Milton Friedman Opposed Drug Re-Importation

Is government-facilitated re-importation of prescription medicines from Canada – a policy now supported by politicians as diverse as President Donald Trump and Senator Bernard Sanders – an issue of free trade, or a backdoor method of imposing price controls?  That’s the way the question is usually framed in policy debates, but the great Nobel prize-winning […]

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Parental Nightmares in Public Schools

Public schools are reopening for business across America, meaning it’s time to get back to reading, writing, arithmetic … and revolution. As usual in matters such as these, California is leading the way. On the first day of classes at Denair Middle School near Modesto, science teacher Luis Davila Alvarado handed out a worksheet from […]

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Mike Huckabee: It Was Never About Visiting Israel for Tlaib; It ‘Was About Making a Scene’

Fox News contributor and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, in a tweet on his Twitter page, blasted Rep. Rashida Tlaib, saying it was never about visiting Israel for Tlaib; it “was about making a scene.” Tlaib whined to go to @Israel and @IsraeliPM said no b/c they let NO ONE in who supports the hate-based […]

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Trump: We Have to Start Building Mental Institutions Again

(CNSNews.com) – President Donald Trump said Thursday that it’s time to start building mental institutions again to deal with mentally ill people like those behind mass shootings. Speaking to reporters in Morristown, N.J., Trump was asked what executive actions he’s prepared to take on guns. “We’re going to look at that very closely, and we’re […]

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Trump: Few US Tankers Use Strait of Hormuz Now ‘Because We Have Our Own Oil and Gas’

(CNSNews.com) – President Trump said Tuesday the Iranians were not seizing U.S. ships in the Strait of Hormuz because few U.S. tankers use the Persian Gulf chokepoint nowadays – “because we have our own oil and gas.” “Very few American boats are there,” Trump told an audience at a petrochemicals plant in western Pennsylvania. The […]

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US House Got One Right, Agreed to Repeal So-Called ‘Cadillac Tax’

While millions of Americans were vacationing this summer, the seemingly impossible happened in Washington: On July 17, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), and Steve King (R-IA) all voted in favor of the same healthcare legislation. The bill in question, H.R. 748, sought to repeal the so-called “Cadillac Tax” imposed by the […]

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Taliban Terror Continues, Despite ‘Peace Talks’ and Reports of ‘Excellent Progress’

(CNSNews.com) – The Taliban claimed responsibility for a massive suicide bombing in Kabul Wednesday, two days after the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, reported having made “excellent progress” in his talks with the terrorist group. Fourteen people were killed and 145 were injured in the car bombing at a police complex in […]

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McConnell in ‘Major War’ With Twitter; GOP Committees, Campaigns, Super PACs Suspend Advertising

(CNSNews.com) – Twitter’s decision to lock the account of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s reelection campaign – for posting a video showing protestors making violent threats against him – sparked an avalanche of announcements Thursday by major Republican campaign committees, super PACs, and lawmakers to buy no advertising on the social media platform. National Republican Senatorial […]

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Mexico May Try to Extradite El Paso Shooter

(CNSNews.com) – The Mexican government said Sunday it is considering applying for the extradition of the American man accused of shooting dead 20 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, at least seven of them Mexican nationals. Another seven of the 26 people injured in Saturday’s shooting in the busy store were also Mexicans, […]

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