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By Robert Romano Reforms to Medicare enacted in 1997 to peg the costs of the program to economic growth — the sustainable growth rate — have been repealed easily in the House of Representatives 392 to 37 . These were the same reforms that were the centerpiece of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to save the […]

By Rick Manning Peter Frampton once asked in a time not too long ago, “ Do you feel like we do? ” While the context of this song that led the Frampton Comes Alive climb up the charts is different, it is a question that I often find myself wondering. A guy who […]

By Nathan Mehrens Like thousands of government activities and programs that many people are probably not familiar with, the U.S. Department of Labor has a “ Hall of Honor .” Its ostensible purpose is “to honor those Americans whose distinctive contributions in the field of labor have elevated […]

By Rick Manning New Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) rules on requirements for states to receive federal emergency preparedness dollars are being met with disbelief by many of the nation’s governors.  The new rule forces a state to include a “consideration of changing environmental or climate conditions […]

By Nathan Mehrens Stephanie Hicks, former president of the union representing employees at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, was recently arrested after being indicted on charges of bank fraud, forgery, and aggravated identity theft charges. The charges are related to her alleged embezzlement of $132,000 from the union, American […]

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By Rick Manning What a week. Bibi Netanyahu was elected in a landslide comeback and President Obama threw a temper tantrum after his Iran policy was rejected by the voters of Israel who have the most to lose if he is wrong. Obama’s law professor, Lawrence Tribe of Harvard […]

By Robert Romano The news broke on Friday that the controversial head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms resigned in the wake of his causing the Administration headaches they don’t need by issuing a regulation that eliminated an almost thirty-year exemption for a type of […]