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I’ve written a lot about autonomous vehicles and their problems. Then I ran across this.

  Ed Koch, one of my favorite NYC mayors, always asked, “How am I doing?” This is a good question, and the answer partly depends on what we measure. Econ training suggests we begin with GDP, but are there alternatives?

One of the courses in MBA school was a primer on the law in healthcare – just enough to make us dangerous, and not fully informed. Of course, as a member of ACSH, I have access to Dr. Billauer, an attorney and scholar.

I began by dismissing the term "GMO" as a meaningless pseudo-category, emphasizing that genetic modification is a seamless continuum that has been practiced for centuries.

I was a big fan of the series by James Burke, a science historian, called Connections, which described mutualism in the dance between scientific achievements and history, how they interconnect and build upon one another in ways more reminiscent of

Non-profit hospitals have very small margins and often report losses in their day-to-day operations when feeding at the federal trough.

    I’ve written so much about food labeling. As it turns out, the term “plant-based” is so 2023!

We treat sports Gambling differently because the State is addicted to the revenue and ignores the cost.

Climate Change This issue has been with us for decades and now results in much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth. My concerns include the need to consider energy systems globally rather than locally.

“Once pretty, vivacious young women in their late teens and early twenties awaiting marriage and children, one by one, they sickened.