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Denigrating medicine: ObamaCare turns physicians into assembly line workers
By Jeffrey A. SingerI am a general surgeon with more than three decades in private clinical practice. I have watched my profession slowly evolve into the domain of …
American tyranny: Government run amok
By Andrew P. NapolitanoGovernment is bad for personal freedom. That argument is premised upon the truism that everything government does interferes with freedom because it either prohibits or …
A trout in the milk
By Jonah GoldbergPresident Obama was asked about the metastasizing Benghazi scandal in a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron last Monday. Referring to the Americans who died in Benghazi, the president said, “We dishonor them when we turn things …
America in peril
By Thomas SowellA hundred years ago, anyone who might have predicted in 1913 the monumental, man-made catastrophes that would occur in the rest of the 20th century …
World science map grim for Latin America
By Andres OppenheimerThe highly respected Nature Scientific Reports journal has just published a map of the world’s leading science cities and it looks pretty bad for emerging …
Pakistan’s geopolitical conundrum
By Arnaud De BorchgraveWASHINGTON Sixty-six percent of Pakistan’s 185 million people are under the age of 30 and almost all of them say they are worse off today than when they were 21. They also say they would rather have a “strong leader” …
This week @ the World Affairs Council
By Tribune-ReviewMatthew Goodman, of the Center for Strategic & International Studies, and Takashi Hatchoji, chairman of Hitachi America Ltd., discuss U.S. and Japanese economic and global corporate strategies. Thursday. Noon to 2 p.m. (lunch included). Duquesne Club, 325 6th Ave., Pittsburgh. …
Inhuman conditions
By Harold MeyersonThe most dangerous job in the world, outside war zones, isn’t that of an undercover police officer or a firefighter or a bullfighter or aerialist. It’s sewing garments — particularly in Bangladesh. The death toll in the April 24 collapse …
Teaching children true grit
By John StosselDo your kids today have much grit? I doubt it. Parents now try to protect kids from all danger. In New York City, some won’t let teenagers go to school by themselves. Lenore Skenazy, author of “Free-Range Kids,” thinks that’s …
Verbatim
By Tribune-Review“I wouldn’t be surprised if President Obama learned Osama bid Laden had been killed when he saw himself announcing it on television.” — “The Daily Show’s” Jon Stewart on repeated Obama administration assertions that it learns of major government operations/blunders …
LETTERS HOME ...
By Tribune-ReviewTraveling abroad for personal, educational or professional reasons? Why not share your impressions — and those of residents of foreign countries about the United States — with Trib readers in 150 words? The world’s a big place. Bring it home …
A closer look at Benghazi’s ‘security’
By Diana West“I want to ask a couple of questions about the February 17 Martyrs Brigade,” said Rep. Blake Farenthold. The Texas Republican was addressing the three State Department “whistleblowers” who testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about the …
Nitty-gritty of aliens reform bill
By Byron YorkAre snowboard instructors key to American immigration policy? Well, they’re important enough to be specifically included in the Senate bipartisan Gang of Eight immigration reform bill. How did that happen? The original 844-page bill, released in mid-April, granted a break …
An ‘observation’ on unexpected medical costs
By A.j. Harper & Amelia A. ParéWill your health insurance cover your trip to the emergency room? Recently, health insurers, led by Medicare and Medicaid, have designated patients as being in “observation” status rather than “admitted.” This can have serious financial implications for patients. “Observation” status …
The ‘why’ for war
By Pat Buchanan“The American people are weary. They don’t want boots on the ground. I don’t want boots on the ground. The worst thing the United States could do right now is put boots on the ground in Syria.” That was the …
The Justice raid: How to avoid a repeat
By The Christian Science MonitorAmericans look to both government and the press to protect their interests. But when the two institutions battle over who better defends those interests — especially on national security — it’s time for the two sides to strike a deal. …
Here’s that ‘dynamic scoring’ you asked for, senator
By Ann CoulterThe Heritage Foundation recently issued a comprehensive report showing that Sen. Marco Rubio’s plan to instantly legalize 11.5 million illegal immigrants would add $6.3 trillion to the nation’s budget deficits over the next 50 years. Heritage assumed there are 11.5 …
Hating America starts in the classroom
By Walter WilliamsBrothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who are accused of setting the bombs that exploded at the Boston Marathon, attended American colleges. Maybe they hated our nation before college, but if you want lessons on hating America, college attendance might be …
Lies about Libya
By Thomas SowellThere can be honest differences of opinion on many subjects. But there can also be dishonest differences. Last week’s testimony under oath about events in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012, makes clear that what the Obama administration told the American …
Pension crisis will hit hard
By Priya AbrahamPennsylvania’s pension crisis is about to hit Pennsylvania homeowners and taxpayers, and the results won’t be pretty. The state’s two pension systems — for state government workers (SERS) and public school employees (PSERS) — are, together, more than $47 billion …
