April 17, 2012 in Regulation
Sometime last year computers at the U.S. Social Security Administration were hacked and the identities of millions of Americans were compromised. What, you didn’t hear about that? Nobody did. The [...]
February 22, 2012 in Democrat, Opinion, Politics, Regulation, Republican
Over-regulated America The home of laissez-faire is being suffocated by excessive and badly written regulation. Two forces make American laws too complex. One is hubris. Many lawmakers seem to believe [...]
January 18, 2012 in Opinion, Regulation, World
How is it that a cruise ship with thousands of people can take a 3 mile detour to show off to an island? If an airplane were do this, the [...]
January 11, 2012 in Medicine, Opinion
Federal center pays good money for suspect medicine Feds dole out millions of dollars for questionable studies on treatments ranging from energy healing to acupuncture Thanks to a $374,000 taxpayer-funded [...]
January 9, 2012 in Business, Medicine, Regulation
Machinery problems at a drug manufacturing plant prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to warn patients of a possible mix-up affecting various prescription pain medications and over-the-counter drugs. The [...]
January 5, 2012 in Regulation
Watchdog: Holes in FAA safety net for poorly performing pilots US government safety auditors say the Federal Aviation Administration’s oversight of airline pilot training and proficiency programmes “lacks the rigour [...]
December 22, 2011 in Regulation, World
UNESCO funds Palestinian magazine glorifying Hitler The Simon Wiesenthal Center asked UNESCO’s director-general Wednesday to suspend its sponsorship of a Palestinian children’s magazine, saying the magazine applauded Hitler for murdering [...]
December 21, 2011 in Medicine, Regulation, World
Health Fears Over Suspect French Breast Implants Spread Abroad PARIS — Health officials in at least a half-dozen countries are grappling with the intense anxiety of tens of thousands of [...]
December 21, 2011 in Regulation
EPA does something right – but now Encana says US EPA fracking study laced with mistakes??? Encana Corp took issue on Tuesday with a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency draft report [...]
December 20, 2011 in Opinion, Regulation
Missing $4,155? It Went Into Your Gas Tank This Year When the gifts from Grandma are unloaded and holiday travel is over, the typical American household will have spent $4,155 [...]
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