Chris Edwards I’ve described 10 ways that criminals steal from the food stamp program. This is an important issue because the program, run by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), costs $110 billion a year, and scams are widespread. News ...

Enrollment in government-subsidized “Obamacare” health insurance programs is expanding—and that is not a good thing. As more people place demands on the medical system, that system is increasingly unable to handle the growing demand. ...

Jeffrey A. Singer On May 29, Texas lawmakers approved HB 2038, a bill that could significantly expand access to health care by tapping into a long-overlooked resource: immigrant and unmatched medical graduates. The bill, modeled on Tennessee’s pioneering law enacted ...

In today‘s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon looks back upon the ethical views of the late Alasdair MacIntyre. While praising MacIntyre‘s work, Dr. Gordon points out that he never abandoned his Marxist views of economics, making much of his philosophical ...

Colleen Hroncich A microschool in a converted bus? Depending on your perspective, it may sound crazy, or it may sound amazing. To former public school teacher Sarah Harrington, who was growing frustrated by the limitations in the school system, it ...

David J. Bier Student visas are the primary jumping-off point for most high-skilled immigrants to the United States. Immigrants study at America’s elite universities and then find jobs here when they graduate, mainly through the post-graduate employment authorization program called Optional ...

MMT and chartalism claims that money is a creature of the state and is valued because of state action. The fact that tobacco acted as colonial money independently of the state demonstrates this to be false. ...

Reform UK has become the first political party in Britain to accept bitcoin and other cryptocurrency donations, Nigel Farage announced during a high-profile appearance at the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas. Farage told the audience that Reform UK had updated ...

UK business confidence surged in May to its highest level since last August, according to new data from Lloyds Bank, driven by a sharp rebound in global financial markets and a softening in trade tensions between the US and its ...

Millions of savers could see their retirement pots put at risk under sweeping new pension reforms unveiled by the government, leading experts and campaigners have warned. A series of proposed changes, confirmed on Thursday as part of the new Pension ...