Health-Care Costs

How to dramatically reduce costs, without “Medicare For All” (which would quickly mean Medicare For None).

One of the infuriating things about the health debate was the false notion that we who don’t want the government to take it over think that the system is fine, or don’t have any ideas how to fix it. The Left just doesn’t like them, and as with climate, it’s not about the policy, it’s about control.

Hong Kong Update

How the protests remaining leaderless has put the Chicoms in a box. They also have to continue to be non violent.

[Update Friday afternoon]

Is the thirty-year engagement with China coming to an end? This is a separate national-security issue from Trump’s more general trade wars (which are good, and easy to win, so he says).

[Saturday-morning update]

How to defend Hong Kong? Start by defending Taiwan.

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[Monday noon update]

Beijing is manufacturing circumstances to justify a crack down.

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The History Of Slavery

From a descendant of slaves.

Yes, the Founders are being unjustly vilified here, and as Glenn notes, “Most of the people loudly criticizing western civilization over race today would happily have been slaveowners themselves.”

The desire to be part of the ruling class of a socialist society is essentially the yearning to be a slavemaster.

Biting Commentary about Infinity…and Beyond!