By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger In early February 1997, I received a telephone call from a longtime friend in Washington. He was calling to say that we were being recruited for a very important assignment, an assignment related to national security. He explained that, in 1996, the Clinton administration agreed to give the People’s [...]
Patent Reform Act Threatens ‘Engine’ of Prosperity (Update)
August 30th, 2011 · 4 Comments
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Obama Appointee Draws Little Media Attention
January 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments
Didn’t hear much about the Obama Administration’s appointment of Amanda Simpson (right) to serve as a senior technical adviser to the Department of Commerce? Neither did I. Why do you think her appointment didn’t receive much attention in the mainstream media? Perhaps, it’s because President Barack Obama’s poll numbers are so low that his handlers [...]
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Ten ‘Heistman Trophy’ Finalists Named
December 11th, 2009 · No Comments
Today, one year after sharing a similar report in 2008, I share a new oversight report issued this week on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.). Inside, it contains candidates for what an annual award I’ve decided to call “The Heistman Trophy.” Among those, descriptions of [...]
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China, Feds Take Industry to the ‘Cleaners’
April 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Consumers are already paying high prices for gas, oil, dairy and bakery products; now, they’ll have to pay higher prices at the dry cleaners as well. Who’s to blame for the price hike? In a news release today, the folks at the National Cleaners Association place the blame squarely on China, assisted by a slow-to-act [...]
Tags: · bakery, China, chinese manufacturers, cleaners, clothes hanger, commerce, Dairy, department of commerce, doc, dry cleaners, dry cleaning, Gas Prices, hanger, international trade administration, international trade commission, national cleaners association, nca, oil, tariff, trade, u.s. government
