By Conor O’Malley I made a visual for some of the interesting statistics that the CDC provided in their “Vital Signs” report (http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/Issues.html). Theres more information provided in the actual report, which I suggest everyone read. However, until then, please enjoy! Click on the picture to enlarge. Continue reading
Tuesday at the Heritage Foundation an all-day event was held which featured several prominent officials, activists and scholars, most notably Speaker Boehner and chess grandmaster/leader of the dissident group “Other Russia,” Gary Kasparov. Most speakers had been skeptical of the reset since its inception, seeing it as a negotiation from weakness and a consigning of … Continue reading
By Ryan Holland At a recent seminar at GWU, Joseph Damore of Premier Consulting Solutions spoke about Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). During his presentation he pulled up a chart of average health care costs by U.S. city. The mean cost was around $7,500 per person, but ranged from $5,000 (Honolulu), to $16,000 (Miami). These prices … Continue reading
In the fairy tale world of Belarusian President Lukashenko, the answer to his falling popularity leading up to the December 2010 elections was simple: an across the board 50 percent salary increase for all public employees. Given the fact that a full eighty percent of the Belarusian economy is state owned, one can imagine the … Continue reading
Adam Pally on WhoSay This week’s episode of Happy Endings got an interesting note on one of the many blogs of the Center for American Progress. It comments on short sentences related to the housing crisis and leaves out what I see as being their bigger political commentary of the episode: the vision boards. Elize Coupe’s … Continue reading
Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement of an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi envoy to the United States, Adel al-Jubeir, a key advisor to Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, came as a surprise to many in the U.S. and the international community. The plot itself seems like something out of a movie, full of espionage, secretive … Continue reading
By: Daniel Goldbeck Monday’s FCC deal on “Bill Shock” was one of those shockingly rare moments in the world of regulations. Stakeholders actually worked together on a difficult issue and found a solution amenable to their varied interests. Members of CTIA, the wireless industry’s trade association, will now implement new procedures that better inform their … Continue reading
By: Mikel Kotonika With a deepening crisis in the Eurozone and a scrambled attempt by Europe’s leaders to avert further economic and political unease across the continent, the European Commission has nevertheless managed to move forward in its accession talks with countries across the Western Balkans. As the “enlargement fatigue” experienced by many countries within … Continue reading
By: Conor O’Malley America was shaken on October 5, 2011 by the death of Steve Jobs to pancreatic cancer. All one could see in the papers, television, blogs, twitters, facebook status’, and other media outlets was about his death. Without a doubt the world has lost a brilliant mind, however, I find the lack of … Continue reading
By: Glen Johnson Ukraine is facing real retrogression. The trial and conviction of Yulia Tymoshenko is symptomatic of the blatantly political turn Ukrainian state institutions have recently taken as well as the astounding incompetency of the Yanukovich administration. The politicizing of state institutions extends to all branches of government: the parliament was transformed into a … Continue reading
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