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President Obama can rightfully be accused of many things -- but not a rigid adherence to consistency. As he inaccurately rails against the oil and natural gas industry's "unfair" tax breaks, he's doling out billions to that industry's competitors.

The Federal Communications Commission is not able to flexibly adapt to changed  circumstances in the communications world, according to officials on how to the transition to internet protocol networks.

The FCC is not able to flexibly adapt to changed  circumstances in the communications world, according to officials . In a January letter to the FCC, IPI chastised: “It borders on the absurd to require that companies like AT&T maintain two parallel networks, a forward looking one that is desired by consumers and businesses; but also an expensive legacy network that is necessary only to comply with outdated regulations.”

If there was one ad that seemed to spark the greatest sense of Americana among some politicos, including IPI president Tom Giovanetti, it was Dodge’s commercial that used audio from the late conservative radio broadcaster Paul Harvey.

Research conducted by IPI's Merrill Matthews and Mark E. Litow shows Oklahoma premiums in the individual market could increase between 65 percent and 100 percent due to Obamacare's mandates.

Millions of Americans will soon discover that health coverage was never so expensive as when Obama decided to make it affordable.

In comments filed with the FCC, IPI experts urged the agency to help speed the transition from the legacy public switched telephone network (PSTN) to IP-based networks by reforming archaic regulations and especially through proposed test-case migrations onto IP networks.

In the midst of one of the worst economic downturns in history, the Internet economy is one of the few areas where investment in research, infrastructure, and facilities, and consumer spending on products and services, continues at a strong pace.

Health care is entering the telecommunications age, and that development has significant ramifications for the access, cost and quality of health care. States have not been involved yet, but they soon will be.

If Republicans want to recapture the public’s support and trust, they will have to do it with bold new ideas that actually address the country’s problems.  The GOP used to be an ideas machine; maybe with a little kick start it can be again.