Penna Dexter Last month Maine became the eighth state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. The Daily Signal called this an “ominous trend” stating: “Once physician-assisted suicide is on the table, doctors, families, and insurers encounter perverse incentives to end the lives of the most vulnerable — the sick, the disabled, the very young, or very old.” One perverse incentive that’s cropping…
Read NowPenna Dexter The post-World War II baby boom is in its twilight years. It began at the war’s end and extended until 1994. Currently, we’re in what Washington Post economic writer Robert Samuelson calls “the great bust.” And what are the causes? According to demographer Nicholas Eberstadt, one underlying cause is a decline in religious belief. Americans are going to…
Read NowPenna Dexter “We’ve become used to the idea that the young — more progressive in their voting habits — are the future, and the rest of us had just better adapt,” writes Gerard Baker, The Wall Street Journal’s Editor at Large. He then proceeds to debunk this idea. In fact, Mr. Baker continues, “In political terms, the old are the…
Read NowPenna Dexter On January 20,1961 President John F. Kennedy ended his inaugural address with a challenge: “And so, my fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.” These words invigorated a new generation of Americans. The crowd of progressives currently running for president seem to be speaking a…
Read NowPenna Dexter Proposals for single-payer healthcare depend upon deriving more productivity from a system that is already stretched thin. Medicare-for-All, which would nationalize the practice of medicine, already has 106 House co-sponsors. Under Medicare-for-All, doctors would be salaried government employees. Hospitals and other medical facilities would be expected to provide care for all their patients within an allotted budgeted dollar…
Read NowPenna Dexter Fathers’ Day reminds us how crucial dads are to their children’s success in life. We know boys without a father influence have huge obstacles to overcome. But there’s also research showing the important ways in which fathers affect the lives of their young adult daughters. First — daughters with dads who encourage them to achieve — do. Linda…
Read NowPenna Dexter It’s striking that the Trump administration and the US Senate have cooperated to confirm a record 41 judges to the US Circuit Courts of Appeals, beating the Nixon Administration, which logged 25 confirmations by its third year. This is important because the 13 appeals courts have the final say in all but the approximately 70 cases the Supreme…
Read NowPenna Dexter In a slow moment at Starbucks, one of my favorite young baristas chatted about how she and her boyfriend divide the cooking duties. She also mentioned they recently moved here from halfway across the country. Her revelations made me think about how much has changed due to the sexual revolution. Activities and events that used to take place…
Read NowPenna Dexter The US Department of Health and Human Services took steps, in recent days, to correct a troubling injustice initiated by the previous administration. Three years ago, HHS issued a rule, under the Affordable Care Act, that redefined ‘sex discrimination’ to include ‘gender identity.’ In addition, the rule included ‘pregnancy termination’ — i.e. abortion — in this non-discrimination clause. The…
Read NowPenna Dexter When Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed the state’s new Human Life Protection Act, she implied that the goal of the bill is to set up a challenge to Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court case that legalized abortion nationwide. She said: “To the bill’s many supporters, this legislation stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians’ deeply held…
Read NowPenna Dexter Socialism is disturbingly cool these days. Obviously, we haven’t learned enough from history. There are generations of voters who weren’t even born yet when the Berlin Wall and Soviet communism fell. They also weren’t around in the 60’s when many European countries implemented socialist policies that are now a drag on their economies. Author Joshua Muravchik is an…
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