Policy & Ethics

Scottish journalist John Mackay published a study of crowd psychology in 1841 that speaks to the human impulse to believe any manner of nonsense if it plays into our emotional needs.  Our minds are made up – don’t bother us with the facts.&nb

Germans don't have a lot of patience for nonsense, often to a fault.

It hasn't been a good year for U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams.

In the fall of 2018, Aetna and CVS merged, joining a health insurer with a large pharmaceutical business. With great excitement, they announced earlier this year their HealthHubs.

What should we make of a scientific journal that has decided that being culturally "woke" is more important than presenting evidence-based reports and opinions? Alas, this is what has become of The Lancet.

Yesterday, the New York Times reported on the administration’s efforts to improve transparency in the science used in making regulatory decisions.

STEM-ming the Slide of Our Educational System

Dr. Jeffrey Singer's piece originally appeared on the Cato Institute website. It is being reprinted with permission. 

There is a pervasive bias in academia against scientists who work in industry.

Our Northern neighbor, Canada, has faced the same problem with the use of e-cigarettes among teenagers, banning their sale on a provincial basis between 2015 to 2017 and nationally in May 2018.