National Health Insurance in America Today’s TLR is not about Obamacare … so relax. It’s also not an analysis of the various national health insurance proposals or about the problems facing America’s health care system or the costliness of medical coverage. There are multiple sources for...
The Federalism Wars: The Covid-19 Battle America’s Constitution divides sovereignty between the Federal government and State governments. It creates a power-sharing system – a federation with both centralized and fractionalized powers. Like any joint undertaking, success requires a fine balance, a give-and-take. It isn’t quite “All...
Draining the Swamp “Draining the swamp” refers to the practice of draining swampland to reduce alligator and mosquito populations …, in short, to eradicate man-eaters and blood-suckers. But that’s not what “draining the swamp” refers to in 21st Century America. Today, “the swamp” refers to Washington,...
The Failure of Rent Control Rent control as a policy has failed. It is a primary cause of the urban housing shortage. The New York Times in December ran an editorial praising New York State’s recently-enacted tenant protection laws: “Evictions are Down. Thank New...
The U.S. Constitution and The Rule of Law America was founded on and has flourished by observing the Rule of Law, the foundation of democracy embedded in the Constitution and largely explained in the Federalist Papers. The Rule of Law means that all Americans, whether...
