Shkreli is Wrong, But Only Responding to Government Incentives by Ben Ramanauskas Martin Shkreli has managed to engender feelings of revulsion in the vast majority of the population. He incurred widespread odium when his company, Turing Pharmaceuticals, acquired the drug Daraprim, which is commonly used to treat toxoplasmosis, which kills people with weakened immune systems, such…
Sanders Doesn’t Understand Why Canadian Pharmaceutical Industry isn’t that Great [dropcap size=big]O[/dropcap]nce again, Bernie Sanders has taken to Twitter to educate us all on how great the Canadian healthcare system is. The Vermont Senator is a big fan of the Canadian “universal” healthcare system, and therefore infers that because the government pays for their prescription…
by Ben Ramanauskas On May 31, 1980, three gang members stormed into the Hong Kong apartment of a prostitute, Madame Lam. She was to be the primary witness at the trio’s murder trial. One of the gangsters had rang Madam Lam’s doorbell in the afternoon and thinking he was a client, her husband—as he habitually did—withdrew…
By Guy Bentley The two candidates vying for the Democratic nomination are mostly associated with dishonesty and socialism, according to the latest Gallup poll. The public’s impression of Hillary Clinton leaves much to be desired. The words that first spring to mind when the public hears Clinton’s name are “dishonest/liar/don’t trust her/poor character.” Clinton’s only…
By Lina Bryce Stefanie Williams took to Medium on Monday to compose an open response to former Eat24 employee Talia Jane, whose post on poverty allegedly resulted in her termination. Williams’ brutal honesty serves as a wake-up call for anyone looking for employment, while unwilling to do what is necessary to pay the bills. “She is on the receiving end…
By Michael Bastasch House investigators want to know how much carbon dioxide a top Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official spewed into the atmosphere while traveling the country promoting agency rules aimed at curbing global warming. Texas Republican Rep. Lamar Smith’s office wants to know how much CO2 Janet McCabe, the head of EPA’s air and…
What would you do if you had to watch your child suffer through dozens of seizures a day? If you are like most parents, your answer is “anything I can do to help them.” That’s how Forrest Hurd feels. Forrest and his son Silas live in Nevada County, California. Like many parents in his situation,…
By Guy Bentley The leader of Britain’s Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn suffered a humiliating blow in the House of Commons Monday, with members of Parliament erupting into laughter at his irrelevance in the UK’s debate on whether to leave the European Union (EU). After Prime Minister David Cameron delivered his statement on the newly negotiated…
By Blake Neff The president of California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) unceremoniously ordered the cancellation of a planned event featuring conservative writer Ben Shapiro so it can be replaced with a more diverse featured speaker. The event, titled “When Diversity Becomes a Problem,” was organized by CSULA’s chapter of the Young America’s Foundation (YAF) and was going…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos Many college students will be too busy drinking and partying on spring break to vote for Sen. Bernie Sanders in March, just as his presidential campaign gears up for a series of crucial Democratic primaries in their states. More than half a million college students — a key demographic for Sanders —…