Commentary
California
It’s a Blessing that California Democrats Are Limiting the Number of New Bills
It takes no effort for limited-government devotees to find fault with Sacramento. But on occasion, lawmakers in the supermajority come upon an idea that even the right will get behind. The most recent illustration is legislative leaders’ decision to cut the number of bills that can be introduced during the ...
assisted suicide
Mushrooming health subsidies are creating sick incentives for government to push suicide
Speaker Mike Johnson this month blasted the United Kingdom’s brand-new assisted suicide law, which will allow doctors to help terminally ill patients end their lives. “Any society that rejects that truth about life as a gift from our creator and adopts a culture of death . . . is in ...
California
$30 minimum wage would be an Olympian error for Los Angeles
The Los Angeles City Council is hiking the minimum wage for hotel and airport workers to $30 an hour. It will turn out to be a five-diamond mistake. The vote wasn’t even close. By a 12-3 margin, the Council decided to give a raise to workers they don’t employ and ...
California
Drivers Beware: California’s Road Diet to Grow Stricter in New Year
When the calendar turns over to 2025, parking in California cities will be even more of a hassle than it already is. Jan. 1 marks the day that cities can begin slapping tickets on cars parked too close to crosswalks. San Francisco is expected to lose nearly 14,000 street spaces. ...
Commentary
Compared to Other Nations, the U.S. Health Care System Isn’t So Bad
Following the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the mores of the farthest reaches of social media have made their way to Congress. Last week, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said, “The visceral response from people across the country who feel cheated, ripped off, and threatened by the vile practices of ...
Commentary
No to Socialized Medicine for Already Overburdened Veterans
A bill introduced by U.S. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost, R-Ill., last week promises to make private healthcare more accessible to veterans. The Complete the Mission Act expands on a similar measure signed into law in 2018 by President Trump. The GOP’s renewed interest in this issue ...
Commentary
Here’s What’s in Trump’s Healthcare Plan
The American people are about to find out what Donald Trump meant when he said he had “concepts of a plan” for healthcare reform. It’s reasonable to expect market-oriented changes that lead to more choices, lower costs and better stewardship of taxpayer dollars. One of the most important actions Trump ...
Commentary
Trump’s Surprising Healthcare Ally
President-elect Donald Trump and his British counterpart, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, don’t agree on much. But on health care, the two men seem to share a common vision — a smaller role for government. During the presidential campaign, Trump warned voters that Kamala Harris “wants everybody to be on government ...
Commentary
What’s up with US life expectancy?
U.S. life expectancy is, surprisingly enough, on the rise. According to a new study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Americans can expect to live 80.4 years in 2050, up from 78.3 years in 2022. But it’s rising even more in other countries. In 2050, the United States ...
Commentary
Dear Elon, Add Medicare ‘Site-Neutrality’ To DOGE’s To-Do List
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have declared war on government bloat. They hope to use the new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to axe wasteful spending and slash bureaucratic red tape that costs Americans trillions of dollars in foregone economic growth. One of the best places to start would ...
It’s a Blessing that California Democrats Are Limiting the Number of New Bills
It takes no effort for limited-government devotees to find fault with Sacramento. But on occasion, lawmakers in the supermajority come upon an idea that even the right will get behind. The most recent illustration is legislative leaders’ decision to cut the number of bills that can be introduced during the ...
Mushrooming health subsidies are creating sick incentives for government to push suicide
Speaker Mike Johnson this month blasted the United Kingdom’s brand-new assisted suicide law, which will allow doctors to help terminally ill patients end their lives. “Any society that rejects that truth about life as a gift from our creator and adopts a culture of death . . . is in ...
$30 minimum wage would be an Olympian error for Los Angeles
The Los Angeles City Council is hiking the minimum wage for hotel and airport workers to $30 an hour. It will turn out to be a five-diamond mistake. The vote wasn’t even close. By a 12-3 margin, the Council decided to give a raise to workers they don’t employ and ...
Drivers Beware: California’s Road Diet to Grow Stricter in New Year
When the calendar turns over to 2025, parking in California cities will be even more of a hassle than it already is. Jan. 1 marks the day that cities can begin slapping tickets on cars parked too close to crosswalks. San Francisco is expected to lose nearly 14,000 street spaces. ...
Compared to Other Nations, the U.S. Health Care System Isn’t So Bad
Following the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the mores of the farthest reaches of social media have made their way to Congress. Last week, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said, “The visceral response from people across the country who feel cheated, ripped off, and threatened by the vile practices of ...
No to Socialized Medicine for Already Overburdened Veterans
A bill introduced by U.S. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost, R-Ill., last week promises to make private healthcare more accessible to veterans. The Complete the Mission Act expands on a similar measure signed into law in 2018 by President Trump. The GOP’s renewed interest in this issue ...
Here’s What’s in Trump’s Healthcare Plan
The American people are about to find out what Donald Trump meant when he said he had “concepts of a plan” for healthcare reform. It’s reasonable to expect market-oriented changes that lead to more choices, lower costs and better stewardship of taxpayer dollars. One of the most important actions Trump ...
Trump’s Surprising Healthcare Ally
President-elect Donald Trump and his British counterpart, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, don’t agree on much. But on health care, the two men seem to share a common vision — a smaller role for government. During the presidential campaign, Trump warned voters that Kamala Harris “wants everybody to be on government ...
What’s up with US life expectancy?
U.S. life expectancy is, surprisingly enough, on the rise. According to a new study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Americans can expect to live 80.4 years in 2050, up from 78.3 years in 2022. But it’s rising even more in other countries. In 2050, the United States ...
Dear Elon, Add Medicare ‘Site-Neutrality’ To DOGE’s To-Do List
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have declared war on government bloat. They hope to use the new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to axe wasteful spending and slash bureaucratic red tape that costs Americans trillions of dollars in foregone economic growth. One of the best places to start would ...
