The Lighthouse®
Let’s play a game. What do you think the fastest growing category of U.S.-government spending will be over the next 30 years? Obamacare, Medicare, Social Security? Nope. Answer: net interest on the national debt. And the numbers are terrifying.
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Victor Davis Hanson ( American Greatness )
In recent years, the degreed professionals and so-called experts among us have repeatedly warped their knowledge to serve, not the truth, but ideological ends—causing, in the process, untold damage to American citizens. Is it any wonder the Western public has lost confidence in its managerial class?
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Scott Beyer
In 2015, Bon Appetit declared San Francisco “the best food city in the country.” But the city’s regulatory regime is doing all it can to undermine this status. Progressivism = bad food, too? Who knew...
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John C. Goodman
The reconciliation bill Democrats in Congress are about to pass effectively puts price controls on prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries. Sound good? Think again. The measure’s controls would lead to fewer new drugs, fewer cures, more avoidable deaths, and higher drug prices for the private sector. There are better solutions.
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Volume 25, Issue 32: August 11, 2022
Craig Eyermann
Let’s play a game. What do you think the fastest growing category of U.S.-government spending will be over the next 30 years? Obamacare, Medicare, Social Security? Nope. Answer: net interest on the national debt. And the numbers are terrifying.
READ MORE »
Victor Davis Hanson ( American Greatness )
In recent years, the degreed professionals and so-called experts among us have repeatedly warped their knowledge to serve, not the truth, but ideological ends—causing, in the process, untold damage to American citizens. Is it any wonder the Western public has lost confidence in its managerial class?
READ MORE »
Hot Talk, Cold Science (2021)
Global Warming’s Unfinished Debate (Revised and Expanded Third Edition)
Global Warming’s Unfinished Debate (Revised and Expanded Third Edition)
By S. Fred Singer, David R. Legates, Anthony R. Lupo
Scott Beyer
In 2015, Bon Appetit declared San Francisco “the best food city in the country.” But the city’s regulatory regime is doing all it can to undermine this status. Progressivism = bad food, too? Who knew...
READ MORE »
John C. Goodman
The reconciliation bill Democrats in Congress are about to pass effectively puts price controls on prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries. Sound good? Think again. The measure’s controls would lead to fewer new drugs, fewer cures, more avoidable deaths, and higher drug prices for the private sector. There are better solutions.
READ MORE »
The Beacon: New Blog Posts
- The Economy is Under-Regulated and Increasingly So, by Caleb S. Fuller
- Congress Is Supersizing the IRS. Here’s Why That’s Bad News for Everyday Americans, by Brad Polumbo
- The Fastest Growing Category of Government Spending, by Craig Eyermann
- Gov. Newsom Revives Delta Tunnel Project, by K. Lloyd Billingsley
- The Biden Administration Says US Not in a Recession, but Federal Statutes Say Otherwise. Who is Right?, by Jon Miltimore
- The Gray Man, Harvard Elites and State-Sponsored Murder, by Samuel R. Staley
