Category Archives: Policy

Dubious Lab Results and Do-Overs: The New Healthcare Double-Billing Scam

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Daniel Ihonvbere

I’ve heard about it for quite some time but always thought it was one of those stories you can never verify. Until I experienced it first hand at a major clinic in Round Rock, TX. Imagine going to a hospital … Continue reading →

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Save Their Families, Destroy Yours

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Daniel Ihonvbere

Did you hear about the American soldier who got thrown in jail because she missed her deployment plane to go save families and people in other countries? Yes, she got jailed because she could not find someone to take care of her ten-month old son and missed the plane! While she was being asked to go save other families in far away countries where she will probably be killed, she is being punished for trying to take care of a little boy who is just TEN MONTHS old. Continue reading →

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The Party of "NO"?

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Daniel Ihonvbere

It’s just over a year since President Barack Obama won the U.S. presidential elections. A full year, you would assume, for the Republican Party to lick its wounds, put country first and help the new president get the country up and running as it tries to recover from…the worst recession in many decades. Continue reading →

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Campbell Brown's Righteous Indignation….

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Daniel Ihonvbere

or A Case of Serious Logic Problems. For the past couple of weeks, watchers of CNN have been bombarded with serious doses of misguided commentaries by Campbell Brown and her self-styled “No Bias, No Bull” segments which are probably the … Continue reading →

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Obama's Security Team

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Daniel Ihonvbere

As was widely rumored, President-Elect Barack Obama unveiled his National Security Team today. Here’s the announcement as released: Good morning. Last week, we announced our economic team, which is working as we speak to craft an Economic Recovery Program to … Continue reading →

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