Category: A Further Perspective
What, Exactly, Does the Right Stand For?
Years of bickering over the meaning of American conservatism and the identity of the American Right, which had already escalated…
The ACA’s Unraveling: Fifteen Years of Unintended Consequences
In December 2012 I testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee as Pennsylvania’s secretary of human services and delivered…
Chanukah Is Relevant for Everyone — but Not in the Way You Might Think
Of all the holidays on the Jewish calendar, Chanukah, which began last Sunday evening, has always been one of my…
The Quiet Engine Behind Gen Z and Millennial Malaise
For years, pointing out the obvious was considered impolite: America’s biggest, most distortionary transfer of wealth does not flow from…
10 Years After San Bernardino Terrorist Attack
Tuesday, December 2 marked 10 years since Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik shot dead Robert Adams, Isaac Amianos, Bennetta Betbadal,…
Trump’s Pivot Could Make Health Care Affordable Again
President Donald Trump sent out a surprising statement on Truth Social last week. Though it applied to a specific policy…
Bad Presidents or Bad Government?
No matter where one looks these days, there is an explosion of anger over the decline in political ethics and…
A Requiem for Orphanages
I came out on Nov. 29, 1994, in the most visible of news outlets, the op-ed page of the Wall…
The Myth of the Noble Savage
We are increasingly asked now, particularly by those of anti-Western or antihuman persuasions, to see the Indian tribes populating the…
Why Some Jews Support Their Enemies
A disturbing pattern has emerged in contemporary Jewish political behavior. According to exit polls, approximately one-third of Jewish voters in…
