Sometimes I dine in fancy restaurants with starched white tablecloths, napkins and professional waiters; waiters who don’t ask me throughout the meal, “How is your food so far, sir?” To pestering waiters, I want to say, “If I am capable of ordering a meal, I am also capable of calling ...
Heard of the FDA Modernization Act? It’s already got quite a reputation. After its passage in the final days of 2022, PETA immediately deemed the federal legislation “groundbreaking,” calling it “a radical shift in the way drugs and treatments are developed.” Another animal ...
The Internal Revenue Service has been under scrutiny by the press and watchdog groups for many years. Now, it’s been reported that the IRS eliminated its “employee suggestion program” (ESP) in October 2021 without establishing a suitable replacement. According to the Treasury Inspector ...
For generations, developing countries — once called “the Third World” — wanted to be like us. They loved our freedoms and our luxurious middle-class lifestyle. But that was back when China made Christmas ornaments and Happy Meal toys. That was before the Burj Khalifa was built in Dubai ...
The annual tax-filing ritual sends Americans across the country scrambling to gather documents and brace for the inevitable confusion that results. For a lucky few, it can be a straightforward process. But tax filing can be a complicated and time-consuming ordeal for many, particularly for ...
The nationwide furor over the Israeli right’s attempt to neuter the country’s independent judiciary has cooled, at least temporarily, because the government backed down and agreed to delay the “judicial reforms.” However, the United States should learn from the Israeli debacle. The ...