Backgrounder: Replacing ObamaCare with a Choice
by David Thomas, Ph.D. The political tumult surrounding the proposed replacement of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) with a Republican alternative (Trumpcare), underpins a greater concern felt by many households: Will another inside-the-beltway proposal, imposed by the majority du jour, be an improvement over the previous effort, foisted on the minority? Or does another painful Read the full article…
Backgrounder: Luke Kenley Redux?
For the use of the membership only. IF YOU HANG AROUND LONG ENOUGH you begin to recognize historic moments. So it was when several officers of the Indiana Policy Review Foundation sat down for afternoon coffee in Indianapolis almost 20 years ago with two bright young stars of the conservative movement. Stephen Moore, a friend Read the full article…
Op-Ed: Mayoral Power
by Cmdr. John Pickerill Power corrupts. And absolute power corrupts absolutely. That is why the America tradition has always been separation of powers between the executive, legislative and judicial. By separating powers we citizens are better protected against government corruption or tyrannical behavior. One branch of government can hold the other in check. But somewhere Read the full article…
Half Past the Month: The Middlebury Way
Not for publication, quotation or distribution. For the use of the membership only. “This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man’s laws, not God’s. And if you cut them down, and you’re just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would Read the full article…
Backgrounder: Exports and Imports
by T. Norman Van Cott Among economics data watchers, a country’s exports enjoy a hallowed status. The ability of producers in country A to sell goods and services to people in other countries is taken as a sign of A’s economic strength, although the underlying metric for economic strength goes unmentioned. In addition, job counters Read the full article…
Backgrounder: Adjusting the One-Sided Data from the Media
by Richard McGowan, Ph.D. I recently received an e-mail from Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr., the publisher of the New York Times, to which I subscribe. He knows that the media are under attack from President Trump and he wrote to ‘defend’ the media and “assert the value of quality journalism,” since, after all, “the truth Read the full article…
