ObamaCare Unraveled
The Affordable Care Act — ObamaCare — has supporters because it offers subsidies and increased access to Medicaid, but there are good reasons why even most Democrats vilify it....
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About: Kurt Williamsen
Posts by Kurt Williamsen
Government-run Healthcare
Many Americans wish the United States had a government-run healthcare system similar to England’s. But we already have two of them: the VA and the Indian Health Service. ...
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Does Single-payer Signal a Solution?
Single-payer healthcare — such as Canada has — is sold with promises of low costs, abundant care, and high quality. But do the claims stack up to scrutiny? ...
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Free Market Healthcare Reform
With health insurance companies being the bane of Americans, it seems silly to suggest that the private sector play a role in fixing the healthcare system, but it must...
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Selective Outrage Over Trump’s Affront
Donald Trump has been taking a lashing for supposedly implying, however vaguely, that if Hillary Clinton won the presidency, maybe gun owners could stop her from nominating anti-Second Amendment...
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Do Multiple Universes Explain Away the Evidence of God?
Many scientists try to rationalize the stupendously unlikely coincidences that allow life to develop in our universe by claiming that many universes exist. But are the claims credible? ...
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What Science Says About the Existence of God
It is often stated not only that religion and science are not compatible, but that science disproves God’s existence. We explain what science does show. ...
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How to Protect Our Environment
Concerned about the spotted owl and sage grouse or the purity and availability of water, woods, and open spaces? We tell why present “protections” aren’t working, and what will....
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So I’m Told Trade Deficits Are Good
Many economists claim not only that huge U.S. trade deficits are good things for America, but that they can prove it logically. Well, they are somewhat correct. ...
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Discrimination and Fairness in Arizona
Now that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has vetoed her state’s Religious Freedom Restoration bill, which would have allowed religious business owners who find homosexual “marriage” to be morally repugnant...
Do Progressive Policies Hurt Black Americans?
There is no question that blacks, as a group, are faring poorly in the United States, so it’s worth knowing whether present policies are working wonderfully or failing spectacularly....
Affirmative Action Assumptions
For many years, debates over “affirmative action” programs for blacks going to college have focused on “fairness” when they probably should have centered on “worth.” ...
Baby Boomers to Suffer From Dollar’s Decline
It should be asked in the wake of the “successful” fiscal-cliff negotiations, “Why does the U.S. debt ceiling need to be raised again; why, during fiscal-cliff negotiations, didn’t Congress...
The High Cost of “Hooking Up”
Americans are told almost nonstop to ignore prohibitions against free sex and that indulging in unrestrained, promiscuous sex means everyone goes away happy. Bad idea. ...
How to Win My Vote for Obama, Seriously!
Back in 2008, I had a difficult time detecting any substantive difference between the top-tier candidates — Barack Obama and John McCain — both of whom had surprisingly similar...
Redistributing the Wealth — Fairly
Some family friends of ours had quite a bit of excitement recently: They adopted a baby boy! Their new boy is the joy of joys for them because, though...
Collective Bargaining “Rights”
Don’t let Walker take away our rights.” That claim is repeatedly heard in Wisconsin as public-union workers try to recall Republican state Senators who voted for Governor Scott Walker’s...
Collective Bargaining “Rights”
“Don’t let Walker take away our rights.” That claim is repeatedly heard in Wisconsin as public-union workers try to recall Republican state Senators who voted for Governor Scott Walker’s...
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No Compromise on Compromise
From infancy on, most Americans hear a steady litany of "compromise, compromise, compromise." Whether parents are breaking up a toddler fight in a sandbox over a big, yellow Tonka...
Will Cap-and-trade Bill Make Meeting Energy Efficiency Standards a Requirement for House Sale?
A chain letter that I’ve received four times already about provisions of the cap-and-trade bill that passed the House and is awaiting Senate approval paints a pretty dire picture:...