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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) this week issued a “Report to Congressional Committees: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, Observations on Efforts to Quantify the Economic Effects of Counterfeit and Pirated Goods.

What if most Americans didn’t owe any income tax? Would April 15 still be the object of scorn and derision? Well, that’s exactly the direction we’re headed in.

As we reported last February, a group of so-called consumer advocates and labor interests was urging Comcast to drop the litigation it brought challenging the FCC's use and enforcement of agency-made "guidelines.

The phrase “free at last” is associated with spirituals and the emancipation movement.

Every type of organization—families, businesses, nonprofits—scales back its spending and seeks greater efficiencies when revenues are down.

I predict that one of the most common phrases in the American vocabulary over the next few years will be, “I didn’t know the health care bill would do that.

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.