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Regulators must ACT NOW! to pause Medicare marketing rule.
Read moreHooray! There’s reason for all of us to be happy with the results of last week’s elections. While nobody got everything they hoped for, at the same time, things didn’t turn out as badly as we had feared. You notice I can say that about all of us, regardless of party affiliation. Some Republicans won, and some Democrats won. That’s how democracy works, especially when the voters are as evenly divided as they seem to be at this point. No party got a mandate to take over and kick everybody else to the curb. Yay!
Read moreInnovation is key to our prosperity; let's not kill the goose that lays the golden eggs For years, China has stolen hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of American companies' intellectual property -- everything from patented software code and computer chips to prescription drug formulas and weapons systems.
Read moreAt the time of this writing, early voting for the midterm election is in its final week. It is possible that this election could see a strong voter turnout.
Read moreLawmakers are considering a massive handout to corporate America known as the PTAB Reform Act of 2022. If passed, the bill would have disastrous consequences for bootstrap innovators like me, and, in the long run, keep potentially millions of life-changing inventions out of the hands of Americans.
Read moreTake a memory trip with me: Why did your ancestors come to America? Answering this question may be easy for some, and difficult for others. Maybe it was to seek a better life than what was possible in the old world. Maybe it was to escape religious or political persecution, or to escape the destruction of war. Maybe the potato famine forced your ancestors to leave Ireland. For others there may have been no personal reason: your ancestors were brought to America by force, against their will.
Read moreMore than 43 million adults in the United States can’t “read, write or do basic math above a 3rd grade level,” according to Literacy Texas. That could rob our national economy of as much as “$2.2 trillion a year.”
Read moreThe consequences of closing schools for roughly two years during the COVID-19 pandemic, which required many K-12 students nationwide to participate in remote learning, are starting to become apparent. The 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) found a significant decline in student proficiency of both reading and math among students in grade four and grade eight compared to 2019.
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