Politicians regularly employ “science” or “research” to promote their policy agendas. A “study” that finds a result consistent with a politician’s bias is a time-honored way to push legislation. The tactic can even make strange-bedfellows. Last month conservative GOP Rep. Frank Wolf, convened a hearing on video game violence, featuring a researcher who also found… Read more »
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White House directs Pentagon to prepare for ‘cliff’
The Office of Management and Budget issued a memorandum to the Department of Defense directing it to begin preparation to make $ 500 billion in cuts to the Defense budget: WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2012 – The Defense Department has received guidance from the Office of Management and Budget and is now planning for sequestration, Pentagon… Read more »
SCOTUS Directs Appeals Court To Address HHS Mandate Challenge
The Supreme Court has directed the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a case that challenges the HHS mandate. In its ruling on November 26th, the high court vacated the appeals court’s prior dismissal of the challenge to the mandate by Liberty University, a Christian institution that has argued that the HHS mandate… Read more »
Power Fail: White House Directs Storm Victims To … The Internet
The people in need of the most help today after the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy, are those living in a number of states along the East Coast that have lost power. And yet, at least according to Politico, while these people had the electricity necessary to get the information needed, neither the White House… Read more »