From David Hogberg: On Sunday, voters in Switzerland will go to the polls to decide the future of their health care system. The measure, put on the ballot by the political left (of course), would establish a single health insurer ... READ MORE
With the Europeans and carbon reduction, it's always the planning; never the doing. The European governments have adopted an even more stringent global warming agreement than the Kyoto Treaty, even as the EU fails to meet its Kyoto targets. It's ... READ MORE
A report from Peyton Knight: After much debate and unresolved conflict, Rep. Frank Wolf's (R-VA) Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Act squeaked through the House Resources Committee on a mostly party-line voice vote Wednesday. It was the Democrats ... READ MORE
Is this appropriate? In my view, elected officials should not be naming federal buildings after each other, as it could lead to legislators trading favors to get their names on tax-funded structures. The public interest is not served when legislators ... READ MORE
The House Resources Committee is is facing a showdown on property rights Wednesday. Virginia Republican Rep. Frank Wolf's bill to allow preservation groups to create a federally-funded "management entity" to influence land-use decisions in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia ... READ MORE
A former left-wing Member of the British Parliament and a long-time backer of Britain's government-run National Health Service (NHS) is rethinking her opinion of the NHS – because a decision it is making may cost the former MP her eyesight ... READ MORE
David Hogberg writes: When arguing for socialized medicine, the political left loves to point to the Veterans Administration as a government system that gets it right and can be used as a model for a government-run health care system for ... READ MORE
Merrill Goozner at the leftie Center for Science in the Public Interest (as opposed to the Center for Objective Science, presumably) went to the equally-leftie Guardian in Britain to argue in favor of expanding the insolvent U.S. Medicare system to ... READ MORE
I'm sorry to see that Ann Coulter once again made certain news coverage of CPAC would be focused upon her instead of upon the conservative movement's goals and principles. The National Center for Public Policy Research is one of very ... READ MORE
Don Surber nails it when it comes to the $77 billion lawsuit the city of New Orleans has just filed against every American taxpayer. New Orleans is the Cindy Sheehan of cities: Because it suffered a loss, most people are ... READ MORE
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