Category: Politics, Religion & Money

It’s my view that the HITECH Act of 2009 helped to kick hospital mergers and acquisitions into high gear. The software company Epic Systems of Verona, Wisconsin, was well positioned to take advantage of that trend and facilitate the acquisition of physician practices by hospitals.

A Massachusetts attorney, a U.S. citizen born in Massachusetts, was ordered by the Department of Homeland Security to leave the country immediately.

An administrative error, like the deportation of Kilmar Ábrego García? Not if it happens again to an American-born citizen, which it has.

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https://youtu.be/E2NJ2ER2fBw

So it’s no surprise that a foreign-born citizen, also a woman, has also been a victim of this obvious intimidation tactic by the Trump administration.

Here’s an example of how to apologize for administrative errors.

The ass kissing is what matters to him. At least he didn’t claim that Congress doesn’t have authority over tariffs.

“You don’t negotiate like I negotiate.” Can’t argue with that. Caving on the electronics tariff proves he has no idea what he’s doing, and there is no strategy.

Former New York Times columnist Paul Krugman says, “I had always been lightly edited at the Times, until the last year. And then the editing became extremely intrusive.” That is very disappointing to hear.

Krugman is now very actively self-publishing, unfettered on Substack.

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/

So far, I’m a freebie subscriber. Krugman undoubtedly has incidental costs, but I have yet to fully embrace the idea of paying a Nobel Prize winner $5/month. I assure you that Prattling Before the Pratfall will always cost you exactly what it’s worth — nothing! 😉

Correction: It’s $7/month to be a paid subscriber, or $70/year.

Excellent reporting on a very difficult situation on the west coast of Africa.

Everything is “tremendous” with this guy. It’s the only superlative he knows.

But, yes, the people were indeed going a little bit YIPPIE!

The Seventies began with the Yippie message, “don’t trust the government.” Incredibly, the Eighties began with Ronald Reagan winning the presidency by co-opting the same message.

China didn’t rip off America, we ripped off China. American business wanted to take advantage of cheap Chinese labor. China turned that around to become the world’s leading exporter of manufactured goods. As a nation, we have no one to blame but ourselves.