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Democrats think preexisting conditions will once again carry them to electoral victory. Despite their own liabilities and callousness on the issue, they’re probably right.

Belgium has not had a functioning government since December 2018. No one appears to be any worse off. It is an example Americans should ponder.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem will address the Republican convention tonight. According to the Freedom in the 50 States report, South Dakota has one of the lowest state‐local tax burdens in the nation, and Noem has helped to keep it that way.

Does it feel like you’re walking on eggshells lately when talking about politics? You’re not alone...

Mask‐wearing is important. There is scientific consensus that infected people (who often are unaware they’re infected) who wear masks greatly reduce the odds of their infecting others and growing evidence that uninfected people who wear masks reduce their risk of becoming infected. But, a general mask mandate would produce countless government failures

Mask‐wearing is important. There is scientific consensus that infected people (who often are unaware they’re infected) who wear masks greatly reduce the odds of their infecting others and growing evidence that uninfected people who wear masks reduce their risk of becoming infected. But, a general mask mandate would produce countless government failures.

Kamala Harris was a rather ordinary prosecutor who did her job the way most prosecutors do. If that makes the vice presidential candidate look like a monster, perhaps that says more about prosecutors in general than it does about Harris in particular.

Harris will likely advocate for the rights of immigrants already in the United States to live and work here without federal interference. She would push Biden to immediately undo all the harm the current president has done to the legal immigration system. But she hasn’t shown much interest in fixing the legal immigration system, and her positions toward guest workers are concerning.

America’s two major political parties have become strongly sorted and polarized in a way that has not been seen since the Civil War. The consequences are alarming.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) guarantees access to care regardless of preexisting conditions. Yet Christopher Briggs has struggled for years to find an ACA plan that covers his seven‐​year‐​old daughter’s leukemia treatment. In 2017, NPR reported, “Under ACA, Self‐​Employed Father Can’t Buy Coverage for His Child with Cancer.” Why? The law’s preexisting‐​conditions provisions include government price controls that impose both a price floor that increases health insurance premiums for healthy consumers and a price ceiling that reduces premiums for the sick.