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What Happened to the Right to Choose Your Healthcare?
Alice Echo-News Journal, Amarillo Globe-News, Arizona Daily Sun, Auburn Pub, Austin American-Statesman, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Community Media Group, Duluth News Tribune, Empire-Tribune, Finger Lake Times, Fredericksburg Times, Gaston Gazette, Hava Sun News, Herald Democrat, Inside Sources, Journal Courrier, Journal Times, Kenosha News, Lompo Record, RecordNet, Roanoke Times, Sentinel Source, Shelby Star, The Eagle, The Intelligencer, The Journal Times, The State Journal-Register, Waco Tribune-Herald, WISC NewsFrom atop the lecterns at the Democratic presidential debates and the White House, a common trope is dismantling and rejiggering how health care is delivered in America. For the left, the emphasis is on expanding who can access government-backed health insurance programs while cutting off the role of the private sector. On the right, President…
Nicotine is Not Your Enemy
In the fourth season of the popular show Mad Men, creative advertising executive Donald Draper pens a page-long ad in the New York Times explaining why he’s “quit tobacco.” A long time creative force in pushing cigarettes in popular media, he decides he’s had a change of heart when it comes to the dangerous effects…
We Must Make Consumer Privacy a Priority
Nearly every day we hear of more major cases of identity theft, financial crime and other forms of attacks or malicious interference on the internet. Breeches become commonplace and lax standards leave consumers worried about how their information is safeguarded. The colossal breaches at British Airways and Marriott and Starwood in 2018 compromised the private…
Facebook Trustbusters Are Motivated by Partisan Politics, Not Concern for the Consumer
Channeling the spirit of Theodore Roosevelt and nostalgia for the early 20th century Progressive Era, the latest bad idea being circulated in elite circles is to use the trust-busting power of the federal government to break up the social network Facebook. The idea has been promoted by the likes of Democratic politicians like senators Elizabeth…