Tag Archives: washington

Reframing The Health Care Debate Is A Long-Term Political Must

09/27/2013 Published on Forbes.com
With the Syria crisis entering a new phase, the focus among Washington policymakers has shifted to the debate over the debt ceiling and efforts by far-right Republicans to try and defund the Affordable Care Act. While it makes for good…

Intellectual Property Rights Matter

09/24/2013 Published on Forbes.com
While the American public’s and the media’s attention has been focused on the seemingly endless cycle of political dramas that unfold every day–the impending fight over the debt ceiling, the potential government shutdown, the debate over the budget deficit and…

A culture of meanness and political opportunism, on both sides, is poisoning Washington

09/19/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
On Monday, as the tragic shooting in the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard was still in the process of unfolding, President Obama gave a partisan speech observing the fifth anniversary of the financial crisis. Despite the fact that the shooting had…

Obama Plays Politics With The NSA

08/16/2013 Published on Forbes.com
As I discussed in my most recent post, thanks to last week’s newest revelation–that the NSA scans virtually all communications between Americans and their correspondents overseas, based on the conveniently inexplicit and ambiguous rule that the NSA may “seek to…

How Hillary Clinton can win in 2016

08/14/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
2016 is in the air. Vice President Joe Biden is heading to Iowa next month to be the keynote speaker at Senator Tom Harkin’s steak fry fundraiser, an event that often showcases speakers aspiring to be president. Things are heating…

The Printed Word

08/06/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Douglas E. Schoen and Jessica Tarlov The printing press rocked the world by spreading literature and news to the masses for the first time. A wild, bold entrepreneurial streak created the most efficient, durable way we consume information. The internet…

In Much-Hyped Speech On The Economy, Obama Offers Up More Of The Same

07/24/2013 Published on Forbes.com
President Barack Obama speaks Wednesday at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) President Obama’s speech this afternoon at Knox College was billed as the presentation of his economic vision. However, it turned out to be what I am…

No Light At The End Of The Tunnel

06/18/2013 Published on Forbes.com
To hear some commentators tell it, President Obama has been plagued by a truly terrible case of bad luck. The mounting scandals – the IRS, the DOJ information grab, Benghazi, and now the NSA – have formed the perfect storm.…

What Does Rowhani’s Election As Iran’s President Mean for America?

06/16/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Iranian President-elect Hassan Rowhani (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) The election of Hassan Rowhani as the next Iranian president is a clear rebuke of the current regime. The final count shows Rowhani with a remarkable fifty-two percent of the…

A Last Chance For Iran

06/14/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Fifty million Iranian voters will head to the polls today. They will elect their next president – the man who will have to contend with Iran’s 25% youth unemployment rate, a shrinking economy and a 32% inflation rate. This new…