November is when the north winds begin to blow and herald the coming of winter. This month is also a time of migration: gray whales swim south to the warm waters of Mexico; ducks, geese, cranes, and even monarch butterflies fly south to escape the ice and snow; and many people now fly south to […]

“Coming together is a beginning, Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” –Henry Ford Whether you say, “I can” or “I can’t”, either way you are always right. –Henry Ford Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. –Henry Ford Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or […]

We are not catholic but have recently seen the www.CatholicVote.org newsletter with its political orientation. Raised in a town where two thirds were catholic and essentially all were liberal democrats, it is a marked changed to see the catholic newsletters be pro-conservative and Republican. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America at their recent convention has […]

The Liberal Faculty and the Liberal Media Can’t allow Logic to be Expressed. Richard A Epstein, a distinguished professor of law at Chicago University, sets the theme with a scene from ABC’s “Nightline,” in a telecast originating at Chicago University as part of the university’s centennial celebration on February 6, 1992. The topic for this […]

Making Dystopia: The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarismby James Stevens Curl, Oxford, 592 pages, $60 In a recent debate in Prospect magazine on the question of whether modern architecture has ruined British towns and cities, Professor James Stevens Curl, one of Britain’s most ­distinguished architectural ­historians, wrote as his opening salvo: Visitors to these islands […]

Dr. Rosen:       These are interesting times, aren’t they? They seem to keep the WSJ busy as we glance at the papers on our tables and the TV in the corner over there. Everyone seems to have their own projections on how this is going to turn out. Dr. Edwards:   It seems that this whole diatribe […]

The Left’s Talent for Mainstreaming Immorality By Brad Macdonald, November 7, 2019 Do you remember “Desmond Is Amazing”? We wrote about his appearance on Good Morning America (gma), America’s most popular morning show, some time ago. The clip is a year old now, but it is still going strong on YouTube—so is Desmond Napoles, the […]

Hospitals Sue Trump to Keep Negotiated Prices Secret The administration wants to require hospitals to reveal the rates they privately negotiate with insurers for all sorts of procedures, amid the public outcry over surprise medical bills. By Reed Abelson Alex M. Azar II, the secretary of health and human services. . .  said, “American patients […]

By Juliette Cubanski Follow @jcubanski on Twitter , Tricia Neuman Follow @tricia_neuman on Twitter , Sarah True, and Meredith Freed Published: Oct 17, 2019 Prescription drug costs are a major concern for consumers and a fiscal challenge for public and private payers. In response, lawmakers are considering a broad range of policy options, including allowing […]

Writing in National Affairs (“Rethinking Polarization”), Rauch, a Brookings Institution senior fellow, postulates a vast emptiness at the core of the politics that has engulfed us: “What if, to some significant extent, the increase in partisanship is not really about anything?” What if rival tribalisms are largely untethered from ideologies? This is plausible. The angriest […]