The Final Confession of Lance
Disgraced cyclist apologizes to staff amid reports of a forthcoming tell-all interview. AUSTIN, TX: Lance Armstrong has apologised to the staff of this foundation, Livestrong, prior to the release of an interview with TV’s Oprah Winfrey where it is being speculated he will admit to all doping charges levied against him. The 41 [...]
U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
The U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has been making its way under the radar in Washington, D.C.. A Senate vote on ratification of the worldwide disability treaty has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 4. Leading the way for the Obama administration is Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), and [...]
Tennessee and the State Health Insurance Exchange
The state of Tennessee is in the news regarding the possible formation of a State Health Insurance Exchange, as outlined by The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Earlier this month, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, said that the lack of information coming from the White House on questions raised by him and his fellow [...]
Primary Care Physicians and Obamacare
Now that The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is moving forward one of the next questions is where are you going to find a Primary Care Physician, if you have that need? If the estimates are correct and there will be some 30 to 50 million currently uninsured Americans looking for health insurance [...]
Obamacare and the Impact on Small Business
Business’s of all size’s are now basking in the glory of Black Friday and yet another successful start of the Christmas shopping season. In the background however is the new year and the pending regulatory nightmare formally known as The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). After all is said and done, it [...]
Wind Power. Just Lots of Hot Air?
President Obama touts at most every chance he can, his “all of the above,” energy policy. However much of the “green energy,” emphasis has not panned out to the satisfaction of the consumers for whom the energy is destined. The founders of America made use of wind power in their sailing vessels, grist mills and [...]
RFID Tracking in Schools
Northside Independent School District (NISD) Sophomore Andrea Hernandez, has been suspended for refusing to wear her school student ID card which is implanted with a radio-frequency identification chip (RFID). The San Antonio based school district began issuing the RFID chip encoded cards at the start of the fall 2012 school year. The student ID badge [...]
Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2011
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2011 (S. 1011) is a bill introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in May of 2011. In a perfect world the intent of the law would, require police to obtain a search warrant to access private communications and the locations of your mobile devices. An important [...]