One Problem with Big Government: Often Run by Crooks and Liars
Presidential candidates are proposing ideas to expand government, including a Green New Deal and Medicare for All. One flaw with such schemes is that they would give government officials large new powers to be exercised not by angels but often by very shady characters.James Madisonwrote that politicians sought office “from 3 motives. 1. ambition 2. personal interest. 3. public good. Unhappily the two first are proved by experience to be most prevalent.”There are news stories every day that buttress Madison ’s point. Here are two that caught my eye.Catherine Pugh: “Personal Interest”–as covered by Brakkton Booke...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 7, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
Podcast: There ’s More to Trauma than PTSD
Most of us are familiar with post-traumatic stress disorder. PTSD (deservedly) gets a lot of attention, largely focused on soldiers returning from service. But trauma comes in many forms, and most people have experienced it in one form or another. In this episode, learn about the differences between PTSD and other forms of trauma, how to identify it, and what can be done about it.
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Robert T. Muller, Ph.D., is the author of the psychotherapy book, “Trauma & the Struggle to Open Up: From Avoidance to Recovery & Gro...
Source: World of Psychology - April 18, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Show Tags: General PTSD The Psych Central Show Trauma Gabe Howard Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs
Preview of Oral Arguments in Kisor v. Wilkie
On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments inKisor v. Wilkie, an important administrative law case in which the Court is reconsidering theAuer doctrine, or controlling deference to an agency ’s regulatory interpretations.The immediate controversy pertains to James Kisor, a Vietnam veteran whose claim for disability benefits hinged on the interpretation of the term “relevant” in the Board of Veterans Appeals rules of procedure. Only when the board denied Mr. Kisor’s claim did the agency announce its interpretation unprompted and without having been briefed on the matter. Obviously, Mr. Kisor wa...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 25, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: William Yeatman Source Type: blogs
College Admission Fraud: Weirdness Department
The recent flapdoodle has reminded me of a very strange incident my freshman year. That was a while ago, okay? They had us show up a few days before the start of classes for orientation -- you know, which way is south, don ' t climb the water tower (which we wouldn ' t have thought of doing if they hadn ' t told us not to), meet with your advisor, have the athletic department determine if you were worthy of their interest, all that sort of thing.They also tried to engineer ways of getting acquainted with your fellow students. One of these was folk dancing, which definitely did not interest me but for lack of anything bette...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 21, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
“Public Charge” is a Public Health Disaster in the Making
This article originally appeared on Arc Health here. (Source: The Health Care Blog)
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 1, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Politics health equity Immigration Phuoc Le public charge refugees Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. News Relevant To E-Health And The Health Sector In General Among Other Things.
February 28, 2019 Edition.-----Trump flies to Vietnam for a Summit with Kim, the Emergency has 16 States suing to stop it, he is fiddling to make abortion harder and the Mueller Inquiry draws ever closer. Testimony from Michael Cohen added spice to Trump's week!Brexit is still a mess with both major parties now losing members to the 2nd Referendum push.In Australia the pork-barrel is being rolled out across the country while scandals and data-leaks abound. Additionally we have Snowy 2.0 and a Royal Commission into the disability sector!----- Major Issues.https://www.afr.com/real-estate/huge-sentiment-shift-sydney-melbourne...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - February 28, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Declaring an End to the Korean War
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un might agree at their summit this week in Hanoi, Vietnam, to declare an end to the Korean War. Since this conflict stopped 66 years ago, what would be the practical impact of such declaration? (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - February 28, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: James Dobbins Source Type: blogs
A Conversation with Marietje Schaake (Part 2)
Marietje Schaake is a leading and influential voice in Europe on digital platforms and the digital economy. She is the founder of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Digital Agenda for Europe and has been a member of the European Parliament since 2009 representing the Dutch party D66 that is part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) political group. Schaake is spokesperson for the center/right group in the European Parliament on transatlantic trade and digital trade, and she is Vice-President of the European Parliament ’s US Delegation. She has for some time advocated more regulation and acco...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 20, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Flemming Rose Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. News Relevant To E-Health And The Health Sector In General Among Other Things.
February 13, 2019 Edition.-----The big news in the next few months will be from OZ as we see a NSW State election followed by a Federal Budget and election. That will keep us all busy for the next little while! Worse politics federally has gone totally feral with Border Security issues at fever pitch. The Government also lost a vote in the House and are mightily annoyed!Trump is off to Vietnam to meet with Kim again and is seemingly more and more unhinged. Relationships with China are not good and probably getting worse as the world economy slows. A new shutdown and worse tariffs also in the mix. Brexit is still not fixed ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - February 14, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
OhmniLabs Uses Robots to Make Telepresence a Reality: Interview with CEO Thuc Vu
Anyone who has made a video call knows its limitations: holding up a phone or tablet is cumbersome, silences are awkward, and the interaction itself can be a bit artificial.
OhmniLabs uses robots to transform simple video calls into “telepresence,” a more natural and immersive form of communication. The Santa Clara, California-based company designs rolling robots with a mounted display and hardware. A user can call in to the robot, connect, and move the robot around its space using a controller.
OhmniLabs founders Jared Go, CTO, Thuc Vu, CEO, and Tingxi Tan, CPO
While this might seem like a minor difference from tradit...
Source: Medgadget - February 11, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Cici Zhou Tags: Exclusive Telemedicine Source Type: blogs
Courts Must Reassert Control Over Administrative Agencies
Those who hold the reins of political power will not always be benevolent, self-restrained public servants —and the procedural safeguards that seem frustrating and counterproductive in one instance may very well be necessary bulwarks in another.Those safeguards are undermined by the Supreme Court ’s requirement that courts give deference to a regulatory agency’s interpretation of its own rules. Under this principle, most recently enunciated inAuer v. Robbins (1997), agencies can change their minds on how to enforce the law without so much as giving the public notice.Consider James Kisor, a Vietnam veteran whose cla...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 4, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus, William Yeatman Source Type: blogs
Vietnam's Defense Policy of'No' Quietly Saves Room for'Yes '
Rising U.S.-China tensions over freedom of navigation in the South China Sea have pressured other states, particularly within Southeast Asia, to choose sides. Vietnam in the last few years has played a delicate balancing act. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - January 21, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: Derek Grossman; Dung Huynh Source Type: blogs
Heroin Addiction Explained: How Opioids Hijack the Brain - The New York Times
THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC is devastating America. Overdoses have passed car crashes and gun violence to become the leading cause of death for Americans under 55. The epidemic has killed more people than H.I.V. at the peak of that disease, and its death toll exceeds those of the wars in Vietnam and Iraq combined. Funerals for young people have become common. Every 11 minutes, another life is lost.So why do so many people start using these drugs? Why don ' t they stop?Some people are more susceptible to addiction than others. But nobody is immune. For many, opioids like heroin entice by bestowing an immediate sense ...
Source: Psychology of Pain - December 20, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: blogs
What Connects Isis, Sharks And The Radical Left?
It was December 26th 1975 and I was stood in line at my local movie theatre waiting to see Jaws.
Even though it was released in the summer in the US this was the first showing in the UK and I was pumped.
And a bit scared.
Because I’d already read the book and sharks are scary, right? Even big plastic two-dimensional ones.
With that movie, Steven Speilberg created fear in the hearts of hundreds of thousands of people who ventured into the ocean over the following years after watching the film.
People who had previously never given sharks a second thought were all of a sudden having an extra look around before getting ...
Source: A Daring Adventure - December 13, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Controversial Source Type: blogs
Keep Government Away From Twitter
Twitter recently re-activated Jesse Kelly ’s account after telling him that he was permanently banned from the platform. The social media giant informed Kelly, a conservative commentator, that his account was permanently suspended “due to multiple or repeat violations of the Twitter rules.” Conservative pundits, journalists, and polit icians criticized Twitter’s decision to ban Kelly, with some alleging that Kelly’s ban was the latest example of perceived anti-conservative bias in Silicon Valley. While some might be infuriated with what happened to Kelly’s Twitter account, we should bewary ofcalls for governmen...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 29, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Matthew Feeney Source Type: blogs
