Why Obama Stopped Auditing Medicaid
(The Wall Street Journal) - Medicaid expansion was a key component of ObamaCare. In 2014 when the expansion started, the feds stopped doing audits of…
Thought Leader: Brian Blase
The New Cold War? It’s With China, and It Has Already Begun
(The New York Times) - Turning Point: The United States and China intensified their trade war in 2019, plunging global markets into uncertainty.
Thought Leader: Niall Ferguson
Pearl Harbor and 9/11 were horrific surprise attacks – How can we prevent new ones?
(Fox News) - This month is the 78th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It was a devastating surprise attack on an American…
Thought Leader: Newt Gingrich
Greater transparency in health care prices is coming; it’s badly needed
(Star Tribune) – You wouldn't buy a car without knowing the price. So why are health care prices hidden?
Thought Leader: Seema Verma
Trump’s Supporters Are Displaying the Will to Win. Democrats Are Not.
(The Atlantic) - The House Judiciary Committee needs a clearer plan for mobilizing public opinion in support of impeachment.
Thought Leader: David Frum
(Fortune) - The effect of the "whatever it takes" pledge is electric. It is, perhaps, the last time that global markets ever take a central…
Draghi legacy: a sturdy European Central Bank
(China Daily) - With Mario Draghi set to retire as president of European Central Bank on Oct 30, people are wondering whether his legacy would…
Former World Bank president faults Trump’s China policy
(Financial Times) - Robert Zoellick, a former World Bank president who has served in past Republican administrations, has delivered a public rebuke of Donald Trump’s…
Thought Leader: Robert Zoellick
(The Atlantic) - Again and again, Trump’s core supporters have turned out to be criminals.
Thought Leader: David Frum
Commentary: You wouldn’t buy a car without knowing the price. So why are health care prices hidden?
(Chicago Tribune) – Most Americans have no idea what a health care service costs before they get it. If we expect to lower health care…
Thought Leader: Seema Verma
The Calling of Delight: Gangs, Service, and Kinship
Fr. Greg Boyle makes amazingly winsome connections between things like service and delight, compassion and awe. He landed as an idealistic young Jesuit in a…
Thought Leader: Greg Boyle
Elephant seal native to Antarctica spotted for first time in tropical Sri Lanka
(Mongabay) - Uthpala Adaranga, a ranger with Sri Lanka’s Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC), was initially doubtful about the call he received of a seal…
Thought Leader: Claire Simeone