Plans to cannibalize protections afforded by the Affordable Care Act are all there in Project 2025, the blueprint for another Trump term. Coverage for preexisting conditions would come under special attack. Knives would also be out for Medicare. Many drug prices, for one, would soar.
Op-Eds
Cal Thomas: Vote buying, Biden style
Some critics say President Joe Biden is engaging in a more sophisticated type of vote buying in his attempt to forgive student loan debt.
What do many veterans want out of the election? Care and concern.
American veterans want real answers from candidates on the unconscionable way our nation treats them when they need help.
Hal Phillips: RiverWatch: Educating yourself for the rigors of late capitalism? Learn to learn
We products of the liberal arts vocationalized ourselves as members of the workforce, serially, according to need, preference, circumstance, opportunity and our willingness/ability to shift gears.
Cal Thomas: Lebanon then and now
Lebanon was once known as the “Switzerland of the Middle East.” Now it has been wracked by war and terrorism, fueled by Islamic fanaticism.
Froma Harrop: Vance couldn’t even defend the democracy
He could summon all the oily debate tactics needed to evade questions and renovate lies. But one thing that J.D. Vance couldn’t find in his toolbox was the courage to say something that is totally obvious: Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.
Austin Bay: Time to fix the Pentagon’s recruitment and retention problems
Retaining personnel is expensive. Military service is servitude of a special sort. Suppressing the lure of civilian life requires higher pay, benefits and other incentives.
Rich Lowry: Kamala Harris, faux border hawk
Kamala Harris desperately needs to deflect responsibility for the ongoing debacle at the border, and she thinks she knows just how to do it.
Dave Griffiths: This and That: Can we talk?
For me, it doesn’t get better than finding common ground with a baseball nut or a blues fan or a fellow vet.
Froma Harrop: Bottom line on the border: It’s already orderly
Vice President Kamala Harris says she would tighten the border further, adding 1,500 Border Patrol agents, 4,300 asylum officers and 100 immigration judges. A shortage of such authorities enabled much of the mess. And she vows as president to sign that serious immigration bill.