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VIEWPOINT: Assure the Protection of our Patients

VIEWPOINT: Assure the Protection of our Patients

By Jonathan Weil February 28, 2017

In uncertain times, conviction is the currency by which we judge the worth of an institution. To that end, Georgetown should act boldly by publicly endorsing efforts to save and augment former President...

MESA & BENNETT: The GOP’s Tom Brady Test

By Christian Mesa and Aaron Bennett February 3, 2017

In history, there are make-or-break moments. After New England Patriots star quarterback Drew Bledsoe suffered internal bleeding in week two of the 2001 season, the team relied on baby-faced Tom Brady,...

PETROCHEILOS: Obamacare Endures Despite GOP Win

PETROCHEILOS: Obamacare Endures Despite GOP Win

By Martha Petrocheilos December 6, 2016

After this election season, the Democrats have become America’s minority party in Washington, D.C. The Republican Party now controls the presidency, the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives....

Obama Solidifies Substantial Legacy

By Maya Gandhi October 28, 2016

Presidential legacy is a tricky balance of the good, the bad and the scandalous. Should we remember former president Franklin D. Roosevelt for the New Deal without recalling his policy of Japanese internment?...

Students Eschew ACA for Private Plans

By Caroline Welch February 11, 2014

With the formal introduction of President Obama's Affordable Care Act on Jan.1, Americans have another option for health insurance. But while the ACA launch has focused on enrolling young, healthy individuals...

HOLLANDER: Negotiation a Smarter Way to Play Politics

By Evan Hollander October 4, 2013

In 1997, just one year after the most recent government shutdown, the comedy "Wag the Dog" was released, with a plot centered on a fictional president launching a war against Albania to distract the public...

GADEA: Division Derails Congress

By James Gadea October 4, 2013

When I voted Republican, I asked for a small government, not a petty one. Over the past few weeks, however, Congress has given us just that: a trifling government of power-hungry individuals with no regard...

Tea Party’s Policy Flawed, Not Their Methods

By Taylor Coles October 4, 2013

For good reason, the government shutdown has been dominating the national consciousness over the past week. Throughout the nation, pundits and media figures have, with varying degrees of vitriol and irony,...

GOP Has Moral High Ground in Shutdown Fight

By Daniel Kendrick October 4, 2013

It has been alleged that the Republicans in the House of Representatives are holding the country hostage by refusing to approve any budget fully funding Obamacare. This accusation is an absurd calumny,...

The 6 Questions About the Government Shutdown That You Were Too Afraid To Ask

The 6 Questions About the Government Shutdown That You Were Too Afraid To Ask

By KP and KP October 1, 2013

Well, Hoyas, midnight happened: Healy bells were chiming ominous tolls, Congress was screaming in a blur of Obamacare and budget failures and then, in a fury of doom, death and drinking, the federal government...

An Immature Strategy

By Pat Curran October 1, 2013

Everyone had "that" friend as a kid. You know who I’m talking about. The one who demanded a re-do after tossing a football straight to the other team because "the sun was in my eyes!" The one who...

VEATCH: Employer Health Plans Needlessly Mandate Values

By Robert M. Veatch February 22, 2013

Recently, in the case of Korte v. Sebelius, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked a policy that would have required Cyril and Jane Korte, the owners of a construction company, to violate...

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