Category: Reflections

Part of Obama’s stimulus package is to fund $1.1 billion for comparative effectiveness research on medical treatments, to determine “best practices” in health care. This …

Four recent articles allow us to reflect again on the state of education in America, its costs, causes, and consequences. The first, “Few Gains are …

My former hometown of Portland, Oregon, is proud of its international reputation for sustain- ability and land-use and transportation planning. But lately the city government …

I’m in a lousy mood since the weatherman just ruined my weekend. “Torrential storms, hail, and frozen cannonballs,” she ranted. Reality – nothing but blue …

In April Rasmussen Reports noted: “Only 53% of American adults believe capitalism is better than socialism.” Rasmussen’s national telephone survey found that 20% prefer socialism. …

In light of the news that the Dems plan to ram through Obama’s desired changes to our health- care system in the “budget reconciliation” procedure …

I listen to the Sunday talk shows and I never hear the journalists who interview major political figures ask either of two simple questions. They …

A solution to the plague of piracy in the Indian Ocean off Somalia has so far eluded the world community. The rescue of Captain Richard …

Someday soon, let’s hope, corporate goniffs will discover that they can’t raise prices without risking failure, serious failure. Just as American auto- makers lost their …

Liberal Vermont has just legalized gay marriage through a vote of the legislature – the first time this has been done by a vote of …