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Accurate Coronavirus Antibody Test Approved

May 5, 2020
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given emergency approval to a COVID-19 antibody test. The manufacturer of the test is Swiss drug maker Roche. The test boasts near-perfect accuracy according to the company’s press release.

About a Quarter of All Americans

March 23, 2020 Steve MacDonald

About a quarter of all Americans are under orders to close up shop and stay home. Lawmakers in the District of Columbia are nearing a stimulus deal. It could pump over a trillion dollars into the economy. The agreement is on the stated need for a stimulus package. All want to limit the economic damage … Read more

Bernie’s Boondoggle Medicare for All

February 5, 2020

What does Medicare for All mean to you? Do you get your health insurance from your employer? Would Medicare for All do something for you… or to you? Will you have the same level of coverage? Is it going to cost you money or save you money?

To Eat or Turn On the Lights, Heat, Charge the Car?

July 17, 2019

Doesn’t wind power seem to be the path to a carbon-free energy future? It’s clean and abundant. Larger turbines have enhanced wind’s power-generating capacity. It’s all good right? Well maybe not so much. Wind energy has grown thanks largely to billions of dollars of production tax credits. That’s a tax , regulatory, and affordability issue. … Read more

Ho, Ho, Ho… Medicare for All… Ho, Ho, Ho… Free Stuff for All

February 5, 2019

Free Health Care… Leftists are pushing ‘Medicare-for-all’. Sixteen senators publicly support Bernie Sanders’ vision of “Medicare-for-all.” Sanders’ bill, S.1804, was explicit about outlawing private health insurance. It will mandate participation in a government run system. The determination of what care would be available, to whom and when would be usurped by the federal government. The … Read more