It has been five years since Congress ordered federal regulators to develop regulations that will allow for hearing aids to be sold over the counter. Yet people today still can’t purchase them. A bipartisan group of senators wants to change that. In April, a quartet led by Chuck Grassley, ...
Just when it didn’t seem things couldn’t get worse — gasoline at $5 to $8 a gallon, supply shortages in everything from baby formula to new cars — comes the devastating news that many of us will endure electricity blackouts this summer. The alarm was sounded by the nonprofit North ...
Of all the serious issues surrounding U.S. energy resources, few are more important to America than the one the Biden administration is sidestepping. The need for a new mining policy to end our dependence on China for lithium and other crucial raw materials. Although lithium is critically ...
Over the last few months, lawmakers in the House and Senate have considered a slate of antitrust proposals that would do everything from enshrining the consumer welfare standard into law to forcibly breaking up big tech companies. Despite many bills under consideration, Congress is yet to pass ...
As children in northern Illinois, my siblings and I hardly considered collecting leaves from our yard a chore. The promise of lighting the pile on fire and seeing it go up in flames at the end of the day was a reward. My love of fire has remained a core value over the years, influencing my ...
The South Pacific is again a battleground. China is not nearly at the stage of taking over any of the 15 islands stretching across the region of Oceania, but it is disturbing the foes of Chinese expansionism. This week, China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, is touching down on eight islands in ...
