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“Temperament”…. for months, it’s been THE central focus of the collective Clinton forces’ massive negative campaign effort against Donald Trump. And why not? Trump has handed Clinton, her supporters, his many enemies in the...
On a purely structural level, Hillary Clinton must still remain a slight favorite to win the White House — but every new day brings the type of news every campaign dreads, and the certainty...
The only Washington, DC-based advocacy organization representing the interests of the nation’s long term care (LTC) pharmacy sector, the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC), scored a major coup in August when it welcomed a...
As reported in several media outlets this week, the first handful of states have released approved 2017 rates for people who buy health insurance on their own and the results are scary news for...
It’s uncanny: just as GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump appears to have turned a corner in his effort to consolidate GOP support, on the one hand, while tempering his general behavior to attract wavering...
Tom Edsall’s New York Times piece, “The Great Trump Reshuffle” is the most fascinating look at polling and demographic data in months, and the implications of Donald Trump leading the 2016 Republican ticket to...
I previously posted it was highly unlikely Donald Trump would get a second chance to put this contest away after a triumvirate of gaffes and miscues over a month ago — specifically his abortion...
President Obama’s signature Affordable Care Act (ACA) — better known as “Obamacare” — has suffered years of negative publicity and controversy, most of it warranted. But one beneficial aspect of the law almost universally...
May 5, 2016 editorial note: As Trump is now the presumptive GOP nominee, I am incorrect below — now the fourth time I have incorrectly predicted his demise. At the presidential campaign level, getting...
In the 1970s, union members were a monopoly in the New York City construction labor market. At the time, card-carrying union workers made up a stunning 90 percent of the city’s construction workforce. Not...
When GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio recently decided to abandon his positive, aspirational message and go toe to toe with Donald Trump in the lowbrow realm of personal ad hominem attacks, I considered it...