Op/Ed

Removing the ban on U.S. crude oil exports is one sure way to dramatically lower the balance of trade deficit for years to come.

There is widespread concern that embracing physician-assisted suicide will change the culture of medicine and the nature of the doctor-patient relationship, as well as undermine the country’s longstanding value for the sanctity of life. Before more states take such a step, they should strongly weigh several questions.

The next juicy target for “patent trolls” is ripening. Design patents have become increasingly attractive as a new target.

This law slaps a big red target screaming “sue me!” on the backs of California’s largest corporations—because they have the deepest pockets to raid.

If the Trans-Pacific Partnership takes major strides in eliminating trade restrictions, that could be huge step forward for consumers and the economy.

In his tax reform plan, GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump proposed repealing three different taxes. 

I, for one, would be willing to pay a total (federal, state, and local) sales tax of 15 percent to 20 percent if it meant we could scrap the Form 1040 and say goodbye to the IRS.

One can be forgiven for trying and failing, but not trying is the unforgivable sin.

Trump’s campaign has embraced a populist approach, and his tax plan reflects that stance in his move to a more progressive personal income tax. But before he was a populist, Trump was a businessman, and his corporate tax cut reflects his business acumen.

Some Democrats didn’t really oppose the Cadillac tax when Obamacare passed only oppose it now because of political expediency.