Health and Education
Obamacare in the Supreme Court 101: Deliberations, Rulings and Impacts
Written by Marguerite Higgins and Rachael Slobodien
On Monday—two years after President Obama signed Obamacare into law—the Supreme Court will hear arguments challenging the health law’s constitutionality. Heralded as the case of the century, the oral arguments heard and, ultimately, the Court’s decisions will set the precedent for hundreds of ... Read more: Obamacare in the Supreme Court 101: Deliberations, Rulings and Impacts
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The Charles Whitman Precedent
Written by Sergei Bourachaga
Sergei Bourachaga’s latest essay compares the Robert Bales case in Afghanistan with the massacre by Charles Whitman in Texas almost half a century ago. The author considers the possibility that Staff Sgt. Bales may have sustained permanent damage to his forebrain as the result of an earlier IED ...
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The Obamacare Challenge: The Questions Before the Supreme Court and Their Portents for Congress
Written by Robert Alt and Edmund Haislmaier
Extensive Analysis
Next week, the Supreme Court will hear challenges to Obamacare (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) centered on the constitutionality of the legislation’s individual mandate and Medicaid expansion. From a legal perspective, the Court’s decision will serve as a ...
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"Critical Race Theory" and the Indoctrination of School Children
Written by DTN
This report from DTN focuses on the Pacific Educational Group, or PEG. Main Objectives: First, PEG teaches that the systemic racism" of America's "white culture" is the major cause of black and Hispanic students' academic underachievement. Second, PEG charges six-figure sums to conduct ... Read more: "Critical Race Theory" and the Indoctrination of School Children
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How We Can Keep from Going Broke, Part I
Written by John C. Goodman
Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other social insurance programs are bankrupting America. They will produce ever-escalating deficits for as far as the eye can see.
So what can we do about it? All we hear out of Washington are “eat-your-spinach” solutions — both from Democratsand ...
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School Choice Momentum Continues Across the Country
Written by Evan Walter
The positive momentum from the “Year of School Choice” in 2011 is being carried over into 2012, with several states primed to implement major reforms. Read more: School Choice Momentum Continues Across the Country
Louisiana, already a pioneer in the school choice movement, is poised to make its New Orleans voucher program available statewide, allowing ...
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Side Effects: Doctors Fear Obamacare
Written by Alyene Senger
The American public doesn’t support Obamacare, and a new survey shows that doctors have an even worse opinion. No one has a better grasp on the state of the health care system than physicians, and according to the Doctors Company survey, 60 percent of them believe that Obamacare will have a ...
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If Public Schools Were a Business, All of Top Management Would be Fired
Written by Bruce Deitrick Price
If it wasn’t so tragic, it would be comical. Our schools seem to be run by Italian cruise ship captains. Read more: If Public Schools Were a Business, All of Top Management Would be Fired
In a society, where everyone is immersed in language and surrounded by words, we somehow manage to have an illiteracy crisis. Recent government tests show that two-thirds of the kids ...
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Ignoring Science, 97% of Stories Hype BPA as Health Threat
Written by Julia A. Seymour
Media ignore that BCF is really eco-group in disguise that supports Markey legislation to ban chemicals like BPA. Susan G. Komen Foundation beaten up by anti-chemical left when it found 'scant' evidence of BPA danger. Fear of chemicals and “toxins” is rampant among the so-called ... Read more: Ignoring Science, 97% of Stories Hype BPA as Health Threat
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