President Donald Trump boldy proclaimed that new federal legislation he signed will save hundreds of thousands of lives. It’s a bold assertion(what would you expect), but is it remotely true? The answer is no, according to Dr. Alison Bateman-House, an Assistant Professor in the Division of Medical Ethics at New York University. The legislation, already …
Well, not really. However, America must re-think its approach to treating the mentally ill and can’t make prisons, tent cities and the streets of America the default mode for those suffering with it. Howard Husock, vice president for research and publications, at the Manhattan Institute,along with colleague Carolyn D. Gorman co-wrote a provocative op-ed piece …
In a society that jails so many, more the average country(as Yogi Bear might have said), you’d think we’d have figured out ways to use prison time more wisely to insure that these same folks don’t return, costing society more to incarcerate them again and victims the pain of re-offending. And, yet, we still struggle …
THIS PART OF THE EPISODE DEALS WITH THE TRADE WAR AND WHAT IT MEANS TO US
THE FIRST PART OF THIS EPISODE GIVES YOU A HISTORY OF HOW WE GOT HERE Our resident trade expert, Alan Tonelson, author of ‘Race to the Bottom’ and founder of the blog site RealityChek, says the answer is ‘yes’. He better be right because we are in one. He has felt for years that many …
How many boring, staff meetings have you attended where everyone goes along to get along? It’s probably a countless number. Or one where the brave soul opens with ‘just to play devil’s advocate’ and in the process jettisons his own case. There is some incredible research to demonstrate that one outlier, one dissenter, can change …
Just as some argue against public monies in health care and retirement plans, there are a growing number of people questioning the public investment in education. On this episode of our podcast, Bryan Caplan, a professor of economics at George Mason University, argues that the primary function of education is not to enhance students’ …
A doctor in Connecticut, David Young, has waited to bring his family’s dog, Simon, home for many months now. Instead, Simon is holed up in a shelter under orders from the State of Connecticut to be euthanized. You’ll hear from Dr. Young in this podcast as he tells his story. You be the judge. And …
By its very construct, our government, with its checks and balances and election cycles, is more reactive than proactive. And it is this deliberative nature that keeps a check on abuse of power or so we imagine. Yet, the languid nature of our governmental system is often very slow to respond to fast changing developments …
We see in the headlines that there are coming technological breakthroughs that promise a more certain future, from the ability to individualize medicine to target your body’s specific needs to self driving cars which will make you even more efficient as it frees up travel time for more work activity. It’s all quite appealing, …