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Obamacare Sign-Up Deadline Extended

12/23/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Americans now have an extra 24 hours to sign up for healthcare coverage that is set to begin Jan. 1. The original deadline – 11:59 p.m. tonight – was quietly extended through tomorrow night, without any public announcement, as first…

A Step In The Right Direction For Congress, But Only A Small One

12/11/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Since the announcement last night that House and Senate negotiators have agreed to a short-term budget deal, which raises military and domestic spending over the next two years, commentators have been asking: Does Congress work? The answer is two fold.…

Getting President Obama Back On Track Begins With Policy Focus

12/10/2013 Published on Forbes.com
It goes without saying that President Obama has experienced one of the worst first years of a second presidential term in modern history. Unlike President Clinton in 1997, Mr. Obama currently has little to no political leverage as he enters…

President Obama Launches The ObamaCare Campaign

12/04/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Campaign season is in the air and I’m not talking about the 2014 midterms. President Obama kicked of a 20-day press offensive yesterday to sell the Affordable Care Act. After the last two months, which have been disastrous for the…

The U.S. Backs Japan Against China, But Needs To Do More

12/03/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Aerial photo of Okinokitaiwa in the Senkaku Islands (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “The pivot is based on the supposition that China wasn’t serious about asserting their primacy – Washington underestimated China’s ambitions.” If the last week has proven anything, it’s that…

An End To The Party Of No? I Don’t Think So.

11/21/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has the right idea. He turned on the Republican national leadership yesterday at the annual governors conference in Arizona, his last day as head of the association before he passes the torch to Chris Christie, and…

My New Book – The End Of Authority: How A Loss Of Legitimacy And Broken Trust Are Endangering Our Future

11/18/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Consider the state of the world today: in Washington, the Democratic and Republican parties finally agreed on a deal to raise the debt ceiling after Tea Party Republicans held the country hostage over their wild goose chase to defund ObamaCare,…

You Can Keep Your Health Insurance Plan — But What Else Are You Losing?

11/14/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Bowing to pressure, President Barack Obama said Thursday he will permit continued sale of individual insurance plans that have been canceled because they failed to meet coverage standards under the health care law. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) In this afternoon’s press…

The Failure Of ObamaCare And What It Means For The Democratic Party

11/13/2013 Published on Forbes.com
New internal government data revealed in the Wall Street Journal yesterday shows that the Obama administration hasn’t just fallen short of their goal to enroll 500,000 Americans in private plans in October, they’re not even in the ballpark. Fewer than…

A Win For The Republican Establishment In Alabama’s 1st Congressional District

11/06/2013 Published on Forbes.com
While it didn’t get much attention and was overshadowed by the two races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia and the battle for the New York City mayoralty, it could well be that the most significant election yesterday was…