The CBO Financial Report for 2011 was released this week. It concludes substantially more reform is needed to address the current lack of fiscal discipline and the looming funding gap for mandatory spending programs as baby-boomers begin to retire in greater numbers. These are not new insights, and the recommendations for solving the deficit culture … Continue reading
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The Fictional Problem of Income Inequality
By Logan Albright With the rise of the Occupy Wall Street movement and the persistently high levels of unemployment we have seen over the last few years, the issue of income inequality is becoming increasingly important in the national discourse. Cries that the one percent has succeeded at the expense of the ninety-nine percent, egged … Continue reading
Drinking Study Causes Unwarranted Hysteria
By Logan Albright A new study released by the Center for Disease Control last week has politicians and commentators in a tizzy about the apparently high percentage of Americans who abuse alcohol. The study reports that 38 million Americans binge drink at least four times a month, a figure that works out to about one … Continue reading
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Have Your Cake & Eat It Too: The Cloaking of Public Policy in an Election Year.
Policies change during elections. Always. No questions asked. Period. This being said, what are the true agendas of the policy makers? What’s really going on? Well, the answer? They want their cake and to eat it too. Especially when policy sounds REALLY good on paper. Perhaps the most debated question of the next 20 years … Continue reading
Food Disease, Pesticides, and Funny Pictures
On Wednesday evening, while attending the American Industrial Hygiene Association’s January Meeting, I was electrified by the horrifying statics presented in the presentations. This was a thrilling experience, especially do to the lectures I was able to attend, and the statistics I was able to surmount. Foodborne illness was the topic of the first of … Continue reading
Monolithic? The Fallacy of Courting ‘the Hispanic Vote’
Oftentimes when perusing through media outlets to determine the latest prediction of where the ‘Latino’ vote will be going in 2012, it is usually lost upon readers that there is truly no such thing as a ‘Latino’ vote. Sure, the overall Hispanic vote may trend more in one ideological direction than another depending on the … Continue reading
Gingrich The Angry American
By Logan Albright Some people are saying that Newt Gingrich turned in a masterful performance at the beginning of last night’s debate in South Carolina, when CNN moderator John King asked him about the allegations by his ex-wife that he had requested an “open marriage.” Gingrich responded in what has become an all too predictable … Continue reading
Communication: Improving Relationships, Learning and… Healthcare?
Healthcare can be a daunting topic for most Americans. There is a very negative stigma attached to it: expensive, complex and bureaucratic – just to name a few. According to the HealthLiteracyFactst2009(1), eighty-eight percent of Americans aged 16 and older do not have proficient health literacy. Unable to interpret clinical information, like prescriptions, health charts … Continue reading
Hispanic voters not flexing their muscles at the polls, yet
Over the past week the Huffington Post ran two articles about Hispanic voters and their thoughts and feelings leading up to the 2012 Presidential Election. It is widely publicized that the Hispanic population in the United States is growing rapidly and could possibly double by 2050. Therefore, one might believe it reasonable to assume that … Continue reading
Repealing vs. Reworking the CLASS Act
The House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee held a meeting on Wednesday to review the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act. Although the CLASS Act bill was passed and became a law over a year ago, committee members from both political parties acknowledge that the bill needs to be changed. Republicans were … Continue reading
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