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Attacks on nurse-hiring agencies are a broadside against the sick

An alarming crisis is looming on our healthcare horizon, with forecasts of a mass nursing exodus over the next five to 10 years from a system that is already woefully short-staffed. For a combination of reasons, up to 20 percent of registered nurses (900,000) plan to leave the profession by ...

A realist pathway through the green transition

With temperatures worldwide breaking records, there is an escalating sense of urgency that countries must make bigger, bolder and more enforceable commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But it would be a terrible mistake to double down on the current “kitchen sink” approach of ...

Politics at the dinner table? No longer taboo for young women

There is an old, some might say outdated, rule that one should not discuss religion or politics in polite company. Women have traditionally been more concerned with social norms and politeness, but among younger generations, they are the ones rejecting this traditional advice. New polling ...

Don’t conflate natural gas with coal

Coal and natural gas were once joined at the hip, advocating for energy freedom and more development — and against stricter environmental laws. Now, the two have gone their separate ways as natural gas continues to eat away at coal’s once dominant market of the electricity portfolio. The ...

Judge deals blow to SEC attacks on crypto

“Who among us should get to decide the future of emerging technologies like crypto and blockchain? Should it be SEC Chair Gary Gensler, an unelected bureaucrat who answers only to himself? Or should it be the United States Congress, whose members are elected by and therefore accountable to ...

Proposed ‘conservation’ rule will create unnecessary challenges

Regulatory overreach by federal agencies has become a common theme recently, from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed climate disclosure rule to the recently proposed “Strengthening the Stewardship of America’s Public Lands” rule by the Bureau of Land Management. And now, ...