It appears Washington fears Americans. The new Pentagon budget, proposed earlier this year, would cut our Army down to a pre-World War II level of between 440,000 and 450,000 soldiers. That's a decline of over 25% just after 9/11. At ... READ MORE
The United States should change how we measure the health of the economy. The unemployment rate tells us very little given that those who get discouraged exit the labor market, lowering the unemployment rate. Wouldn't a better measure be the ... READ MORE
Dr. David Hogberg, the National Center’s policy analyst for health care issues, appeared on two television interviews this week. On the Soul of the South’s “D.C. Breakdown” program on 6/16/14, David was asked about the 8 million people the Obama ... READ MORE
National Center Risk Analysis Division Director Jeff Stier spoke at the United Nations today, urging delegates there to recall that voluntary, private sector initiatives can and should be an effective part of the mix in deterring non-communicable diseases (NCDs). NCDs, ... READ MORE
Dispelling myths about voter identification laws and civil rights concerns, Project 21 co-chairman Cherylyn Harley LeBon tells “D.C. Breakdown” host Angela Rae that — contrary to popular liberal belief — the majority of black Americans actually support a verification of ... READ MORE
In a piece for Forbes, Dr. Henry I. Miller and I discuss campaigns to have the government further regulate what we eat and drink in a misguided effort to fight obesity. When we’ve written about these issues in the past, ... READ MORE
As noted below, the new report from the Dept. of Health and Human Services shows ObamaCare is likely headed for a death spiral. The study also reveals that ObamaCare has increased insurance premiums. The report states that the “national average for ... READ MORE
A new report from the Dept. of Health and Human Services purportedly showing that the ObamaCare exchanges are improving cost and choice inadvertently provides more data that the exchanges are heading toward an insurance death spiral. (If you need an explanation of ... READ MORE
In "The Christie-and-Kasich Tax Show: Why are they taxing people who are trying to quit smoking?," published by National Review Online, National Center Senior Fellow Jeff Stier and the Heartland Institute's Greg Conley ask why two supposedly conservative governors want ... READ MORE
Turns out, the Internal Revenue Service has been doling out the bad news slowly when it comes to its ability to retain the emails of employees suspected of being up to no good. From the House Ways and Means Committee ... READ MORE
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