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August 20, 2019
Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Gives Takings Cases Path to Federal Courts
The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling opens the federal courts to property owners seeking “just compensation” under the Fifth Amendment for the taking of their property by government for a public
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Health Care
August 20, 2019
Trump Greenlights HSAs for DPC—and Media Ignores It - Commentary
You might have missed this big news because the media largely ignored it, but President Donald Trump signed a historic health care health care executive order (EO) a few weeks ago.
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Health Care
August 20, 2019
New Michigan Rule Extends Licensure Mandate, Fees to More Midwives
Certified professional midwives in Michigan are now subject to a state occupational licensure requirement.
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Health Care
August 20, 2019
Federal Court Strikes Down Trump Rule on Drug Prices in TV Ads
The Trump administration’s plans to promote transparency in drug pricing suffered a significant, if not entirely unexpected, legal setback July 9 when the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia struck down a rule requiring drug makers to disclos
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Education
August 19, 2019
University of Missouri Sued for Failing to Follow Donor’s Intent
The University of Missouri is the target of a lawsuit claiming a deceased donor’s endowment gift is being misused.
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Education
August 19, 2019
U.S. Supreme Court Accepts Montana Tax-Credit Scholarship Case
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider a case challenging a Montana Supreme Court decision that found the state’s school choice program violated the state constitution.
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August 15, 2019
Mainstream Media Abandons Journalism for Activism on Climate Change
By H. Sterling Burnett
For more than 20 years I’ve watched media outlets fail to accurately portray the debate surrounding climate change. Unfortunately, things are getting worse.
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August 15, 2019
New York Adopts State ‘Green New Deal’
By Bonner R. Cohen
New York state has adopted what Gov. Andrew Cuomo has dubbed the Green New Deal of New York, the most aggressive carbon-emissions-reduction goals in the nation.
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August 15, 2019
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rejects Special Requirements for Pipeline Expansion
By Vivian Jones
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled Dane County cannot force Enbridge Inc. to purchase special environmental liability insurance as a condition of permission to expand its oil pipeline.
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August 14, 2019
Stiglitz Pens Manifesto for More Progressive-Socialist Government
By Robert Genetski
Review of People, Power and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent by Joseph E. Stiglitz
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August 13, 2019
This Little Engine Delivers Results for DC Children
By Robert G. Holland
Over the past 15 years, the Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) has become the Little Engine That Could among school choice programs in the United States.
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August 13, 2019
On Energy, Maine’s Politicians Keep Making a Bad Situation Even Worse
By H. Sterling Burnett
Politicians everywhere should have to take a version of the Hippocratic Oath, swearing the laws they enact to solve problems won’t make the situation worse.
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August 13, 2019
Dear Senator Warren, the Revolving Door With Gottlieb Didn’t Start at Pfizer
By Lindsey Stroud
Warren barely scratched the surface on the audacity of unelected and unaccountable executive agency officials who blatantly abuse their positions of power for their own gain.
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August 13, 2019
Medicare for All: More Taxes, Worse Health Care, and Much More Debt
By Christopher Talgo
News flash: Medicare and Social Security, the nation’s two largest entitlement programs, are on the fast track towards bankruptcy.
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August 13, 2019
A Paternalistic Government Solution to Payday Loan ‘Debt Traps’
By Joe Barnett
Government paternalism consists not only of giving people things they didn’t pay for, but also in preventing people from making decisions that, in the benevolent judgment of superintending bureaucrats, aren’t in their best interest.
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August 13, 2019
SPIKED AT FORBES: Global Warming? An Israeli Astrophysicist Provides Alternative View That Is Not Easy To Reject
By Jim Lakely
NOTE: This article about 'skeptic' climate scientist Nir Shaviv was published and then quickly pulled from Forbes.com. We publish it here to save the trouble of using the Wayback Machine to read it. The Internet is Forever.
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