POSTED BY Grace-Marie Turner on August 23, 2024 .
Joy, excitement, and optimism filled the conference arena this week in Chicago as Democrats rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris as their nominee. We heard flowery promises “to care for each other,” celebrate freedom, and chart “a new path forward” of competence, calm, and normalcy. It evoked the “hope and change” of an earlier era. This may be shrewd political strategy, but it … [Read more. ] about Kamala the Chameleon
POSTED BY Grace-Marie Turner on July 25, 2024 .
Yes, our nation’s political system desperately needs a reset, but the same is true of the health reform debate. We constantly work to expose the massive costs and adverse consequences of the left’s government-dominated health care agenda. But to change policy, we need Big Ideas to first transform the debate. My colleagues in the Health Policy Consensus Group and I accepted the challenge and … [Read more. ] about The Big Reset
POSTED BY Grace-Marie Turner on June 27, 2024 .
#242 In anticipation of tonight’s debate, I have a piece in today’s Wall Street Journal with suggestions to reframe the debate over drug pricing: Trump’s Debate Chance on Drug Prices Mr. Trump could build on his administration’s successes in seemingly unrelated areas to turn a new page on this issue. The article is derived from a project I’ve been working on for several months … [Read more. ] about Big Ideas for the Debate
POSTED BY Grace-Marie Turner on June 21, 2024 .
#241 The Biden administration is continuing the march toward a universal, government-run health care system, both by chipping away at the private health sector and ushering more and more people into government programs. The latest: President Biden announced on Tuesday he’s giving legal status to undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens and their children. At least 500,000 are expected to … [Read more. ] about Drip. Drip. Drip.
POSTED BY Grace-Marie Turner on May 31, 2024 .
#240 We all need a break from Washington’s summer heat and even hotter politics, so you might want to take a journey into another era 33 centuries ago to visit the incredible new King Tut exhibit in the nation’s capital. “Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures” has opened not in a museum on the Mall but in an exhibition space with room to display more than 1,000 full-scale recreations of … [Read more. ] about A Diversion
POSTED BY Grace-Marie Turner on May 24, 2024 .
#239 I wrote last week about the Biden administration’s decision to reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous Class III controlled substance, alongside steroids and Tylenol with codeine. We learned this week that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was a notable holdout in President Biden's politically driven push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions. More about … [Read more. ] about In Memory
POSTED BY Grace-Marie Turner on May 17, 2024 .
# 238 President Biden on Thursday announced plans to move marijuana from the highest controlled substance classification to a lower category. For an administration whose mantra has been “follow the science,” this is perplexing since the decision appears to be based almost entirely on politics. In a recent interview in The Wall Street Journal, one of the nation’s top … [Read more. ] about High on Politics
POSTED BY Grace-Marie Turner on May 10, 2024 .
# 237 The Biden administration has opened yet another spigot to spend taxpayer dollars we don’t have on health insurance for yet another group. We know the strategy: Get a program in place and keep expanding it so more and more people are reliant on government for their health care. The latest step is to give Obamacare coverage to more than 100,000 people in … [Read more. ] about Breaking the Bank
