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The Supreme Court’s Mixed Ruling On Immigration Could Divide Us Further As A Nation

06/25/2012 Published on Forbes.com
By striking down many components of the Arizona immigration law that sought to deter illegal immigration, while leaving in place the controversial provision requiring that authorities check the immigration status of anyone they detain who’s reasonably suspected of being in…

A Crucial Week In Mongolia

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It appears that President Elbegdorj has gotten his way and former President Enkhbayar will not be able to stand in the parliamentary elections this coming Thursday. Enkhbayar’s appeal to the Constitutional Court will not be heard until tomorrow, a mere…

Bipartisan Success: House Passes FDA User Fee Reauthorization Bill

06/21/2012 Published on Forbes.com
In a rare display of bipartisanship, the House passed a measure yesterday that would reauthorize Food and Drug Administration user fees for five years and establish new user fees for the FDA’s review of generic drugs and biosimilar products. The…

Why the White House is Nervous

06/20/2012 Published on Forbes.com
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Great Strides Made In Developing New Medicines For Cancer

06/13/2012 Published on Forbes
While there has been a great deal of discussion around Obamacare and the Supreme Court ruling that is expected to be announced in the near future, much progress has been made in other areas of public health that has gone…

Great Strides made in Developing New Medicines for Cancer

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While there has been a great deal of discussion around Obamacare and the Supreme Court ruling that is expected to be announced in the near future, much progress has been made in other areas of public health that has gone…

A Deeper Look At President Elbegdorj’s Statement

06/09/2012 Published on Forbes.com
Earlier today I posted an article on President Elbegdorj’s comments vis-à-vis Nambar Enkhbayar’s trial and emphasized the importance of the international community’s role in pressuring the Mongolian government to let Enkhbayar and his son stand in the upcoming elections. There…

President Elbegdorj Ups the Ante

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The international coverage of former president Nambar Enkhbayar’s treatment by the current government and the General Election Committee of Mongolia has clearly rattled President Elbegdorj. He has issued a series of comments defending the government’s actions and reaffirming not only…

Obama’s Truman Strategy Will Not Work

06/08/2012 Published on Forbes.com
President Obama’s news conference today on jobs and the economy offered nothing new. He blamed the Congress and Republicans specifically. The president’s remarks on the economy and Congress echo President Truman’s on the ‘Do-Nothing’ Republican Congress. On the surface, the…

Mongolia’s Slide Toward Autocracy Should Set Off Alarm Bells For West

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In an earlier article, I highlighted the importance of former Mongolian president Nambar Enkhbayar’s corruption trial for the fate of democracy in Mongolia. The charges logged against Enkhbayar represent a political vendetta on the part of the current president, Tsakhia…