Regarding the Tragedy in Northern Syria and the Need to Revisit U.S. Security Commitments
Christopher A. Preble andDoug BandowPresident Trump ' s decision to give a de facto green light to a Turkish invasion of northern Syria continues to engender understandable criticism. Lost amidst this furor are several relevant facts: the modest U.S. military presence was inadequate to achieve any of the very ambitious objectives that the missions ' supporters imagined it could. Aswe wrote elsewhere, these troops were not going to " force Assad to yield, ensure free elections, limit Russian influence, oust Iranian forces, prevent an Islamic State revival, or protect the Kurds. "A separate point concerns the conflicts and c...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 23, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Christopher A. Preble, Doug Bandow Source Type: blogs
7 Ways to Deal with Negative Thoughts
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To deal with negative thoughts we have to become mentally strong. Let’s accept the fact that it is not possible to avoid negative thoughts completely. Negative thoughts are the result of our insecurities in life. We cannot avoid negative thoughts but we can learn to deal with them effectively.
Reasons for negative thoughts vary from person to person. For some people it is because of their past failures, for some, it...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - October 23, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: chiragg69 Tags: featured happiness psychology self improvement negative thoughts positive thinking Source Type: blogs
Democrats Are Wrong: America Does Not Have A Widespread "Monopoly Problem"
Ryan BourneSenator Elizabeth Warren vowed not to “let a handful of monopolists dominate our economy.” Senator Amy Klobuchar claimed we were living through “another gilded age.” “In sector after sector…” Bernie Sanders added, “we need a president who has the guts to appoint an attorney general who will take on these huge monopolies. ”Last week ’s Democratic debate showed a clear conventional wisdom in that party: America ’s economy is besieged by a monopoly problem.Markets are said to be dominated by ever smaller numbers of firms enjoying rising markups of price over cost. Consumers are supposedly suff...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 21, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Ryan Bourne Source Type: blogs
87 Inspirational Quotes for Work (Motivation to Work Hard and Smart)
We are once again at the start of a workweek.
So I thought this would be a good time to share 87 of the most inspirational work quotes.
Quotes that will motivate you, help you to focus and work smarter and also reduce the stress and pressure you may feel at work (or in school).
These quotes have helped me many times to re-ignite my own motivation on a rough or bad day and to find a calmer and less stressed focus so I could keep working consistently towards my own goals and dreams.
I hope they will help you to do the same.
Motivational Quotes for Work
“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun's rays d...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - October 14, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Personal Development Source Type: blogs
O'Rourke: Churches That Don't Support Rights Should Lose Exemption
Walter OlsonLast night, at a CNN candidate forum on gay rights, CNN's Don Lemon asked Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke: "religious institutions like colleges, churches, charities. Should they lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage?"O'Rourke answered "Yes," going on to say "There can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break for anyone ... that denies the full human rights and the full civil rights of every single one of us."Aside from being grossly illiberal, anti-pluralist, and inflammatory, O'Rourke's announced policy is also unconstitutional under current Supreme Court precedent.As along line of co...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 11, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Walter Olson Source Type: blogs
History Lesson
As I mentioned in my last post, I have been closely following events in Iraq since shortly after the U.S. invasion, as I first contributed to, then took ownership of the blog Today in Iraq. We have a reader who thought that changing the subject from the Residents recent abandonment of the Syrian Kurds to the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq at the end of 2011 would place the blame for the rise of Islamic State on Barack Obama.In fact the so-calledStatus of Force Agreement that required U.S. forces to leave Iraq by the end of 2011 was signed by President George W. Bush in 2008. The Obama administration attempted to negotiate a new...
Source: Stayin' Alive - October 11, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Syria: Another Forever War Beckons
Ted Galen CarpenterAn explosion of criticism had erupted in Congress and the news media in response to President Trump ’s decision to withdraw a small contingent of U.S. troops stationed in northern Syria. Those forces served as a (mostly symbolic) barrier to Turkey’s ambitions to conduct a military offensive against Syrian Kurdish forces there. Ankara has nowinitiated that offensive.Republican hawks and Trump ’sautomatic adversaries among congressional Democrats are united in excoriating his decision. Much of the criticism has focused on the allegedbetrayal of Washington ’s Kurdish allies. Opponents of the move ar...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 9, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Ted Galen Carpenter Source Type: blogs
The good, the bad, and the hopeful in new interoperability plans from Washington
By CLAUDIA WILLIAMS
Robust exchange of health information is absolutely critical to improving health care quality and lowering costs. In the last few months, government leaders at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have advanced ambitious policies to make interoperability a reality. Overall, this is a great thing. However, there are places where DC regulators need help from the frontlines to understand what will really work.
As California’s largest nonprofit health data network, Manifest MedEx has submitted comments and met with policymakers several times over the last few months to discuss ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Data Health Policy Claudia Williams CMS Health Data health information Interoperability Manifest MedEx Source Type: blogs
Bump Stocks Aren't Machine Guns
Trevor Burrus andJames KnightA bump stock is firearm accessory that allows the user to fire a semi-automatic gun more quickly by harnessing its recoil. After the tragic 2017 mass killing in Las Vegas, it was reported that the shooter used guns equipped with bump stocks to carry out his crime, leading to a backlash against the devices. Despite considerable bipartisan support in Congress for passing a bill banning bump stocks, President Trump told members of Congress not to address the issue. Instead, the president directed his administration to ban bump stocks by reinterpreting existing laws that ban fully automatic guns. T...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 3, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Trevor Burrus, James Knight Source Type: blogs
Waters of the United States
Peter Van DorenThe Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers recentlyannounced the official repeal of an Obama administration definition of which streams, wetlands, rivers, and lakes are under the jurisdiction of the federal government for purposes of the Clean Water Act. Under the Act, “polluters” must obtain permits for discharge of substances into “navigable waters.” Implementation of the law requires a definition of “pollution” and “navigable waters.” Congress provided a definition and examples of pollution but was less helpful about “navigable waters,” defi ning them simply as “...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 24, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Peter Van Doren Source Type: blogs
Interventionists Evade Responsibility for Their Policy Disasters
Ted Galen CarpenterAs I point out in a newNational Interest Onlinearticle, a multi-sided struggle for power in Libya continues to fester more than eight years after the United States led an air war to help rebels oust longtime dictator Muammar Qaddafi.Libya joins Iraq and Syria as a classic example of the failed U.S. regime-change strategy.Fighting between Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar ’s so-called Libyan National Army (LNA) and the even more misnamed Government of National Accord (GNA) has intensified in and around the capital, Tripoli. The LNA boasted on September 11 that its forces had routed troops of the Sarraj milit...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 20, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Ted Galen Carpenter Source Type: blogs
Was the Housing Bailout Good Business for the Taxpayer?
Diego ZuluagaEarlier this month, the Department of the Treasury released its long-awaited housing financereform plan, which focused mainly on the two government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The feds took both GSEs over in 2008, when rising defaults jeopardized their viability. The blueprint ’s release date was propitious, eleven years almost to the date after the controversial bailout.But was the controversy justified? As the GSEs ’ long-overdue exit from government “conservatorship” becomes a more realistic possibility, somemarket participants with a vested interest aretelling us that Uncle S...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 19, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Diego Zuluaga Source Type: blogs
