Liberty
Bioethicist claims push for whole milk is racist
Wesley Smith writes for National Review Online about a bizarre new claim. The noted bioethicist Art Caplan — with whom I usually disagree, but not always — has really jumped…
Ben Carson
American neurosurgeon and politician (born 1951)
Liberty
Party Affiliation Protects Harris From Media Attacks
Eddie Scarry of the Federalist assesses the latest example of media double standards. Vice President Kamala Harris is a light skinned Jamaican-Indian woman married to a white man and if…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
When Welfare Pays More Than Work, Many Choose Welfare
Economists with the Committee to Unleash Prosperity released a new study last month highlighting our nation’s expansive welfare state. The study shows that welfare pays more than or nearly as much as…
Liberty
Ben Carson Decries CDC’s ‘Outrageous Overreach’
Ben Carson writes for the Washington Examiner about the Centers for Disease Control’s misguided ideas. Last week, a CDC advisory council voted unanimously to add the novel COVID-19 mRNA vaccine…
Liberty
Left Cannot Run From Its Earlier Embrace of Lockdowns for Kids
Ben Carson writes for the Federalist about the political Left’s ownership of a major assault on children’s health. It has been two years since the world first noticed people were…
Health Care
A new meaning for the term ‘house calls’
Olivia Rondeau writes at the Daily Caller about the latest bizarre policy idea emerging from California. Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that medical doctors should be able to prescribe…
Regulation
Obama’s ‘war on the suburbs’ continues under Trump
Stanley Kurtz writes at National Review Online that a government power grab launched during the Obama administration continues under the current administration. The Obama administration’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH)…
Regulation
YIMBYism as a national idea
James Sutton writes for National Review Online about campaigns targeting restrictive zoning. YIMBYism is the ideology of “Yes in My Backyard.” Its advocates support urban development to bring down rents,…
Liberty
Two dozen Democrats, most of whom will end up deeply disappointed
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online looks into the many candidates seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Every presidential primary ends with one winner and a lot of losers. Some…
Energy
Can Ben Carson and YIMBYism spur more affordable housing?
“The high cost of housing is an important factor in trapping millions of Americans in poverty,” Michael Tanner writes in National Review. “On average, Americans in the lowest third of…
Liberty
NPR looks at Charlotte’s public housing work requirement
It’s always fun when a national news organization parachutes into a North Carolina city to take a look around. Today—in light of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson’s public…
Regulation
Weekly Standard places HUD changes in perspective
Unlike some of their mainstream media colleagues, editors at the Weekly Standard exhibit no angst about Ben Carson’s substantive changes at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Readers…