Powering up America by giving consumers choice
America’s high national living standards lead us to consider things like abundant access to clean water, comprehensive cellular service, and a reliable electric grid commonplace. Much of the rest of…
American Innovation Under Threat – Patent Trolls Hurt U.S. Industry While Helping China
For a variety of reasons, the U.S.-China rapport established by Richard Nixon has cooled considerably over the past few years. Some experts believe a return to what seemed to be…
It’s Vital To 5G To Let The Private Sector Develop It
In Washington, bad ideas are like bad pennies: They keep turning up. In early 2019 a group of well-connected Washington insiders was suggesting with the utmost sincerity that it would…
The oil market doesn’t need an intervention
In late spring, oil prices dipped below zero for the first time ever. Futures contracts for May delivery traded as low as negative $37 a barrel, as producers and speculators…
The Marketplace Drives Prices Down and Quality Up
Unexpected expenses are never welcome and no one likes a costly surprise. So it’s no wonder that there is a lot of talk in Washington and Congress about “protecting” patients…
More than ever before, corporate governance matters
The coronavirus crisis has likely changed American business forever, as politicians use the deadly pandemic to push for changes that will have a major impact on how corporations operate. How…
On Health Care, Most People Don’t Know What They’re Talking About
By Ben Southwood • National Review Health care in the United States is famous for three things: It’s expensive, it’s not universal, and it has poor outcomes. The U.S. spends…
Michael Bloomberg’s Soda Ban Won’t Solve the Obesity Problem
The government should incentivize healthy choices rather than prohibit unhealthy ones. by Peter Roff • US News America has tried the experiment with prohibition before. It…
The Case Against Higher Taxes
While the 2000s may have been a lost decade for the American dream, a revival of our model’s advantages is still a real, worth-desiring possibility. by Ross Douthat Because…
A Republican Plan for Healthcare Reform
President Obama has repeated claimed that the Republicans have only voted to repeal ObamaCare, but have no ideas or proposals of their own. This was, and is, entirely false –…
The Minimum Wage and Economic Reality
by Steve Chapman If you offer people something that is too good to be true, you will always find takers. Ask Bernie Madoff. Or ask Barack Obama. He recently proposed…
Big Government: Strangling Life
by John Stossel There are now 175,000 pages’ worth of federal laws. Local governments add more. I’m not so cynical that I think politicians pass laws just to control us.…
Tribute to Margaret Thatcher (October 13, 1925 – April 8, 2013)
Margaret Thatcher was a friend to the United States and the principles of liberty. She rescued the U.K. from economic malaise with economic policies that empowered the individual and harnessed the…