Origins of the color scheme The choice of colors reverses a long-standing convention of political colors whereby red symbols (such as the Red Flag or Red Star) are associated with left-wing politics, and right-wing movements often choose blue as a contrasting color.[5] Indeed, until the 1980s, Democrats were often represented by red and Republicans by blue. According to The Washington Post, the terms were coined […]

Whoever controls education has an enormous impact on the direction of our country. That’s not exactly encouraging news, given the current state of higher education. Our guest today, Heather Mac Donald, has a new book called “The Diversity Delusion.” In that, she describes how a toxic turn in education is infecting society as a whole. […]

By Charles Krauthammer, MD, Washington Post | May 26, 1995 Doctor Krauthammer collected many of his essays in his book: Things that Matter which we are reviewing in our Voices of Medicine Section The Angry White Male, suitably capitalized to indicate that the menace has become a media-certified trend, stalks the land, or at least […]

Dr. Rosen:      I always have to do mental gymnastics when news commentators refer to the blues and the reds. I’ve been used to calling the liberals “reds” since during the time we were ridding our country of the communists, the liberals were always referred to as the Reds implying their friendliness to the communists or […]

5 Myths about Income Inequality Debunked | Dustin Carnes F E E | The Foundation for Economic Education. Myth five: Racial and Gender Discrimination Are the Primary Causes of Pay Gaps Statistical analysis of this subject might, at first glance, lead to exactly the conclusion that discrimination is the primary culprit in income disparities between […]

Excessive costs in health care are driven by multiple incentives. They may not be additive. Firstly, patients will always want more care believing that they have obtained better care in so doing. Patients are known to change doctors if they feel that not enough tests or procedures have been ordered. This is observed numerous times […]

Published on December 2, 2018 by RealClear Health The Galen Institute was founded by Grace-Marie Turner in 1995 to promote a conversation over free-market ideas in the health sector. The Trump administration has made important progress in loosening the federal government’s grip on private health insurance, freeing up more options for affordable health insurance. But […]

The Post’s View | September 11, 2001 By Editorial | September 12, 2001 The horrific terrorist attacks yesterday in New York and Washington will rank as one of the greatest calamities in American history and will confront the United States with one of its most demanding challenges. Not since Dec. 7, 1941, has the U.S. […]

Smokers Are Responding to D.C.’s New $2 Cigarette Tax Hike Exactly Like You’d Expect There is plenty of evidence—both in America and elsewhere—that higher cigarette taxes backfire. FEE | Monday, December 03, 2018 By Daniel J. Mitchell The central argument against punitive taxation is that it leads to less economic activity. Here’s a visual from an excellent video tutorial by Professor Alex Tabarrok. […]

The Best Argument Against Minimum Wage Laws: You Don’t Own Other People Like anything else, the seller—the prospective employee—owns what is offered for sale. By Tom Mullen | FEE | Tuesday, December 04, 2018 With Democrats about to take control of the House, it is likely we will see an increase in the federal minimum […]