America’s private health insurance system is beyond saving, we’re often told by advocates of Medicare for All. As they see it, the only path forward is to abolish private coverage and replace it with a single government-run program. But that radical proposal is divorced from reality. New ...

Four years ago, a doctor performed a lifesaving dilation and curettage, or D&C, to remove my daughter Lucy from my womb. I’m grateful for the doctor’s decisive actions because Lucy’s presence threatened my life, and I’m grateful for his caring, compassionate approach before, during ...

In nearly every city in the United States, and many around the world, bulldozers are busy making dreams come true: Leveling land for a single-family home on a lot. Who doesn’t want a lovely home with a nice bit of land on some tree-lined street? It is the American Dream manifested in bricks ...