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October 16, 2019 – President Trump’s key immigration rule change, to discourage immigrants from relying on public health programs, food stamps, housing assistance and other welfare, got derailed Friday by three federal judges. Their decisions, blocking Trump’s rule from going into effect, are wins for Democrats and immigration lobbyists. America’s poor are the losers. Our

October 3, 2019 – Employer health plans now cost a gigantic $20,576 a year for family coverage, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Technically the employer pays most of it, but labor costs are labor costs. The more spent on benefits, the less on wages. That’s $20,000 out of a worker’s pocket. Money that could

September 26, 2019 – If Democrats capture the White House in 2020, the policies that created the disease-ridden tent slums taking over Los Angeles and San Francisco will start heading your way. Presidential hopeful Liz Warren insists that it’s wrong to ban living on the streets and in public parks. Bernie Sanders is calling for

September 23, 2019 – It’s politically incorrect to discuss weight. Anyone who comments is accused of fat-shaming. But here’s the truth: America’s expanding waistlines are causing health spending to spiral out of control. Obesity-related illnesses consume nearly a third of the nation’s health-care dollars. Obesity is the culprit making health insurance unaffordable. The politicians won’t

When it comes to health care, Democrats are selling snake oil. Americans are grappling with rising medical costs. But if they fall for the phony solutions the left is offering, they’ll pay with exorbitant taxes and shorter lives. Whopper 1: ObamaCare is affordable. Joe Biden’s running a television ad in Iowa pledging to stand by

September 10, 2019 – Year after year, Congress should send their hard-earned money on foreign aid. It’s money down a rathole. Congress should take a page from Pope Francis instead. On Friday, the pope blamed foreign aid for corruption and destitution in Mozambique, a sub-Saharan country where he was preaching to thousands in an outdoor

September 5, 2019 – When you pick up your prescription at the pharmacy, it isn’t labelled “made in China,” but odds are that’s where many of your medications come from. President Trump is calling on US industries to manufacture here at home, instead of outsourcing to China. Drug companies — which now rely on China

August 27, 2019 – President Trump got slammed by all sides for suddenly escalating his economic war with China on Friday. But for Americans who have lost a family member or friend to the Chinese-made street drug fentanyl, Trump’s harsh pivot is the right move. He hiked tariffs on Chinese goods, labeled President Xi an

August 14, 2019 – When it comes to protecting yourself from cancer, don’t take the government’s word. Listen to the experts. The biggest cancer killer isn’t smoking, or a chemical in the environment, or even an inherited gene. It’s the failure to screen patients at high risk for the disease. Curing cancer is about detecting