The Obama administration is working on setting nutritional standards for foods that children can buy in school vending machines. This action is one of many that President Obama initiated in an attempt to curb the increase in obesity among American children, but it only addresses a small piece of a large problem across the United … Continue reading
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Placing blame where it belongs– with the violent.
The eruption of violence in North Africa that resulted in the brutal killing of the United States Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, and three others began Tuesday in Cairo, Egypt when a mob of protesters stormed the U.S. embassy, tearing down the American flag and replacing it with an Islamist flag. The protests came … Continue reading
It’s Not lllegal To Be Stupid: Freedom of Speech Extends to Anti-Islam Film
After any tragedy, it is a natural human response, almost a psychological need, to assign blame, to call for retribution. This trend is no different in the wake of the attack on a U.S. Consulate in Libya that killed 4 Americans, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. The assault stemmed from a protest denouncing an … Continue reading
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Too Small To Bail: Regulations Eating Away at Small Businesses
The Bada Bing food truck has been cruising the streets of Arlington, VA, schlepping their signature fare for almost two years. Their relatively inexpensive spiedies (an upstate New York specialty) and Philly-style cheesesteaks have clearly filled a market niche as their long lines and expanding twitter followers attest to. But Bada Bing and legions of … Continue reading
A Small Victory
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Health subcommittee approved a small change this week in the Affordable Care Act that is a victory for insurance companies. Although many health advocates illustrate insurance companies as the big bad wolf in American healthcare, they are a vital business in the market for better health. Under the Affordable … Continue reading
To Scientific Education and Beyond
I must be straightforward: I have something of an idea of what I am going to be writing about in this post, but I am by no means an expert in this area. Be ye warned. Today, I attended Washington Post Live’s Panel on Advancing Medical Innovation. It was fascinating. They had a great collection … Continue reading
The Power Grab: Federalism Today
The growth and immersion of our government is not only felt by the people in our daily lives, but by the government itself. The states, each and every one of them, have felt the burden of new laws and regulations. Federalism, by rough definition, is a contract between several pre-existing groups or states that are … Continue reading
Reverse Teacher Crisis
You heard it all over the Democratic Convention 2012 last night. President Obama calling for the hiring of “100,000 new math and science teachers.” He also said, “I don’t believe that firing teachers or kicking students off financial aid will grow the economy, or help us compete with scientist and engineers coming out of China.” … Continue reading
The Absence of Saleh: Dealing With AQAP in a Post-Arab Spring Yemen
With the emergence of the Al-Qaeda branch Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen, the next American administration needs to increase aid and public support for the current Yemeni president as he navigates a volatile domestic situation to combat the growing terrorist threat. Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, the foreign policy discourse … Continue reading
Lagging Behind: Healthcare Information Technology
As is painfully clear and obvious there are many aspects of the United States healthcare system that need reform, but at what is arguably the very heart of the issue is a need for better health information technology (HIT). At a panel sponsored by Health Affairs, Sam Nussbaum, the executive Vice President and Chief Medical … Continue reading
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