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Bannon’s Exit Is A Step In The Right Direction For Trump Administration

08/18/2017 Published on Forbes.com
This afternoon, the White House announced that today will be chief strategist and senior adviser Steve Bannon’s final day on the job. This hardly comes as a surprise to me and frankly, is a wise move by President Trump. However,…

Abuse Deterrent Formulations are a Critical Step in Solving the Opioid Crisis

Published on Forbes.com
Last week, President Trump took an important step toward solving the opioid crisis by declaring it a national emergency. Labeling the problem as a public health emergency allows for federal funds to expand treatment options, in addition to other critical…

Donald Trump: The Jobs President?

11/17/2016 Published on Forbes.com
Donald Trump has often promised that he would be “the greatest jobs president that God ever created.”  Now he’ll have his chance to prove it. Trump makes many boasts, of course, but as voters went to the polls on November…

Donald Trump Goes To Washington

11/15/2016 Published on Forbes.com
After a week full of speculation, the cloudy lens of the Trump presidency has begun to sharpen and evidence of possible cross-party negotiation has emerged. Establishment politicians from all shades of the partisan spectrum, from Bernie Sanders to Mitch McConnell,…

President Hillary Clinton And A Constitutional Crisis

10/31/2016 Published on Forbes.com
“I am deeply concerned that we will have a constitutional crisis if she’s elected. I want to learn more this week, see what we see, but as of today, I am not a supporter of the Secretary of State for…

The Debt Crisis Isn’t Coming — It’s Here

10/27/2016 Published on Forbes.com
There are a number of topics that have largely been glossed over this election cycle, but perhaps none more so than our mounting debt. We’re currently facing a $19 trillion national debt, which has doubled since Obama took office. And…

Previewing The Third Presidential Debate: Trump’s Last Stand

10/19/2016 Published on Forbes.com
Before the first debate the New York Times published Donald Trump’s tax returns from 1995 showing close to a billion- dollar loss. Before the second debate the Washington Post released audio of a private conversation between Trump and former Access…

Are We There Yet? The State Of The Race

10/15/2016 Published on Forbes.com
We’re less than four weeks away from election night, and all signs are pointing to a win for Hillary Clinton. The RealClearPolitics polling average have Clinton up by 5.3 points in the 4-way election, and ahead by 6.7 in the…

Checking The Price Tag On Health Care

10/12/2016 Published on Forbes.com
We finally heard Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump discuss health care face-to-face at the second presidential debate Sunday night. While they are offering vastly different plans, one thing is clear: keeping costs down is the top priority for both. Americans…

Previewing The Second Presidential Debate: Substance

10/09/2016 Published on Forbes.com
It seemed impossible, but there’s even more pressure resting on the shoulders of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton than just two weeks ago when they faced each other for the first time at Hofstra University. There can be no doubt…