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Having just watched highly controversial legislation become law along painfully partisan lines and cause political fractures that may last for years, it’s nostalgic to be reminded of the good old days when Congress acted less along partisan lines and more in the interests of the majority of the American people—like way, way back in 2008 when the House of Representatives passed the PRO-IP Act by a vote of 410 to 11, and the Senate passed it unanimously.

Even as they force through massive new tax and spending increases, Democrats are trying to demonstrate their fiscal responsibility by proposing to eliminate congressional earmarks, except for nonprofit organizations (which is the majority of earmarks).

In many developing countries, including most African countries, as much as 60 percent of prescription drugs sold are actually counterfeit, containing little if any of the active molecule, and in some cases containing toxins and other harmful substances.

So how did Social Security get tied up in health care reform? It’s kind of complicated so stay with me.

By any objective measure, the rollout of broadband services to the country is going phenomenally well, and is largely being done with private capital and without involving taxpayer dollars.

Members of Congress say they are concerned about the exploding budget deficit, though not so concerned, it seems, to stop all the spending that’s actually causing the deficit explosion—up to about 24.

Is there a more dynamic industry than wireless communications? In a relatively short time a cell phone has become a necessity to virtually everyone, and one of the areas of most rapid technological innovation is in wireless handsets.

Senator Jim Bunning could probably use a hug.

One of the challenges of putting out nearly daily content is to find a title for all of the various pieces.

World markets have been worried about the financial disaster threatening Greece.