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Three paths toward improving our healthcare system

We are living through the most significant healthcare crisis to face a rich world nation in the post-World War II era. Americans are spending more than four times as much per capita on healthcare today than we were in 1980. Healthcare spending in the United States has increased from $74.1 ...

Police surveillance creep reaches quiet Mass. neighborhood

Breaking open a case can be hard work for the police. If they want to prove somebody is committing a crime in their home, they must do a stakeout — or perhaps several — to build the probable cause to intrude further. So in 2017, federal agents skipped the hassle. The Bureau of Alcohol, ...

White House’s crystal ball gazing does nothing to reduce smoking

The White House unveiled its 2022 Unified Regulatory Agenda and Regulatory Plan in January. Among the many proposals for lawmaking were details of potential Food and Drug Administration actions on tackling tobacco, most notably prohibiting the sale of menthol cigarettes and an enforced maximum ...

War on ‘credit card fees’ will hurt America’s poor

When so many working families are struggling, the Biden administration is proposing rules that would squeeze low-income Americans out of the credit market. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has announced a rule limiting the amount a credit card company can charge for late or delinquent ...

For progressives, bank collapse is about politics, not economy

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is a disaster. How big a disaster is not clear. But for America’s social-justice elites, the size is directly related to its effect, not on our overall economy but on their political allies. At the very least, the stockholders are out close to 100 ...