VA secretary: Bill making it easier to fire workers a 'different' but necessary step
June 20, 2017 ·
Veterans Affairs, News, Politics
Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said Tuesday that legislation President Trump will sign today that makes it easier to fire VA employees represents a step the VA needs to take in order to bring accountability back to the troubled agency.
Showdown looms in Missouri over right to work
September 13, 2015 ·
Politics, Labor, Jay Nixon
Missouri could become the 26th state to adopt a right-to-work law next week, marking the first time in history that the law has been on the books in a majority of U.S. states.
PolitiFact rewrites its own history in Obamacare 'Lie Of The Year' decision
December 12, 2013 ·
Politifact, Analysis, President
In an impressive display of chutzpah, the Tampa Bay Times' fact-checking organization PolitiFact has designated President Obama's promise that "If you like your health care plan, you can keep it" as their "Lie of the Year" for 2013 while simultaneously distancing itself from its own years-long…
How D.C.'s effort to raise the minimum wage helps Walmart
December 3, 2013 ·
Minimum Wage, Vincent Gray, Columnists
The D.C. Council began the year by trying to pass a minimum wage hike intended to bring to Walmart to heel. It is ending the year by pushing a minimum wage increase that would likely benefit Walmart. Such are the tangled politics and economics of the minimum wage issue.
Politifact's pants are on fire on coverage of Obamacare promises
November 4, 2013 ·
Politifact, Analysis, President
Now that President Obama’s oft-repeated claim that Obamacare lets people keep their current health insurance has been exposed as false, it’s a good time to examine Politifact’s track record on the matter. It isn’t good.
Axing in Air
July 11, 2011 ·
Blog
The rocker was midway through a virtuoso guitar solo on the stage of the 9:30 Club in downtown DC when he tried a back-flip. Instead of landing on his feet he landed on his head, smacking it against the stage so hard the vibrations could be felt in the front rows.