(by Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Emily Egan.) President Obama's fiscal year 2013 budget proposal came out this month, and again underwhelmed. Obama has consistently given lip service to the need for economic growth, sustainable federal finances, and smart, more efficient, government spending. Yet again, however, his budget fails to reflect these noble s...Read More
I counted seven sparkling silver, white and black Fisker Karmas allotted for test-driving at Mr. C's hotel parking lot in Beverly Hills. Turns out the shimmery sensation wasn't my imagination - Fisker calls it Diamond Dust, and no, it's not a new drug designed to sell more cars to wealthy do-gooders. Fisker worked with Dupont .....Read More
Today, Sens. Richard Burr and Tom Coburn have put forth a new Medicare reform proposal, the Seniors' Choice Act, which combines the ideas behind the best two bipartisan plans that came out last year. Change may come to Washington in November, and if it does, thanks to Sens. Burr and Coburn, real entitlement reform may move from a dream to reality...Read More
Legislators and biotech concerns have been trying to use the FDA's Congressional reauthorization process to make reforms that will help speed innovative medicines to market. But they have been undermined by a seemingly unlikely source: big pharma...Read More
? Artist Yorgo Alexopoulos has created a digitally animated installation that plays out over 24 flat screen monitors for his new solo exhibition??"Transmigations" at the Cristen Tierney gallery.??The otherworldy audio-visual production is ??inspired by his early paintings, in which the intention is deliberate and not based on a calculated algorithm...Read More
The Car: 2012 BMW 650i Where I drove it: Brooklyn, and Queens. First Impressions: Ferocious, foxy and fastidious. The Bimmer was intended as birthday present, or at least I'd like to think so since I pleaded for a cool car to test drive on my birthday, and my wish was answered with this droptop gem. .....Read More
The debate over the constitutionality of the individual mandate has mainly focused on whether the federal government has the right to make every resident of the country to purchase a particular product. While this is an important question, another vital question has mostly been overlooked. The argument that the individual mandate is constitutional ...Read More
On Friday, The Hill released a summary of the President?s proposed fiscal 2013 budget, apparently originating in the office of Kenneth S. Baer, director of communications for the Office of Management and Budget. While the full budget proposal is not scheduled for release until later today, the summary contains just one statement about health care ....Read More
Last Minute Valentine's Day Gifts Some people plan ahead.?? Some don't.?? If you don't, I'm not here to judge, but rather to inform - Valentine's Day is coming!?? It's not my favorite holiday, frankly, but if you're in a relationship it's a dangerous move not to acknowledge Valentine's Day.?? You should appear to have put .....Read More
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