October 21, 2020

Americans' grave responsibility on November 3

Following a vice presidential debate replete with burning political issues, headlines weren't dominated by the specter of increased taxes on the middle class or the threat of China in the east.  Instead, a housefly that briefly landed o...

September 18, 2018

Will voters save free markets in Massachusetts?

On November 6, voters in Massachusetts will gather to decide the commonwealth's next secretary of state and subsequently the direction of its financial future.  Since 1995, incumbent William Galvin has occupied the office, utilizing the...

September 5, 2018

The medical research crisis you haven't heard of

There's a crisis of legitimacy in the world of medical research.  Congress is finally putting bad actors at the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) on notice in the wake of a litany of scandals. The FNIH was creat...

January 20, 2018

Representative Gohmert's Tenth Amendment anomaly

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) has a long history of supporting the Constitution, particularly the Tenth Amendment, but his recent decision to support a federal ban on a state's ability to legalize and regulate online gaming is inconsistent with hi...

December 21, 2017

How the government may kill your TV and radio signal

As a side effect of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s recent effort to repurpose the wireless spectrum, some TV and radio stations may lose out or be kicked off the air entirely. In March of 2016, the FCC held an incentive auction ...

September 25, 2017

Reforming the 340B Drug Discount program

Enter the 340B Drug Discount program, a government initiative passed as a component of the Veteran Health Care Act in 1992.  Originally designed to help veterans in need, 340B effectively forces pharmaceutical companies to sell drugs to health c...