by Jane Richey | Feb 20, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Scientists and gamers alike can now play disease detective, through “Solve the Outbreak,” a new iPad app from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The app lets users assume the role of a disease outbreak investigator in the agency’s Epidemic Intelligence...
by Jane Richey | Feb 20, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Maybe here’s a cut the VA could make! On January 16th, the VA Medical Center in Pittsburgh awarded a contract for $47, 526.91 to Maron International out of Houston, TX. What did they buy? A smoking machine! Click here for the contract details. According to...
by Jane Richey | Feb 20, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Flanked by emergency medical personnel, Mr. Obama made his usual threat of Armageddon if automatic spending cuts go forward on March 1. Americans can expect more such melodrama in the coming days, so as a public service we thought we’d break down the...
by Jane Richey | Feb 20, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
JAY CARNEY: What I will concede is that we were looking and the Republicans were looking for a trigger around which to build a mechanism to get us out of default possibility and the sequester was one of the idea put forward, yes by the president’s team. (Special...
by Jane Richey | Feb 20, 2013 | Voting Issues
Enforcement of the most significant part of the new law — a requirement that voters show photo ID at the polls — will not be in effect for the primary under an agreement struck last week between the state and the plaintiffs who sued. Commonwealth Court Judge Robert...