…More meaningless political interference. Trump Admin. Exec. Order Gives Political Appointees Review of Scientific Grants, MedPage Today A Trump administration executive order requiring political appointee oversight of federal grant-making is raising…
“Trump’s Executive Order is Backdoor Privatization of Medicare,” Social Security Works, Nancy Altman, October 3, 2019 Thursday and I had to search around for someone who is an expert on…
…conventional wisdom. This led to potentially catastrophic policy and political failures. Executive branch authority I agree with Shikha Dalmia that Biden’s greatest failing as president was his inaction on “fireproofing…
…The decision confirms birthright citizenship applies to almost all children born on U.S. soil, regardless of parental status. Uniformly, courts blocked the Trump administration from implementing “his” executive order. A…
…of Bowie’s oeuvre had provided a level of patronage that’s inconceivable for a musician of Bowie’s bent today…he spent the Nineties as a free agent, jumping from label to label,…
…high cost of American health care. I begin by explaining the origin and meaning of the “single payer” label. I will then describe the two defects in S 1129 in…
…protects the public from food-borne illnesses. It issues nutritional advice and drug labeling guidelines. It polices false medical claims on packaging and in advertisements. It safeguards about one in every…
…Historical Link Between Bailouts and Pay Caps Date: Oct. 6, 2008 Full Text Published by Tax AnalystsTM by Joseph J. Thorndike Complaints about outsized executive pay have prompted Congress to…
…could claim as deductible for executives dropped from 96% in 2012 to 27% in 2013 causing 10 corporations to owe an average of $1.3 million in taxes per executive. A…
…power for Appointments Clause purposes– requires that the Article I Tax Court must have the same independence from the Executive Branch that Article III courts have. The DC Circuit looked…