National Interest: The federal Reserve is poised this week to lower interest rates for the first time since the depths of the Great Recession, a signal that  they think the economy has gotten as good as it’s going to get.   The Fed …

Death Be Not Proud: Moved in part by the story of a young and terminally ill California woman who moved to Oregon to be able to commit assisted suicide, the California legislature has approved assisted suicide for the state. In …