Preview of the testimony presented to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Senator Whitehouse, Ranking Member Enzi, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to participate in this very important hearing on health care delivery system reform. I would li... More of this article

I vividly recall a conversation about seven years ago with someone in the oil and gas exploration business whom I assumed was ramping up oil drilling because of the rising price of crude. But the answer surprised me. "No, we're not doing oil. We're putting all of our chips on shale gas and coal-b... More of this article

Editors note: This column is derived from “Why are Gasoline Prices High (And What Can be Done About it?) Once again, high gasoline prices are in the news. As of this writing, the national average gasoline price per gallon price is hovering around $3.79. The price pinch at the pump is sparking... More of this article

The following is a third and final excerpt from Mr. Brooks' new book, "The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise," which was released last week. It seems that no matter which party is in power, the government always grows. Why is this? The answer is relatively straightforward... More of this article

Robert Duvall and the American sense of place. Facing bleak prospects — decades of crushing national debt and an increasingly intrusive government — many commentators lament the loss of our individualism. They see in the election of 2012 one last chance to make a stand for slowing dow... More of this article

Last week I wrote about the standings in the presidential race and said it looked like a long, hard slog through about a dozen clearly identified target states, much like the contests in 2000 and 2004. Call it the 2000/2004 long, hard slog scenario. But I said there were other possible scenarios.... More of this article

In How to Think Seriously About the Planet, I argue that environmental degradation has one cause above all others, which is the propensity of human beings to take the benefit, and to leave the costs to someone else, preferably someone far away in space or time, whose protests can be safely ignored. ... More of this article

Who is Julia? Julia is the eponymous voice of President Obama, a woman invented by the campaign to demonstrate how this present administration is assisting women in all aspects of life. However, inadvertently it displays the Obama vision of America, a vision right out of 1984 with Big Brother at her... More of this article

We found that even when good things occurred that weren't earned, like nickels coming out of slot machines, it did not increase people's well-being. I learned to appreciate the American free enterprise system by quitting a job in Spain. At age 19, I dropped out of school to pursue a career as a ... More of this article

Just in time to pour gasoline on the already sure to be heated 2012 political campaigns, Chris Mooney has come out with The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science—and Reality. It asserts that conservatives are not only scientifically illiterate (“denying facts is not a ph... More of this article