Says CNN today: In a last-ditch attempt to craft a bipartisan health care reform bill, President Obama will release a new proposal Wednesday that will include Republican ideas on tort reform and health savings accounts, according to Democratic officials familiar with the plans. But top Republicans, including House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Virginia, immediately said the new proposal is not …

Hey blogosphere, here’s a challenge.  If you consider yourself a moderate, I think you should be able to cite positions from “the other side” readily and genuinely.  Put the other way, if you consider yourself a moderate but cannot think of a single meaningful issue in which you agree with the other guys…I have a news update…you aren’t a moderate. …

I am having trouble explaining the magnitude for my excitement about the federal government’s massive entres into data transparency. In no time at all, Vivek Kundra has helped Obama and Co. rewrite the rules around the way the public sector looks at information and accountability. Take www.usaspending.gov. For years, we consultants have worked with organizations public and private to address spending. “Strategic …

As I walked home yesterday, I enjoyed a gorgeous autumn evening, cool breeze and all.  People were in good spirits all around, and I thought, what a fantastic country we live in.  What a fantastic place Manhattan is in the autumn. Before buying some flowers for my lady, I saw a construction van with a vicious-looking bald eagle painted on the …

October 30, 2009 The Honorable Paul G. Kirk, Jr. 188 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC, 20510 Dear Senator Kirk: I am a New Yorker currently (I must admit) but I attended Boston College and spent nearly10 years in Boston as a passionate Pats fan and Boston Marathon runner.  Though my wife and I are currently renting our home in …