Tag: Viewpoints

Germany’s Distinctly Different Approach to Health Care

“The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.” This famous quote of inventor and businessman Thomas Edison may strike us as prescient given the explosion of information about the lifestyle factors of disease….


Germany Maintains Its Traditional Medicinal Practices

“The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.” This famous quote of inventor and businessman Thomas Edison may strike us as prescient given the explosion of information about the lifestyle factors of disease….


SCOTUS Curbs EPA: The Sackett Case

Commentary The Supreme Court’s ruling in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (pdf) follows a pattern common since the court’s Obamacare decisions: The justices trimmed back a government agency’s overreach, but failed to address the constitutionality of the statute that facilitated the overreach. Like eight other SCOTUS opinions since 2013, the Thomas–Gorsuch concurring opinion in…


The Silver Lining in the Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

Commentary Earlier this year, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases that will determine whether President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive student loan debt will go forward. Despite arguments from the left, it’s clear that the president lacks the authority to unilaterally cancel almost one-half trillion dollars in debt. Under our constitutional system,…


Can Parents Really Parent When Public Schools Cut Them Out?

Commentary Is my child going to be OK? It’s one of the most basic, yet crucial questions a parent can ask, and for good reason. After all, parents have the primary responsibility for their children’s mental and physical health. But what are parents supposed to do when public schools, where kids spend almost seven hours…


Time to Face the Music: Sacrifices Need to Be Made During Hard Times

Commentary Being a truly independent statutory officeholder requires integrity and grit. Be it the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), a judge or the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor, you have to take your official duty with utmost seriousness. With the privilege of high office comes the countervailing obligation of responsibility. The temptation to give…


Trump’s Rumored Indictment Underscores Extraordinary Times for America

Rumors of former President Donald Trump’s imminent second indictment—the first having not been sufficiently risible—abound on the airwaves and the internet. They also come from high places, including Bill Barr, Trump’s former attorney general, who, on “CBS Mornings,” assured us there is “substantial evidence” against Trump. Where have we heard this song before? The Department…


Downton Abbey, the Corruption of the Great Families, and the Future of Freedom

Commentary For much of “Downton Abbey,” viewers are treated with glorious eye candy of British aristocratic life in a mighty estate, robust at first but fading as the seasons progress. What we are not given is a rationale behind the whole cultural structure of the house and the social order surrounding it. This is particularly important…


Two Tiers of Justice

Commentary The elite set of individuals that sit atop our federal agencies have completely weaponized our entire government apparatus. It is no longer a one-off “mistake,” but rather the intentional creation of a two-tier system of justice that has gone unchecked. The resulting impact is a death knell for American faith in all three branches…


New CDC Director Is Another Lockdowner

Commentary In the old Soviet Union, citizens were not required to be a member of the Communist Party. But if you were not, you could never expect to rise far professionally or socially. You would never be the head of a department in university, a factory manager, much less the General Secretary. They were always…