When standard treatments fail, patients facing life-threatening conditions often turn to experimental therapies still under investigation. Early access programs—including compassionate use, an expanded access program, and right-to-try pathways—offer hope by providing investigational treatments outside clinical trials. Yet these programs exist at the intersection of profound ethical tensions that challenge our most fundamental values about medical…

By Norm Singleton  Critics of free market-minded members of Congress often disparage them for blocking “must-pass” pieces of legislation. These detractors argue that liberty-focused lawmakers should not let perfect be the enemy of the good— and that isolated concerns will never be enough to ensure more fiscal conservatism or fend off the regulatory state. This…

by Jenna Obie Maine Governor Janet Mills is once again at the center of controversy, this time for refusing to comply with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump. While some have hailed her defiance as an act of political courage, many Mainers see it as yet another example of her disregard for the…

William L. Kovacs DOGE stands for the Department of Government Efficiency, a creation of President Trump. This five-part series describes the DOGE and its relationship to the laws of political chaos, a brief history of the predecessors to DOGE, the long-overdue need to implement the hard work done by prior DOGEs, a recognition that real…

“It’s the most important election of our lifetime” is a regular sarcastic quip from Libertarians. Who can blame them really? It’s repeated every single election cycle, and the world has not yet ended. This election may not be any different, but it is an irregularly consequential election. I don’t believe there is an intellectually honest…

The federal government’s financial report shows it is de facto bankrupt, with assets of $4.9 trillion and expenses and debts of $40 trillion.