Israel’s Prime Minister Just Renamed a Controversial Settlement After Donald Trump
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveil the sign to inaugurate a new settlement named after President Donald Trump in the Golan Heights on Sunday, June 16, 2019.Ariel Schalit/AP On Sunday, Israel officially named a settlement in the disputed Golan Heights after President Donald Trump. At the ceremony to…
The Price of Insulin Is a National Disgrace
Erik Mcgregor/Pacific Press via ZUMA Over on Twitter, my post about the soaring price of insulin provoked an argument over the cost of producing the stuff. Let’s run through that. For comparison, the aspirin you buy at your local drug store is priced at about 5-10x the cost of the raw material, depending on whether…
Insulin and the Free Market: A Brief Inquiry
The Washington Post tells the story today of Lija Greenseid: Her daughter, who is 13, has Type 1 diabetes and needs insulin. In the United States, it can cost hundreds of dollars per vial. In Canada, you can buy it without a prescription for a tenth of that price. So, Greenseid led a small caravan…
Trump Campaign Purges Pollsters After Devastating Internal Polling Is Leaked
President Donald Trump speaks about expanding health coverage options for small businesses and workers event at the White House on June 13, 2019.Oliver Contreras/AP Just two days before Trump will kick off his reelection bid inside a 20,000-person arena in Orlando, Florida, NBC News and the New York Times reported on Sunday that his campaign has purged…
Trump Just Said He Wants a Poll on the “Dishonest” News Media. Polls Show People Trust Him Less.
Activists inflate a Donald Trump baby balloon in Los Angeles on October 18, 2018, ahead of a politically-themed convention.Richard Vogel/AP On Sunday morning, President Trump tweeted about the New York Times and the Washington Post, calling them “dishonest” and “deceitful,” while parroting his typical line of attack that he believes them to be the “Enemy…
Donald Trump Just Found Another Infuriating Way to Undermine Science
Evan Vucci/AP He has done it again. President Donald Trump just found a new way to undermine science—and benefit industry—from the federal level. On Friday evening, when it was unlikely to receive much coverage, the president issued an executive order directing federal agencies to “evaluate the need” for and severely limit the number of expert…