BY SALLY C. PIPES Government-run, single-payer health care is back in vogue. It’s the Left’s admitted fallback as ObamaCare fails. And the Senate just held a hearing on single-payer systems in other countries — with no shortage of witnesses touting their supposed benefits. While Obamacare continues to disappoint, some states are pushing for a single-payer […]
To the Editor, Thank you very much for printing the content of the James V. Stewart, Elk’s Award that I recently received. I have received numerous favorable comments regarding your newspaper’s recognition. I was honored and humbled by the award and noted that it wouldn’t have been possible without the support of many over the […]
LEGISLATIVE PRESS RELEASE (Albany) – Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee (D-Rockland), chair of the Assembly’s Task Force on Food, Farm and Nutrition Policy announced that the Assembly successfully restored or increased funding for agriculture and nutrition programs in the recently passed budget. Jaffee stated, “The budget passed by the legislature included a $750,000 increase for emergency food […]
BY PATRICK BARRON Originally published by mises.org Members of an Austrian School of economics forum to which I belong have been discussing the source of economic progress. It began with the usual elements of capital, technological development, and managerial expertise before getting more philosophical when a member suggested the acceptance of rationality in all […]
BY DIANE DIMOND It is way past time to overhaul the U.S. prison system. I’m not talking about a little tweak here and there. I’m talking about throwing a massive metaphorical hand grenade into the entire system and starting over from scratch. We should be ashamed of ourselves for allowing the system to have morphed […]
BY MICHAEL JAMES BARTON The United States is the new Saudi Arabia. At least with regards oil and natural gas deposits. To take full advantage of our nation’s energy bounty, however, the federal government must allow the same kind of careful, responsible exploration and production now occurring on private lands to take place on public […]