Recent reports suggesting that many hospitals have failed to comply with price transparency regulations finalized by the Trump Administration should not come as a surprise. In recent years, analysts on both the Left and the Right have expressed concern about consolidation within the hospital sector, and how hospitals’ lack of transparency and market power have
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(MisterClips/Getty Images) In response to Walter Mitty Owners My friend Jay Nordlinger has written a very fun column about what he would do if he owned a sports team. Like many of you, I imagine, I find the temptations of his hypothetical too alluring to resist penning a reply. I’d like to take a slightly
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 29: Anti-abortion demonstrators gather at Planned Parenthood of DC, where abortions are performed, as part of this year’s March for Life rally on January 29, 2021, in Washington, DC. The March for Life, which brings many thousands of people to Washington each year to protest the 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe
Sadly, last week’s mess of racial nonsense wasn’t enough for the family drama Queen Sugar. The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) series created by BLM activist filmmaker Ava DuVernay about black sugar farm owners in rural Louisiana is still determined to praise Black Lives Matter, but this time they added an unhinged rant about Trump supporters.
In the past several days, America has seen several amplified warnings about COVID-19. President Joe Biden has asked governors and local leaders to institute mask mandates if they lifted them and to pause their current reopening plans. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said she has a “feeling of impending doom” about the COVID-19 case trajectory and
One way to distribute Covid-19 vaccinations is for the vaccinations to go to the recipients instead of recipients going to vaccination locations. This line of thought is being presented as a way to ease what is often described as inequities in underserved communities to access vaccinations. This idea is being used by retailers in some
Amazon is confident that its nearly 6,000-person workforce at a new Bessemer, Alabama warehouse will reject a unionization bid as the historic vote comes to an end. “Our employees choose to work at Amazon because we offer some of the best jobs available everywhere we hire,” Amazon spokesperson Heather Knox told the Daily Caller News
The Campus Intellectual Diversity Act is back. Bills based on the model Campus Intellectual Diversity Act I published with the National Association of Scholars in 2019 were introduced in a number of states in 2020. Those bills would establish an Office of Public Policy Events on public-university campuses. The offices would organize debates, panel discussions,
ABC’s Nightline on Monday proved, yet again, that journalists have no concept of religion or what might be offensive. The late-night news program promoted Lil Nas X and his “Satan Shoes,” as well as the singer’s new video in which he “slides down from heaven to hell on a pole and twerks on Satan.” This, apparently, is
On Tuesday, the Democrats’ favorite Republican, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) condemned the idea of a COVID-19 passport, a document attesting to the fact that a person received a COVID-19 vaccine. Some countries have required citizens have such a passport in order to travel, attend events, work, or generally participate in society. Green said, “I
Last Friday, Taiwan experienced the largest incursion by Chinese military aircraft into its airspace. Six bombers and ten fighter jets may have set a new record but the flights by Chinese military jets have been happening almost daily for the past month. Yesterday, there was another incursion by 10 Chinese aircraft including 8 fighter planes:
On Monday, South Dakota lawmakers rejected the veto by Gov. Kristi Noem over the transgender sports bill. Noem had vetoed the Bill claiming that including college sports in the bill would be detrimental to the state. She argued that the NCAA could exempt their teams from competing and pull all competition from the state. State
Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla., February 27, 2021. (Octavio Jones/Reuters) Kristi Noem, the governor of South Dakota, has written a column at National Review to explain why she vetoed a bill that would have barred biological boys from joining girls’ sports teams in her
There is a renewed push for President Pompeo. It’s something I first reported for this magazine three springs ago. Now, as then, that push comes from at least Mike Pompeo, anyway. The former secretary left little doubt of that speaking last week in Iowa. “This feels like home,” Pompeo said to the Westside Conservative Club
We’ve reached a point of media insanity where liberal outlets are trying to convince people that pollution causes their private parts to shrink. Sky News, PinkNews, VICE, Business Insider and TMZ all pushed stories propagandizing a bonkers theory from a new book by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Professor of Environmental Medicine & Public
It was the least of masks, it was the most of masks, it was the age of lockdowns, it was the age of common sense, it was the epoch of authoritarianism, it was the epoch of rebellion, it was Sweden, it was the Czech Republic. Wait, what? The World Health Organization’s latest COVID-19 data from
Disgusting. Officials in Andrew Cuomo’s administration deny that the governor misappropriated state resources to favor family, friends, and allies in the COVID-19 pandemic. However, multiple sources paint a much different picture for the Washington Post. Not only did those people get special access to resources, staffers were ordered to provide it: New York Gov. Andrew
On March 2, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he was lifting all government restrictions aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19. “I just announced Texas is OPEN 100%, Abbott tweeted. “EVERYTHING. I also ended the statewide mask mandate.” I just announced Texas is OPEN 100%. EVERYTHING. I also ended the statewide mask mandate. — Greg
CNN’s Chris Cuomo during in Los Angeles, California. October 10, 2019. (Mike Blake/Reuters) One year ago, right around the time that CNN’s Chris Cuomo was assuring his viewers that we are “all in this together,” he was personally monopolizing the time of a New York state doctor who had been tasked with helping to coordinate COVID-19
Woke evangelicals and their strange bedfellows Protesters surround the police head quarters to protest against police brutality, the killing of George Floyd and were calling for the firing of the police officers involved in the hit-and-run of several protesters the night before, on June 14, 2020 in Richmond, United States. (Photo by Eze Amos/Getty Images)
A week ago, the Albany Times-Union broke a massive story exposing how New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) diverted state resources to prioritize COVID tests for his family last spring. But when CNN Prime Time host Chris “Fredo” Cuomo got back in the studio Monday, after being suspiciously on vacation last week, he refused to
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This has been a long time coming. Ghislaine Maxwell, who allegedly served as Jeffrey Epstein’s massage scheduler and procurer of young girls, has been charged with sex trafficking of a 14-year-old. Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, was charged on Monday for the first time with sex-trafficking of a minor, as federal prosecutors
Summary: President Joe Biden will receive his daily briefing on Tuesday then he will sign an extension to the PPP law. President Biden’s Itinerary for 3/30/21: All Times EST 10:15 AM Receive daily briefing – Oval Office 2:00 PM Sign an extension to the PPP law – Oval Office White House Briefing Schedule 12:30 PM
1. Suicide Bombing Wounds 20 People During Palm Sunday Mass in Indonesia 2. A reminder that Holy Week is prime time for anti-Christian violence 3. China Imposes Sanctions on Leading British Catholic Human Rights Campaigner Lord Alton 4. Business standing up to China 5. Myanmar coup: Boy cries over coffin of his friend, 13, who
State-run TV program Saturday Night Live featured yet another lame “Weekend Update” segment hosted by “Fake News Anchor” Colin Jost. He claimed that Republican lawmakers love “guns more than people you don’t know.” Jost insinuated blame on Republicans and their dislike of gun restrictions for recent gun violence. He referenced Biden’s calls for universal background
On Monday, I had the great privilege of speaking with the co-founders of GiveSendGo, the number one Christian crowdfunding site. Heather Wilson and Jacob Wells told me they founded GiveSendGo about six years ago in order to “share the hope of Jesus in the world.” The site gained renewed attention last August after it allowed
Today I came across this lengthy explainer at Vox titled “9 questions about the humanitarian crisis on the border, answered.” The piece is clearly meant to be a review of the overall situation but I was struck by the mild tone, even when discussing the fact that the Biden administration is arguably reviving what used
President Joe Biden urged state governors and other officials Monday to implement mask mandates again if they’ve relaxed them. “I’m reiterating my call for every governor, mayor and local leader to maintain and reinstate the mask mandate. Please, this is not politics. Reinstate the mandate if you let it down. And businesses should require masks
A poll worker casts a mail-in ballot for a voter at a drive-thru polling station during the primary election in Miami, Fla., August 18, 2020. (Marco Bello/Reuters) In the Washington Post, Philip Bump says that the debate over voting laws “is more complicated than it needs to be.” The only real question worth considering is