Medical Murder is the #1 Cause of Death in the U.S. By Design
“Medical malpractice” is the third leading cause of death at 400,000 annual deaths per year. All these deaths can’t be malpractice. What’s behind the curtain?
A Legal Immigrant’s Lament
In the late 1940s, my father, Kenneth Billingsley, a veteran of World War II, was working in a mine in the northern reaches of Manitoba. […]
When Bureaucracy Replaces Humanity
I got a letter last week informing me that my catastrophic health care insurance was terminated. The plan was terminated because of a technical glitch. […]
Killing the Old Folks
He [Harold Ross] was reminded of a pleasant afternoon that the two of them [Ross and Mrs. Roosevelt] had spent a few years earlier, talking […]
Trump Administration Smacks Down ‘Medicare for All’
The Trump Administration recently released a report that tackles the Left’s sure-to-fail (because socialism always fails) dream of Medicare for All. The report, titled “The […]
Looking Forward to an Exciting Lame-Duck Session
Despite Democratic gains in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, Election Day outcomes were far from the big blue wave that liberals promised Though Democrats […]
Bread and Circus Politics
The masquerade is finally over: Democrats are finally coming out as the socialists they’ve always pretended not to be. Apparently they find it freeing—I find […]
The Federalist Capers: The Twilight of Obamacare
The absurd debacle known as Obamacare is not something about which I normally write. However, like a secret vice, I maintain a fascination with federalism […]
Obama’s Failed Legacy: Unaffordable Care and Iran’s Nukes
Ronald Reagan famously quipped that the trouble with liberals “is not that they’re ignorant. It’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.” Reagan’s […]
Mr. President, End the Collusion . . . in the Healthcare Industry
Between December 31, 2008 and April 2018, the S&P 500 saw 177 percent growth. By any measure, a strong performance for that nearly 10 year […]
Alfie Evans: From the Cradle to the Grave
Offspring was not reared at the will of the father, but was taken and carried by him to a place called Lesche, where the elders […]
Primary Trump is Making a Comeback
When Donald Trump first announced his candidacy during the infamous escalator ride of June 16, 2015, his speech was unconventional, to say the least. In […]
Good Riddance, Mr. Speaker
In 2016, Wisconsin turned red for Donald Trump but Paul Ryan’s Janesville remained stubbornly blue—so perhaps it is no surprise that the speaker of the […]
America Has a Loneliness Epidemic
Americans are lonely. Our loneliness is killing us. It’s true. Loneliness is deadlier than obesity. Deadlier than smoking. And, yes, a great deal deadlier than […]
Contraceptive Ruling Shows Breathtaking Judicial Arrogance
In a mostly unnoticed manner, lower federal courts are actively blocking President Trump’s agenda. National injunctions, a once-rare legal practice, are now almost de rigeur […]
Forget Gun Control: Bring Back Mental Hospitals
After another inexplicable act of violence in Parkland Florida claimed 17 lives, the usual chorus (and some of the not so usual chorus) is screaming […]
Mental Health or Nihilism?
On January 29, the Senate defeated a bill that would have outlawed abortion beyond 20 weeks (five months) gestation. Reaction was swift on the part […]
Be Grateful Trump Broke the Overton Window
On the eve of the first anniversary President Trump’s Inauguration, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said something remarkable. It points to why many of […]
Planned Parenthood Leader Getting Out While the Getting’s Good
Cecile Richards who became president of Planned Parenthood in 2006 will soon step down. Her future plans have not been disclosed, but Richard’s press release […]
Trump is Not to Blame for the Downfall of the California GOP
As a lifelong Californian, there are few political lies more infuriating to me than the suggestion, repeated recently in the New York Times, that President […]