Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and opinion contributor at The Hill. He also serves on the Texas Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Dr. Matthews is a past president of the Health Economics Roundtable for the National Association for Business Economics, the largest trade association of business economists. Dr. Matthews also served for 10 years as the medical ethicist for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Institutional Review Board for Human Experimentation, co-author of On the Edge: America Faces the Entitlements Cliff, and has contributed chapters to several books, including Physician Assisted Suicide: Expanding the Debate and The 21st Century Health Care Leader and Stop Paying the Crooks (on Medicare fraud).
He has been published in numerous journals and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Barron’s, USA Today, Forbes magazine and the Washington Times. He was an award-winning political analyst for the USA Radio Network.
Dr. Matthews received his Ph.D. in Humanities from the University of Texas at Dallas.
Democrats' Energy Platform Completely Out of Touch With Reality
This month’s Democratic convention will be a hotbed of anti-fossil fuel vitriol. The policy platform, invited speakers, and nominee herself all support a war against oil and natural gas.
The Growing Threat Of Domestic Lone Wolf Terrorist Attacks
ISIS-inspired terrorists are increasingly targeting civilians. Here's why.
Trade Protectionism Is Crony Capitalism
If you oppose crony capitalism, and you should, then you should also oppose trade protectionism.
The Left’s "Public Option: Is Simply Medicaid For All
It’s baaack! The “public option”—the government-run health insurance program that Democrats really wanted when they jammed through the Affordable Care Act—has been revived.
Democrats' Vision On Fossil Fuels Is Pure Fantasy
If Democrats are successful in their attempt to crush domestic oil and gas, Americans won't switch to renewables; they'll just be forced to buy traditional energy from abroad, including from Russia, Venezuela, and Iran, financially fueling those countries' political mischief.
You Won't Believe How Much Federal Debt Obama Will Leave His Successor
Sometimes being an overachiever isn't a good thing.
After Brexit, French Socialists Suddenly Want to Cut Taxes
The socialists running France want to cut taxes and regulations to lure UK companies to Paris post-Brexit. So the socialists aren't stupid, just evil for not doing it earlier.
Obama Has Faced More Unanimous Supreme Court Smackdowns Than Any Other President
While Clinton’s administration lost 31 Supreme Court cases unanimously and George W. Bush’s administration lost 30, Obama has bested both of their records by nearly 50 percent: 44 unanimous losses.
Trump Very Wrong About Trade
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are proposing the most protectionist, anti-trade policies we’ve heard since President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930.
Immigration Is Not a Fundamental Human Right
Many libertarians believe people should be allowed to immigrate whenever and wherever they choose, but that argument disregards the importance of property rights.
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