America’s GDP hits 4.1

By David Arnett

Released today the Bureau of Economic Analysis officially reports that the real gross domestic product (GDP) of the nation increased at an annual rate of 4.1 percent in the second quarter of 2018. In the first quarter, real GDP increased 2.2 percent (revised).

The Bureau emphasized that the second-quarter advance estimate is based on source data that are subject to further revision.    Continue reading →

Hysterical plastic entertainment

By David Arnett

Opinion: Matt Walsh in The Daily Wire takes fun away from the latest hysterical crisis. He begins, “There is nothing wrong with trying to cut down on waste. There is nothing wrong with trying to cut down on the amount of straws we use. But when you use fake statistics to whip up hysteria, and you indulge in extreme exaggeration and blatant falsehood and especially when you use these exaggerations and falsehoods as the basis for unnecessary laws, then it becomes incumbent on honest people to step in and correct the record.”  Continue reading →

Stranding patients in SwampCare

By Dr. Jane M. Orient, M.D.

The Swamp in D.C., and its crony capitalist retainers do not want to lose their grip on the trillions that slosh through the healthcare sector — approaching one-fifth of the U.S. economy.

The one thing that would cut costs (not just spending), restore sanity, protect the patient-physician relationship, unleash innovation, and encourage excellent care is to put patients in control of their own money.   Continue reading →