Ultimately, what may be needed to address the obesity problem are direct taxes on body weight.

Are you really questioning the wisdom of central planning? Because the happy citizens of Cuba and North Korea beg to differ.

P.T. Barnum said a sucker is born every minute, but his estimate was laughably low.

Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. Call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically, that was really, really critical for the thing to pass.

When we're done with employer-based health insurance, it will have as much life in it as Jimmy Hoffa.

Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage.

Ultimately, what may be needed to address the obesity problem are direct taxes on body weight.