Health care reform is likely to move back into the public eye as a new Congress, and a new Obama administration, prepares to start work this month. Dr. Don Condit argues for a move away from employer funded health care benefits to a portable system. "Corporate human resources departments should not be viewed as the main source of support for Americans' health care," he writes. "The iniquitous government subsidy for employer-based health care could be redirected to help those without access to affordable health care, by virtue of poverty or chronic disease."

Prominent media voices are calling for a gas tax that would boost fuel costs back to $4 a gallon. But wouldn't that be a regressive tax on the poor? "Why is it that the most prominent media voices seem so ignorant of the economic consequences of their social experiments?" Anthony Bradley asks.