St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Recalibrating the use of deadly force
FEB. 11, 2016 — Eighteen months after the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., a top police research organization has issued 30...
Chicago Tribune: Why the Fed shouldn’t go negative
FEB. 12, 2016 — Have we got a strange deal for you, Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen said — hypothetically — to America’s banks:...
Editorial: Why welfare reform must include work requirements
How can we ensure that welfare acts as a safety net for the truly needy and not as a handout to able-bodied adults who...
Editorial: Combatting opioid addiction a national priority
America is suffering from a pernicious and growing addiction to a category of drugs that include prescription pain medications and heroin.Opioid abuse and overdoses...
Orange County (Calif.) Register: Obama’s wishful budget can’t be taken seriously
FEB. 10, 2016 — When President Barack Obama submitted his proposed budget one year ago, he claimed that he wanted to do away with...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Drug king: A consumer foe gives Congress the silent treatment
FEB. 10, 2016 — Martin Shkreli, the 32-year-old poster child of greedy drug companies, smirked and smiled his way through a congressional hearing last...
Chicago Tribune: More debt for US taxpayers? What could go wrong?
FEB. 7, 2016 — We were startled but not surprised when an email from the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hit our...
Chicago Tribune: Women pilots of World War II deserve to be laid to rest...
FEB. 7, 2016 — Here’s a World War II story featuring an unsung protagonist: Jill McCormick was piloting an A-24 dive bomber/scout plane out...
Sacramento Bee: Another Super Bowl, another brain trauma casualty
FEB. 5, 2016 — It is ever harder to watch the Super Bowl without mixed feelings. This week, as football fans geared up for...
Editorial: Proposed audit protects taxpayers
The Columbus DispatchOhioans support the state’s colleges and universities to the tune of $2.1 billion a year. In return for this investment, the legislature...