Tavis Smiley presents the Ultra Americans at Chicago conference on the ‘black agenda’
Regulating produce safety
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With the release of a report on the costs of illnesses caused by unsafe produce, the pressure is intense on Congress to pass far reaching food safety legislation and on FDA to produce regulation
Obama talks big at GMU rally
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A crowd of thousands packed the Patriot Center Friday morning to hear Obama speak while hundreds more waited in line outside
Tea Partiers refuse to go away
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Tea Party Patriots will gather for a brief rally on Capitol Hill Saturday at 10 a.m. as well as protest the President's rally at GMU
Tyler Cowen’s uneasy case for managed care
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I am usually a big fan of George Mason University’s innovative economist Tyler Cowen. But something peculiar seems to come over free-market fans when they start writing for The New York Times
New Jersey’s first step forward on pensions
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States across the country, with some notable exceptions such as Florida and Oregon, have massively underfunded state pension funds
Ripping the Band-Aid off budget gaps
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Lawmakers must remember that while no one likes to see public services revoked, each state has room to save money and improve efficiency by looking for government waste in all departments and programs.
Obama's Proposed Medicaid Expansion: Lessons from TennCare
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From the beginning of the national health care debate, President Obama made major Medicaid expansion–already a rapidly growing entitlement–a core element of his health policy agenda. Fortunately, results of this approach already exist from the state of Tennessee
