A Caucasus Power Vacuum at Stake
This week a record number of world leaders delivered speeches to the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). As expected, the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic featured…
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t—A Magician’s Guide to Drug Pricing
You cannot have your cake and eat it, too. It is a tale as old as time. But apparently, with its latest “Most Favored Nation” executive order on drug pricing, the…
Executive Orders Are Not the Best Way to Lower Prices and Maintain High Quality. But a Healthy, Robust Marketplace Is.
Unexpected expenses are never welcome and no one likes a costly surprise. So it isn’t surprising that there has been a lot of talk in Washington and Congress about “protecting”…
The Dialectic of Woke
Last week a few sharp-eyed members of the audience for Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan noticed something ugly in the credits. The film’s producers thanked, among others, the publicity department of the “CPC…
Wealth Gap 2020: The destruction of the American dream
The closer the 2020 election comes, the more urgent the necessity for understanding the wealth gap which underlies the entire debate. The fundamental issue at stake in this election is…
Where The World Is Heading To?
Even before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the political, economic, financial, cultural, and moral health of the world have been quite unsettling. Most importantly, for centuries there has existed a…
Workers’rights in the 21st century: Unions and Conscious Capitalism
My first experience with a union came when I represented the newsroom’s intention to hold a vote for a union to the publisher of a national weekly newspaper. I had…
Restore our lives using medical science, data and common sense
Americans are anxious to get back to work and to send their children to school. The science backs them up. We have learned a lot over the past months, and we…
Let’s Get Lower Drug Prices AND More Innovation and New Cures!
President Trump has done a lot in his first term to strengthen the U.S. Economy, make America more competitive, and bring good paying jobs back to America. As a result, before the…
SCOTUS To Rule On Charge That Google Success Was Built On Someone Else’s Intellectual Property
Larry Dean is not as famous as he deserves to be but, as the man who developed the code that allows automatic teller machines to accept cards from other banks and…
Greens Threaten U.S. National Security: Pebble Mine Project Deserves a Green Light
The United States is in a race for strategic mineral supremacy. Many of the essential minerals involved in the design of computer components vital to the nation’s defenses are found,…
Op-Ed: Defend American shipping to prevent Chinese dominance of global trade
Everyone knows that goods made in China have a massive hold on what Americans buy. Now China wants the world to be dependent on them for how things are delivered,…
Reversal on Appeal of Texas Trade Secret Ruling Offers Promise for Economic Recovery
The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on Americans’ health as well as the health of our economy over the past several months. The real estate industry is certainly no exception. Due…
California’s tax-the-rich folly
The California Legislature is back from its summer recess and has frantically resumed its quest for new revenue sources. One of the latest ideas is Assembly Bill 1253. This proposed…
Doing Dialysis Differently – Savings Lives, Saving Money
If all you did was listen to the politicians and commentators, you’d think America’s health care system was on the verge of collapse. Nothing could be further from the truth.…