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Viewpoints

Do We Still Have A Constitution?

I have been taking some heat from friends and colleagues for my steadfast defense of personal liberties and my arguments that the Constitution — when interpreted in accordance with the plain meaning of its words, and informed by history — does not permit the government to infringe upon ...

What Are We Trying To Accomplish With Policy?

As Americans debate how to reopen our society in the wake of COVID-19, we seem to be breaking down into three groups: first, those who believe the virus isn’t particularly serious and desperately want to reopen everything as soon as possible (a small minority of Americans, by polling data); ...

Senior Life Matters: Medicare Is Excellent Insurance For Virus

Question: How does Medicare cover my recovery of COVID-19 if I get sick? Answer: Last month I addressed how Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) covered hospital stays and testing of COVID-19 related services. Your question also has been answered by CMS. Original Medicare gives ...

Big Google Is Watching Your Children

Schools remain shuttered across the country, 30 million Americans are out of work, and food banks are running low, but the edutech sector is booming. Silicon Valley companies are feasting on an exploding client base of quarantined students held hostage to “online learning.” Big Google is ...

Experts, Politicians Need Strong Dose Of Humility

With COVID-19 inducing so much turmoil here and around the world, I again refer to one of the most profound concepts for understanding political and economic manipulations, as I have multiple times in the past, the pretense of knowledge. Even though it might leave a great deal unknown and ...

Country Living Is A Good Thing

Next to Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson, I would rate Merle Haggard as one of the most gifted country/western singers of our generation. He sang from the heart. I was saddened when he died a few years back, but his music lives on. In his song “Big City,” he spins a tale of getting ...