Health Care
A(n overly) simple finding in the obesity fight
Baylen Linnekin writes for Reason.com about a new nugget of research in the fight against fat. I was heartened this week to learn about a University of Iowa study that’s…
University of Iowa
public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Education
Federal court sees discrimination against Christian student groups
Nicole Russell writes for the Federalist about a recent court ruling in favor of First Amendment rights on a flagship public university campus. On Wednesday, a federal court ruled that…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Dems’ attempt to thwart federal tax reform
Brian Riedl writes at National Review Online about four states’ legal action to overturn a key piece of the 2017 federal tax reform. Just when you thought politics in 2018…
Education
Leef ponders ideological discrimination at public universities
George Leef’s latest Martin Center column probes universities’ ability to practice discrimination based on ideology. If a university were to state that it will not hire people applying for a…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
A six-figure study of ‘beer goggles’
Elizabeth Harrington‘s latest Washington Free Beacon report highlights another questionable case of federal government spending. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is spending over $200,000 to study how men drinking…
Education
Tenure more than just a K-12 problem
Carl Cannon of Real Clear Politics uses the case of controversial professor Steven Salaita to probe problems associated with tenure on college campuses. Salaita is the former Virginia Tech English…
Education
Leef ponders party schools for Forbes readers
George Leef’s latest Forbes column examines the phenomenon of the “party school,” building on the Princeton Review‘s recent ranking of the University of Iowa as the nation’s top party school.…
Liberty
Pro-Life Group: IRS Wanted Statement Saying No Picketing Of Planned Parenthood
From Susan Martinek, president of the Coalition for Life of Iowa, comes this stunning, outrageous abuse of government power by the IRS. Martinek said that at one point, an IRS…
Health Care
Even fewer people can keep their insurance
"If you already have health insurance, the only thing that will change for you under this plan is the amount of money you will spend on premiums. That will be…
Liberty
Beware of stats on life expectancy
The supporters of government run health care are fond of pointing out that life expectancy in the US is 30th in the world, behind countries with socialist systems. What they…
Liberty
What I haven’t seen in early reports on the NCAA mascots decision …
… even though it’s in the NCAA’s press release. The committee also strongly suggested that institutions follow the best practices of institutions that do not support the use of Native…