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Foreign health care is no model for the United States 0
- September 21, 2017
by Linda Gorman Repealing ObamaCare would produce better outcomes for patients, those who care for them, and those who pay their bills. To understand why, policy makers must recognize that national expenditures on health care are not the same as health care costs, admit that international comparisons omitting the costs of waiting lists are invalid,
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Why removing historical monuments is a bad idea 0
- September 20, 2017
[B]ecause almost everyone conforms in most respects to prevailing social practices, disqualification for such conduct is necessarily arbitrary and driven more by politics than by merit.
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State protection for citizen rights should temper ‘local control’0
- September 13, 2017
So when is local control good in reality rather than merely as a slogan?
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Colleges shouldn’t have the right to infringe on free speech 0
- August 28, 2017
by Zach Adams This year the Colorado legislature, with broad bipartisan support, banned publicly funded colleges from stifling their students’ right to free speech and assembly. The new law addresses a serious problem that has plagued Colorado. Under the new law, colleges may not punish students because of their expression. “Expression” is defined as “verbal
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The Antiquities Act has become a tool for oppressing the West 0
- August 21, 2017
by Amy Cooke and Matthew Anderson Our founding fathers’ fear of tyranny drove them to great lengths to ensure a separation of powers in our Constitution. They created a system of checks and balances that is as much a part of the political fabric of America as Independence Day. This system has produced sensible and
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How a ‘convention of states’ could tweak the Constitution 0
- August 15, 2017
Representatives of state legislatures from across the nation will converge in Phoenix, Arizona on Sept. 12 to participate in a traditional American institution called a “convention of states.” Conventions of states are valuable. They help ensure Washington, DC doesn’t dictate all decisions on every subject. The purpose of the meeting in Phoenix is to plan
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