All too often public health policymakers and officials tend to treat private sector healthcare providers as either a distraction, an impediment or even an active adversary. But that’s shortsighted, according to Novartis head of social business Harald Nusser and Jeffrey Sturchio, CEO at Rabin Martin, a […]
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WASHINGTON BEYOND THE HEADLINES: Bipartisan action on IP, De Rugy on tariffs and more…
By Andy Blom, TES Contributor A combination of oppressive heat and Presidential tweets paralyzed Congress, so we still do not have a budget or spending bill. However, free market conservatives continue advancing ideas and legislation that cover a startling diversity of topics. Here’s a roundup of last week’s activity in Washington… […]
The Tech Wars Heat Up: U.S. Makes National Security Declarations to Spur Rare Earths Development
By Daniel McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy Editor Forget the trade war – the tech war is heating up. After weeks of Chinese threats that it could cut off U.S. access to the essential technology materials known as rare earths, the Trump Administration today took a counter-action of its own. Jennifer […]
Trump and the GOP can protect the American taxpayer and win working class votes all at the same time
By George Landrith, President, Frontiers of Freedom The US House of Representatives is getting closer to voting on the Butch Lewis Act, which failed to pass last year. While a number of provisions in the current version of the legislation make it an unworthy solution, the truth is the problem it attempts […]
Courting Cortizo: Investors Beware
By Andrew Langer, President, Institute for Liberty & TES Contributor When the Panama Canal was completed, it was heralded as one of the most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken. In fact, the American Society of Civil Engineers has ranked the canal as one of its seven wonders of the modern world. Having seen […]
Tomorrow’s lawyers seem fine with digital piracy
It’s reasonable to assume that the mindset of the current class of law students can provide certain clues as to the beliefs of the next generation of lawyers (notwithstanding the fact that half of them will probably never actually become lawyers, but that’s a different topic). If […]
Trump must hold Qatar accountable for violating the Open Skies agreement
Drew Johnson, Senior Fellow, National Center for Public Policy Research Last week, President Trump hosted Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, at the White House. The two leaders discussed Middle East security and peacekeeping efforts, and celebrated a Qatar Airways agreement to purchase five American-made Boeing 777 cargo planes. […]
WASHINGTON BEYOND THE HEADLINES: America can use its own strategic minerals, indexing capital gains for inflation and more…
By Andy Blom, TES Contributor Congress is back at work, kind of, with the National Defense Authorization Act and funding issues looming while the Democrats bicker among themselves. In the meantime, free market conservatives are advancing ideas and legislation that cover a startling diversity of topics. Here’s a roundup of last […]
Oh BTW we have no idea where Iran’s uranium went
As Iran claims that it is restarting work on uranium enrichment in response to sweeping sanctions imposed by Donald Trump, it’s worth remembering that we have absolutely no idea where all the enriched uranium supposedly removed from Iran under the 2015 JCPOA agreement actually, you know, […]
A U.S.-Japan trade deal is long overdue
U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are both casting about for new policies and strategies as they seek to revive their sagging political and diplomatic fortunes, while the Japanese leader also faces the difficult task of juicing economic growth in […]