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Georgia Health Insurance Costs Up 198%?
A recent trend in the naming of legislation is to include the purported benefits in the title, hence, the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”—aka Obamacare. Unfortunately, experience has show ...
31 Jul, 2013
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GA Officials Say Common Core Tests Cost More Than All State Tests Combined
Albert G. / FlickrGeorgia’s announcement last week that it plans to opt out of the Common Core Standards assessments raises doubts as to whether the more rigorous standards can be measured effectivel ...
29 Jul, 2013
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Does Money Buy Happiness?
Rule number one in effective communication is to establish the relevancy of the topic to the audience. Why should they care? How does it affect their quality of life?Truthful accounting might do just ...
18 Jul, 2013
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College Degree Programs Should Account for Realities of Labor Market
credit: University of GeorgiaIf states are to rebuild and retool their economies, they must establish innovative and cost-effective solutions to increase student access to public colleges and univers ...
15 Jul, 2013
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FEC Nominees Highlight Agency's Dysfunction
Credit: 401(K) 2012 via FlickrPresident Obama recently announced his two nominees for the Federal Election Commission (FEC) -- Ann Ravel and Lee E. Goodman.Ravel, a Democrat, is the chair of the Cali ...
02 Jul, 2013
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Can States Nullify The Affordable Care Act?
President Obama signs healthcare reform in 2010 // Credit: Reid.senate.govCan a state unilaterally suspend the operation of ObamaCare within its borders? Of course not. That measure would violate the ...
01 Jul, 2013
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Five Things that Same-Sex Marriage Probably Won't Lead To
Now for the slippery slope arguments—those rationally indefensible, but emotionally satisfying predictions of what "something" is going to lead to. The “somethings,” of course, are the two recent Supr ...
27 Jun, 2013
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Five Things that Same-Sex Marriage Probably Won't Lead To
Now for the slippery slope arguments—those rationally indefensible, but emotionally satisfying predictions of what "something" is going to lead to. The “somethings,” of course, are the two recent Supr ...
27 Jun, 2013
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5 min read
On Immigration Reform Liberty Movement Shows Disagreements
(Credit: Gage Skidmore)Along with gun control, immigration reform has been among the more divisive issues in Washington and within the Republican Party.Within the GOP is the so-called liberty movemen ...
24 Jun, 2013
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The Facts versus the Myths about Our Flag, and how they relate to commerce and politics
Friday, June 14th 2013 was flag day, a day which tends to go uncelebrated, and about which most people know very little.This post will be a brief detour from my continuing series on the different face ...
18 Jun, 2013
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