Someone once asked George Will how on earth he could come up with something new to write for his newspaper columns three times a week, year after year. “Something new makes me mad at least three times a week,” he said. Ha! So what makes me mad this week is that liberals absolutely will not give up in pushing for a government-run, single-payer health care system—despite … [Read more...] about Testifying on Tuesday
Grace-Marie Turner
A Stronger New Normal
Not long before I came to Washington to work for a U.S. Senator, Hurricane Agnes had pounded the East coast, leaving 128 people dead and causing billions of dollars in damages. Pennsylvania and New York were hardest hit with torrential floods. Federal, state, and local governments as well as private citizens, churches, and relief agencies mobilized in response to what was then called … [Read more...] about A Stronger New Normal
Refreshing real-world facts
Coverage of all things Covid has been shockingly partisan and biased, with the major media gleefully presenting what it considers the politically-correct version of facts. You have to dig to see beyond the distortions, and I thought I would share sources that give you “the rest of the story,” to quote the late radio commentator Paul Harvey. Most of what we see in mainstream … [Read more...] about Refreshing real-world facts
Co-existing with the virus
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rightly dominates the world’s attention, it gives us a moment to step back and examine our two-year crisis with Covid-19 and signs that we are finally entering a new phase. Nearly one million lives have been lost, with the numbers continuing to rise. Secondary casualties from terrible government policies will be with us for decades. Countless lives could have … [Read more...] about Co-existing with the virus
Hope for the Future
Galen Senior Fellow Brian Blase delivered his first congressional testimony yesterday as president of the new think tank he has founded, the Paragon Health Institute, and even though he was outnumbered 3-1 on the witness stand, he owned the hearing. “Exploring Pathways to Affordable, Universal Health Coverage” was the subject of a House Education and Labor subcommittee hearing, which you can … [Read more...] about Hope for the Future
Ideas for 2023
While Democrats control both the White House and Congress, House Republicans are working to create a fresh legislative agenda on health care, the economy, Big Tech, energy, and a host of key issues in preparation for the fall elections and their hopes of taking control in 2023. President Biden taunted them in his January 19 news conference asking repeatedly, “What are Republicans … [Read more...] about Ideas for 2023
Quick Takes
We will divert a bit from our usual newsletter format focusing on a single issue to give you quick summaries and links to several important issues on our radar screen. Here goes: * Natural immunity endures: To follow up on our newsletter from last week about the strength of natural immunity, Dr. Marty Makary of Johns Hopkins and co-authors report in their new study in … [Read more...] about Quick Takes
Listen to the Doctors
Dr. Marty Makary has been a voice of clarity and sanity in the Covid pandemic response, and his latest piece in The Wall Street Journal may be his most important yet. He writes in “The High Cost of Disparaging Natural Immunity to Covid” that “Public-health officials ruined many lives by insisting that workers with natural immunity to Covid-19 be fired if they weren’t fully … [Read more...] about Listen to the Doctors