Health care and health insurance costs do stress family finances, but the real villain is goverment, through cost-increasing policies and taxes and fees.

The Medicare advisory committee publishes an unfavorable report on the Medicare Advantage program.

Another ugly long-end US Treasury debt instrument auction reinforces the disastrous impact of ongoing huge federal deficits and ever-growing debt pile.

A major meta-analysis of criminal sentencing finds no evidence of racial bias.

A few notes on what is really happening with global weather and our electricity sources and costs.

2023 was a slow year for venture capital firms; not clear that 2024 will be much better.

We are at the playoffs of CV-19 research!!

The Democrat Party and its teacher union allies will do anything to get and keep power, cheating in elections is the norm for them.

The federal government report on spending and revenue in December reveals a disaster which can't and won't be sustained. Whole lot of pain coming.

Hospital diagnostic errors are common and lead to serious patient harm; the wokification of medical schools will make it worse.

Marijuana is a dangerous drug, especially for children, but the industry uses campaign contributions to get legalization that spreads the harms.

An wind power plant on Prince Edward Island exemplifies the poor performance and high cost of this supposedly renewable energy source.

Like most Western countries the UK has an aging population and a new report discusses addresses the health needs of that increasing group of the elderly.

Researchers in the UK are busy tracking excess deaths, just as we do in the US.

Projects that were designed to save money for Medicare and Medicaid instead ended up leading to higher spending.