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Of course, the awful mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade highlights the need for additional common-sense regulation that will make it harder for unstable Americans to get access to weapons of war. Democrats have achieved some success on gun control and should push Republicans to do more on this issue. Indeed, just a […]

Today’s administration has weathered lots of flack over the economy and a host of other issues, but, as one with a 25+ year career helping the U.S. access foreign markets, aided by being an appointee to federal advisory committees with the same aim, Washington is forwarding America’s interest quite well on this important matter. This […]

On June 7th, the Federal Trade Commission announced an Inquiry Into Prescription Drug Middlemen Industry. The industry the FTC is referring to, are Prescription Benefit Managers, often referred to as PBMs. On principle, PBMs make sense — they purchase prescription drugs in bulk, on behalf of their clients, like multi-employer health plans and insurers. This […]

The Fourth of July is a time to celebrate American traditions and spend a day embracing positive principles. Independence Day is a reminder we can achieve greatness, if as a nation we put forward maximum effort. It is not too late for America to make a comeback. I would not traditionally be this pessimistic but […]

Healthcare is perhaps the most important component of a lot of people’s lives. Today, in our post-Covid pandemic world, many Americans are revisiting their lifestyle choices and recalibrating their goals. One area of medical treatment, stem cells, recently became an interest of mine. Initially, medical tourism caught my attention; I knew and heard about a […]

In 1972 women faced discriminatory admission quotas that limited their opportunities in professional schools like law and medicine. Today those admissions quotas have disappeared thanks to Title IX, but they have been replaced with sports participation quotas that discriminate against boys. The intent of the law has been turned on its head, as it is […]

While it is not a quick read, the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) 255-page draft 2022 Scoping Plan is a must read for all Californians who want to understand CARB’s long-term strategy to slow and ultimately reverse climate change.  As mandated by California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, the Scoping Plan is CARB’s master […]

In this month’s primary elections, Democrats in both Northern and Southern California spoke out against the status quo. San Franciscans fed up with rising crime recalled their District Attorney, who had made progressive prosecutorial discretion his signature issue. In Los Angeles, voters revolted against Democratic machine politics that offered no new ideas to confront the […]

For much of the COVID-19 pandemic, life-saving vaccines were not available for children and adolescents. But now children five and older are receiving vaccinations, and starting this week, those as young as six months will be eligible. At minimum, expanding vaccine eligibility means that vaccinated children will face a much lower risk of infection, hospitalization, […]

Veterans are encountering potential delays in using their education benefits and colleges are coping with confusing pending policy changes by the government around a law known as 85/15. The 85/15 law was created decades ago to protect veterans’ education benefits (GI Bill) from potential abuses. Unfortunately, today the implementation of the law by regulators can […]