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Tackling the Claims of ‘Right to Die’
Four states have legalized physician-assisted suicide—California, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington. A court order made assisted suicide legal in Montana. If Colorado votes “yes” on Proposition 106 next week, it will become the sixth state to allow physician-assisted suicide. The District of Columbia is looking to adopt similar legislation. End of life care is deeply personal. Watching…
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Americans Face Fewer Obamacare Choices, Higher Premiums in 2017
As open season begins Tuesday for enrollment in Obamacare next year, most customers for health insurance in the individual market will face both fewer choices and higher premiums under President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. More than three-fifths of the states, 33 of them, will have fewer insurers offering coverage on the Obamacare exchanges…
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Rejection of UN Nuke Ban Not Enough, Administration Must Do More to Maintain Arsenal
Although last month the Obama administration led a misguided effort in the United Nations Security Council to pass a resolution on nuclear weapons testing, it apparently understands the downside of supporting a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. In an Oct. 14 statement, the Obama administration rejected a U.N. effort to “declare a ban on nuclear…
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Supreme Court Enters Legal Battle Over Gender Identity and the Purpose of Restrooms
Why do we make our restrooms and locker rooms private? Each of us performs a variety of necessary life functions in front of strangers every day. “According to the federal government and LGBT activists, the primary function of private facilities is not privacy; it is affirmation of a person’s gender identity.” —Matt Sharp, @AllianceDefends We…
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US Security Benefits When Japan, South Korea Share Intelligence
South Korea recently announced it would restart negotiations with Japan for a military and intelligence sharing agreement. Washington should encourage this growing security cooperation. Moon Sang-gyun, spokesman for South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense, said Sept. 27 that North Korea’s “nuclear and missile threats are escalating by the day, so our security situation is becoming…
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Elizabeth Warren Has It Wrong on Voter Fraud
Last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., penned an op-ed for The Washington Post equating loose rhetoric by a political opponent with legitimate concerns expressed by many about inadequate safeguards in our electoral system. The op-ed is a classic sleight of hand, reducing a discussion about a topic as serious as election integrity to an ad…
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Study Finds Significant Differences in Plans Sold on or off Obamacare Exchanges
Three years after opening their online doors, the health insurance marketplaces remain under intense scrutiny, but individual health plans that are not sold through these exchanges have largely escaped attention. New research sheds some light on what these plans are like and how they fit into the overall individual market. The analysis by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation…
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Obama May Veto the Defense Bill, Again
This week the White House signaled that it might veto the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) if a religious freedom amendment remains in the final package. While this may just be political posturing, it fits a clear pattern of President Barack Obama’s willingness to use national security, and the defense bills in particular, as hostages…
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How Congress Can Clear the Road for Uber, Lyft, and the Gig Economy
The rise of Uber and Lyft has been a good thing for both riders and drivers. Riders like the cheaper prices and reliable service of these ride-hailing services, and drivers love the freedom to be their own boss and make their own schedule. All around the world, hundreds of thousands of people benefit from this…
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Federal Judge Asks Why Obama Administration Isn’t Admitting Christian Syrian Refugees
In an otherwise unremarkable opinion over the federal Freedom of Information Act, a federal appellate court judge has issued a sharp rejoinder to the Obama administration over an issue that has been discussed in the news—the almost complete lack of Syrian Christian refugees being brought over to the U.S. The Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice…
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Rising Red Tape Near Top of Small Business Fears
Far from equipping small businesses “with the tools and resources they need to succeed,” government actions are petrifying small business growth at unprecedented rates. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), an advocacy group that protects the rights of small businesses around the country, recently released two reports highlighting the deep and increasing concern of…
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Here’s Why It’s Wrong That America Refused to Defend Its Embargo on Cuba at the UN
For the first time ever, the United States abstained from voting on a United Nations resolution condemning America’s embargo on Cuba. This breaks decades of bipartisan support for U.S. law on the international stage. It shows just how far the Obama administration is willing to take its misguided and ill-informed Cuba policy. For the past…
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Obama Threatens to Veto Military Bill Because It Protects Religious Groups
On D-Day, Franklin Roosevelt famously asked a country of many faiths to pray that God protect our troops as they “struggle to preserve our republic, our religion, and our civilization” against tyranny. Given our military’s tradition of defending religious liberty from attack, it is disappointing to see President Barack Obama threaten to veto the military’s…
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Misguided Laws Could Hurt Innocents in the Creepy Clown Epidemic
Just in time for Halloween, the world is enduring a clown epidemic resembling a “Treehouse of Horror” episode on “The Simpsons,” with more than 100 clown sightings or social media threats reported in the United States alone since August. Indeed, the epidemic appears to be global. The craze has law enforcement on high alert, schools banning…
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The Astonishing Ignorance of Young Adults
Do you wonder why Sen. Bernie Sanders and his ideas are so popular among American college students? The answer is that they, like so many other young people who think they know it all, are really uninformed and ignorant. You say, “Williams, how dare you say that?! We’ve mortgaged our home to send our children…
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In Desperate Push to Save Dying Obamacare, President Wants to Bail Out Insurers
The death knell for Obamacare has been rung. President Barack Obama’s own Department of Health and Human Services confirmed this week that Americans will experience double-digit premium hikes on their health care plans beginning Nov. 1. In fact, the average increase will be 25 percent. And while costs are going up, choice is going down:…
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6 of Obama’s Biggest Blunders
From skyrocketing spending and record new regulations to the multiple failures surrounding Obamacare and the push for Common Core, here’s a look at some of President Barack Obama’s biggest domestic policy blunders over the past eight years.
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How Regulatory Reform Boosts the Economy
How quickly does deregulation lead to economic growth? Most economists agree that less-regulated industries create more output and employ more people in the long run. New evidence shows, however, that some benefits of regulatory reform are immediate. In a recent study, economists Peter Gal and Alexander Hijzen quantified the short-term impacts of pro-market reforms on…
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AT&T and Time Warner Make a Bet on Innovation, but Regulators May Get in the Way
Two of America’s best-known companies have announced they will be merging, causing consternation on Capitol Hill and calls to block the deal. But lawmakers—and regulators—could hurt rather than help consumers if they leap in to stop the transaction. AT&T Inc.—a company that dominated telephone service in the United States for nearly a century—and Time Warner…
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