Tag Archives: government

Democrats Lack Winning Strategy on Healthcare

08/17/2018 Published on Forbes.com
On July 25th a group of House Democrats led by Texas Representative Lloyd Doggett introduced legislation with the expressed aim of “authoriz[ing] the use of competition to lower prices” on prescription drugs. It’s a laudable, if not somewhat broad, goal…

Health Insurer Coverage Denials Could Be Rallying Point for Bipartisan Reform

08/16/2017 Published on Forbes.com
Partisan infighting may have stymied healthcare reform in the short-term, but both sides of the aisle must agree that Americans who have purchased health insurance should at least get the coverage they paid for. But new polling data suggests that…

America and guns: Why do so many stoke paranoia about firearms?

08/05/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
My town, New York City, enforces rigid gun laws. Police refused to assign me a gun permit. The law doesn’t even let me hold a fake gun on TV to demonstrate something. But New York politicians are so eager to…

Donald Trump: The first Hispanic president

07/02/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Funny headline, huh? Because of course Donald Trump isn’t Hispanic. More importantly, the Hispanic world seems at war with Trump over his recent comments about “Mexico and Central America sending us their worst citizens, not their best.” And corporate America…

Fox News Poll: Voters distrust government, say Obama not most transparent

06/30/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
June 29, 2015: President Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington before signing H.R. 2146 Defending Public Safety Employees Retirement Act and H.R. 1295 Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) The nation’s…

Surplus military Humvees heading to the highway?

06/29/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
(GovPlanet.com) It just got a little easier to take the ultimate off-roader onto the street. Last December, the Defense Logistics Agency began selling off surplus military Humvees to the public for the first time through auction site GovPlanet.com, which is…

Trump 2016? – Jeb Bush Makes It Official

06/16/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush takes the stage as he formally joins the race for president with a speech at Miami Dade College, Monday, June 15, 2015, in Miami. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Controversial television personality and businessman Donald Trump expected…

Calling America ‘Land of Opportunity’ offensive, University of California warns professors

06/15/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Phrases such as “America is the land of opportunity” and “America is a melting pot” are “micro-aggressions” that could leave some students feeling discriminated against, according to a new faculty training guide put out by the University of California that…

Time to pull your kids out of public school?

06/11/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
My high school colors were green and white. At graduation the boys wore green robes and the girls wore white. No one considered the girls inferior because of the color of their robes. Today, we live in different times. My…

Supreme Court rules Facebook threats as ‘free speech’ unless there’s intent

06/02/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Photo illustration. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic) On June 1, the U.S. Supreme Court, in an 8-1 ruling, stated that Facebook threats are not criminal — at least until it is proven that they have some measure of intent. While free speech defenders…