Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2011. Today the Department of Education released the final version of its gainful employment rule, a measure many hoped would require career-education programs—particularly at for-profit colleges—to make sure their students get a high-value education. The rule is a step in the right direction but it leaves much[Read More…]
Opinion
Websites That Rate Services Raise Free-Speech Questions
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director Freedom of speech might logically seem to apply the same way whether the speech takes place on the street corner or on the Internet. But that basic First Amendment premise is as yet unsettled in our[Read More…]
Memorial Day Weekend Driving: Volatility and Speculation Affect Family Vacations
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2011. Families across the country are now planning their summer vacations, eager for this weekend’s Memorial Day kickoff of the spring and summer driving season, but on this coming three-day weekend, rising prices at the pump will be hard to miss. Today, the Center for American Progress[Read More…]
President Obama’s Strategy for the Middle East
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2011. The Center for American Progress released “What Now, Mr. President?: Obama’s Middle East Speech Now Requires Follow Through,” by Brian Katulis, on President Barack Obama’s Middle East speech on May 19, aimed at laying clear the bottom line positions of leaders and people in the region[Read More…]
Praise for a Brave Woman; Shame for a Cowardly Man
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski To the lady, I say, “Well done.” To the man, well, not pleased at all, dude. Not. At. All. Two Saturdays ago, just before noon, a woman arrived at the Park Forest Police Department to file a complaint. I will not reveal her name, and, considering[Read More…]
Cheers for Dr. Deb Richter, and All Who Work Toward a Single-Payer Health Care System
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski I understand more now, after paying attention to the health care debate over the last few years. What happened in Congress last year was a start, but not the solution to our health care insurance problems in the United States. We must rid ourselves of the[Read More…]
Important Electronic Privacy Information Legislation Introduced In Senate
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 17 – Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) today introduced important legislation that would update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). ECPA was passed in 1986, before the advent of much of our communications technology, and has not been substantially updated since. The ECPA Amendments Act will give Americans[Read More…]
Medicare, Medicaid Payment Reform Means Savings without Sacrificing Quality of Care
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2011. Billions of taxpayer dollars per year can be saved by reforming the way Medicare and Medicaid investigate improper payments, says Marsha Simon in a new report from the Center for American Progress entitled, “Payment Police 2.0: How to Stop Paying Bad Medicare and Medicaid Claims.” Despite[Read More…]
Opposing Flag-Burning With Violence Trashes Freedom
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director What part of patriotism makes it OK to trash one of our nation’s most-treasured rights, free speech? A graduate student and part-time instructor at Louisiana State University, Benjamin Haas, tried yesterday to stage a protest that[Read More…]
Exxon Pays Lower Effective Tax Rate than Average American
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. Yesterday the Center for American Progress released the column “Exxon Mobil Dodges the Tax Man: Exxon Pays a Lower Effective Tax Rate than the Average American,” with an accompanying spreadsheet that includes the data on Exxon’s effective tax rate from 2008 to 2010 as the Fortune[Read More…]
