Medpundit found herself on the wrong side of the law recently. Seems she banned smoking in her office long before her home state adopted an indoor smoking ban, but now that her state's adopted her policy, its quibbling about the ...
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The Left Says: "...there is no evidence of job loss following a minimum wage increase - in fact, studies show that small businesses would benefit by a minimum wage increase." Source: "Minimum Wage," website of the U.S. House of Representatives Democratic ...
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As House Democrats pledge to raise the federally-mandated minimum wage by 40 percent, our Ryan Balis asks: "Do Minimum Wage Increases Benefit Workers and the Economy?" An excerpt: ...the job-killing effect of higher mandatory minimum wages is well documented. As ...
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Writing in National Review, our David Hogberg takes a look at the chance the incoming Congress will succeed in fulfilling its pledge to "make health care more affordable." ...
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Washington, D.C. - The National Center for Public Policy Research has reviewed media reports stating that the House Ethics Committee has asked Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL) to pay the U.S. Treasury a sum equal to the cost of a 2003 ...
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Washington, D.C. - The incoming 110th Congress will make health insurance more expensive if it lets Medicare "negotiate" prescription drugs, says National Center for Public Policy Research Senior Policy Analyst David Hogberg, Ph.D. "The liberal plan to reform Medicare is ...
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The National Center has a new paper out examining the wisdom of a Congressional proposal to let Medicare "negotiate" drug prices. As our press release describes it: Congressional Liberals' Plans For Medicare Will Make Private Health Insurance More ExpensiveLetting Medicare ...
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Some have said that Michael Richards's recent on-stage racist tirade indicated that America's racist past is not so distant. Some black leaders used it to drive the message that racism lies just beneath the surface of American life and that ...
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The opening of the 110th Congress will witness the return of the debate over Medicare and prescription drugs.  In 2003, Congress and President Bush enacted the "Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act," which established a prescription drug program for ...
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Even though public school segregation was outlawed over 50 years ago, there are still lingering questions about the constitutionality of racial preferences that the U.S. Supreme Court must decide. Before the Court right now is a set of cases challenging ...
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