Members of Congress used to have a foolproof way of dealing with controversial problems: They’d appoint a commission to look into them.
Time to take the plunge?
By
John O'Connor
Jun 01, 2014
I’ll never forget my first encounter with the high diving board at Sherman Park pool.
Let’s not shop ’til we drop
By
John O'Connor
Dec 01, 2008
Our elected officials appear to have embraced the notion that you have to spend money to make money. Or at least that you have to spend money.
New president soon? Big deal
By
John O'Connor
Oct 01, 2008
With less than a month before Election Day, the fight to determine our next president has hit a fever pitch. By that, I mean both sides are working as never before to smear the other guy.
LTC providers: Senate vote to kill ‘skinny’ healthcare bill ‘the right move’...
By
John O'Connor
Jul 28, 2017
Provider groups exhaled Friday following the death of a so-called “skinny repeal” healthcare bill that could have opened the door to Medicaid funding cuts.