic-era Obamacare premium subsidies were sold as temporary relief but have instead produced fraud, phantom enrollees, and subsidies for wealthy taxpayers who don’t need them.
POLITICS
Obamacare Has Failed
What Will It Take for Congress to Admit Obamacare Has Failed?
The Confluence: The Making of a Radical Chicago Activist
The child who became a radical activist for freedom that day cried out in defiance against injustice.
Five Myths About Tariffs
Tariffs distort market signals that would otherwise lower costs, raise competition, and motivate reinvestment.
The Myth of The Medicare “Trust Fund”
Using the phrase “Medicare’s trust fund” for any reason other than exposing its falsehood is grossly misleading. It implies there’s a pot of money available to fund Medicare, when no such pot exists.
Statism is The Great Political Evil
Why should you care about statism, the increasing government control over your freedom?
Let The Cutting of Federal Government Jobs Continue
The civilian workforce makes Washington D.C. “the nation’s single largest employer, with even more workers than Walmart, Amazon, or McDonald’s.”
Peace Requires Capitalism
As Rand observes, capitalism is the only system that makes peaceful co-existence among people and countries possible.
The Threat of Ever-Increasing Statism
Statism, as Ayn Rand defines it, is the political principle that life of an individual belongs to the state.
The Glee of the Mob: On the Murder of Discourse Itself
There are few spectacles more repugnant to the civilized mind than the sight of educated adults celebrating an assassination. Yet this is precisely what we witnessed in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s murder at Utah Valley University.
Freedom For Me But Not For Thee
We cannot have a country where the rights of one person matter more than the rights of another, simply because they were born in a different country or are the descendants of someone who was.
How Charlie Kirk Inspired a Generation
America was founded on the principle that we are free to disagree, and Charlie embodied that. Through respectful debate, he showed that people of all backgrounds and beliefs can stand firm in their convictions while still recognizing one another’s humanity. He lived that belief every single day.
End States Who Sponsor Terrorism
Fifty years of increasing American appeasement in the Mideast have led to fifty years of increasing contempt in the Muslim world for the U.S. The climax was September 11, 2001.
Hatred of Western Civilization: Why Terrorists Attacked America
The late Dr. John Lewis read this statement to his class on September 12, 2001 — the day after America was attacked by Islamic Jihadists. His words are all the more relevant today.
How the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Betrayed Children Everywhere
The AAP, originally created a century ago to advocate for pediatricians and their patients, has devolved into an advertiser and lobbyist for the corporate interests that fund their operations. So much for “dedicated to the health of all children.”
Free Valjean
Journalism does Valjean a further injustice when it focuses only on the bone and not the boot.
Freedom in a Post-Covid World
As we approach the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence, we need to rethink the very foundations of freedom, its threats, and what we are going to do in response.
How To Get Medical Insurance Companies Out of the Operating Room
The American frustration with government regulated private insurance does not prove the need for a Canadian- or European-style system.
America, Yesterday and Today — a Nation of Patriotic Immigrants
The United States is a country of immigrants.
The Meta-FTC Trial — A Waste of Time
“Why can’t you think about it that Mark Zuckerberg is really smart” and that he saw the value where others didn’t?
Tariffs Are Awful, but the Income Tax May Be Worse
If Mr. Trump completely eliminates the IRS and the hated income tax along with it, there may be a reasonable case for increasing tariff rates.
Universal Health Care Freedom on the Fourth of July
It is precisely because our health care is so important to each of us that we need to be especially careful to preserve and protect the rights of physicians and other health care providers.
Trump’s Iran Strikes are Constitutional
The original draft of Article 1 allocated to Congress the power to ‘make war.’ But James Madison, the father of our Constitution, demanded that it be amended so that the president would have broader authority to take actions in defense of our country.
The Media Beast Targets the MAHA Reform
There is poetry in how the scholar called a “fringe epidemiologist” by the previous agency heads is now in charge.
Book Review: The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
Why ‘Colorblindness’ on Race Matters More than Ever
Ayn Rand’s Devastating Critique of ‘Liberals’
Ayn Rand’s assessment of modern “liberals” differs radically from the criticisms leveled by conservatives, a group she is often wrongly lumped in with.
How to Eliminate Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicare
To contain Medicare spending, Congress must break the grip the health care industry has on Medicare.
Trump’s Afrikaner Refugees: Strange Process, Right Decision
The US government should allow those who are discriminated against under foreign affirmative action policies to apply for asylum or to be considered refugees for in-country refugee processing.
House Republicans’ Reconciliation Bills Are Derelict on Health Reform
The changes that House Republicans have proposed fall far short of what Congress must do to make health care better, more affordable, and more secure.
How Republicans Got Roped into a Deal that Keeps the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
The subsidized energy lobby used “framing” to win Republican negotiations before they even started. But it’s not too late to reframe the negotiation, starting from real IRA termination.
Trump is Vastly Superior to the Left
To anyone who legitimately supports freedom, Trump and his conservative allies are vastly superior to The Left.
High Prices of Prescription Drugs? Price Controls are Not the Answer
The federal government does countless things that increase prices for pharmaceuticals. If Trump wants to reduce drug prices, there are several steps he can take and steps that he should push Congress to take. Price controls are never the answer.
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