Doing Dialysis Differently – Savings Lives, Saving Money
If all you did was listen to the politicians and commentators, you’d think America’s health care system was on the verge of collapse. Nothing could be further from the truth.…
The China Challenge and America’s Founding Principles
Between June 24 and July 22, National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien, FBI Director Christopher Wray, Attorney General William Barr, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a series of speeches…
The Yanukovichization of Belarus
In Ecclesiastes 1:4-11, the author muses over the eternal cycles of human existence. Among the many examples that he brings up, the most compelling one states the following: “What has been is…
Why It’s Common Sense That Universal Mail-In Ballots Are A Terrible Idea
With the upcoming presidential election, the left is increasingly dispensing with logic and common sense as they push for universal mail-in ballots. It doesn’t take much to see what a disaster…
Ten 2020 Issues, Policies, Personalities — and Chance
We’re in uncharted territory: lockdowns, social anarchy and violence, virtual campaigning, and a heap of known unknowns. The nation has never seen an election like this. A mysterious virus from China…
Dear NASA: Don’t Stop With Renaming The ‘Eskimo Nebula.’ Probe Uranus, Too
Finally, NASA is doing something important: Taking a closer look at the nicknames for cosmic objects. In a real and not satiric press release announcing the move, Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator…
The Trump Campaign’s Needed Strategic Triangle
Presently, in the United States of America sanity is on the defensive and ubiquitous idiocy is on the offensive. The destructive fascination with money and power has overtaken not just the…
Trump’s RX Pricing Order Will Have Unintended Consequences
President Trump has signed an executive order that aims to tackle U.S. prescription drug spending, but won’t implement it until the public, including private sector drug makers, can comment. The order pegs…
TikTok collected data from mobile devices to track Android users: report
Video app TikTok, which has come under intense scrutiny from the U.S. government, sidestepped Google policy and collected user-specific data from Android phones that allowed the company to track users without…
For Journalists, History Started Yesterday
It always amazes me just how stupid reporters are. Maybe stupid isn’t the right word, ignorant is more like it. How do people who claim to be the arbiters of…
Why Democrats Have Started To Cave On Reopening Schools
Prominent Democrat politicians have started making huge concessions on reopening schools. Back in May, Democrats pounced after President Trump supported reopening. Despite the data finding precisely the opposite, it quickly became the Democrat-media complex line that opening…
Essential or not?
One effect of the lockdown is that we find ourselves with frequent decisions as to what is essential to our survival and happiness and what isn’t. Life gets stripped down…
The Trouble With Mail-in Voting Might Not Be Fraud, But Government Incompetence
President Trump has repeatedly warned of potential voter fraud associated with mass mail-in ballots for the November election, but a bigger threat might be sheer incompetence. Can we really rely…
When Educrats Can’t Even Agree That 2+2=4, Public Education Is A Joke
It started on July 5 when Nikole Hannah-Jones, who penned the lead essay for The New York Times’ 1619 Project, was trolled with a meme. The meme came from philosopher…
The Man Who Wasn’t There
At first glance, Joe Biden’s strategy of avoiding the spotlight is paying off. He maintains his consistent lead over Donald Trump in national polls. In June, in the aftermath of…