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2/22/2012 5:00 PM

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Jim Capretta Rebuts the Five Strongest Criticisms of Premium Support-Based Medicare Reform

2/22/2012 4:10 PM

James Capretta, who was the health care guru in George W. Bush's Office of Management and Budget, has written a nice piece for the Heritage Foundation in which he rebuts the five most-often used arguments against premium support, the core idea behind the leading bipartisan proposals for Medicare reform. It's a great write-up, in that it focuses on ...Read More

President Obama's Disappointing Health Care Budget

2/21/2012 9:24 AM

(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

The Fisker Karma Experience

2/17/2012 10:11 PM

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

Burr-Coburn: The Best Medicare Reform Proposal Yet

2/16/2012 10:01 AM

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

How Big Pharma Undermined Medical Innovation for Financial Gain

2/15/2012 6:22 PM

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

New Exhibition: Transmigrations By Yorgo Alexopoulos

2/15/2012 2:30 PM

? 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

Car of the Week: 2012 BMW 650i

2/15/2012 1:13 PM

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

What Problem Does the Individual Mandate Solve?

2/15/2012 9:00 AM

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

The President's Budget - Cutting Medicare and Medicaid

2/13/2012 9:57 AM

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

2/13/2012 1:21 AM

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

Do Chrysler's TV Sermons Really Sell Any Cars?

2/10/2012 10:57 AM

Are you more likely to buy a Chrysler if you share its view on the world? Chrysler's ad chief certainly hopes so...Read More

LACMA Prints By Paddle 8

2/9/2012 9:43 AM

? Something interesting is happening in the fine arts market ? the emergence of aburgeoning low-cost limited edition print market through the internet. Paddle8.com is the latest entity to create a new point of access for collectors to acquire work by coveted artists. The site's new series include????works ??by William Eggleston, Barbara Kruger, Dav...Read More

Key Leaders in Ford Turnaround To Retire; Mulally Not Going Anywhere

2/9/2012 8:19 AM

Mulally's One Ford plan won't skip a bea...Read More

Rick Santorum's 1994 Alternative to the Individual Mandate

2/9/2012 7:36 AM

I've written previously that the Allentown Morning Call described Rick Santorum on several occasions in 1994 as seeking to "require individuals to buy health insurance rather than forcing employers to pay for benefits." Earlier this week, Santorum took to the airwaves to rebut the charge. Santorum points instead to a bill he sponsored alongside Sen...Read More

Billionaire Bridge Owner Doesn't Want Another Night In Jail

2/8/2012 3:12 PM

Matty Moroun loses one battle, but is not waving the white flag in his war to protect his Ambassador Bridg...Read More

Henrik Fisker Trying To Keep His Dream Alive

2/8/2012 12:07 PM

Plug-in car company suspends work on next electric car after government shuts off loan acces...Read More

The Tortuous Conservative History of the Individual Mandate

2/7/2012 2:32 PM

Mitt Romney, as we know, has been catching a lot of flak from conservatives for Romneycare, because Romney's signature legislative achievement served as the model for Obamacare. But as Romney said in a debate in Las Vegas last October, "we got the idea of an individual mandate...from [Newt Gingrich], and [Newt] got it from the Heritage Foundation."...Read More

Clint Eastwood and Chrysler: The Politics of a Car Commercial

2/6/2012 12:02 PM

Let me introduce myself. I grew up in a ?? suburb, spent about a decade living in the inner city, and my father's job at Chrysler funded my college education and kept food on the table. I remember my dad also watched "Dirty Harry" movie re-runs, and has always had a man's man aesthetic. I .....Read More

Ford Didn't Appreciate Chevy's Humor

2/6/2012 11:52 AM

GM, in response, tells Ford to pound san...Read More

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