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Trump is paving the road to revised overtime pay with good intentions

By Veronique de Rugy Back in 2016, the Obama administration passed an overtime-pay regulation that would have required employers to pay overtime for salaried employees who earn less than $47,476 per year. But its implementation was blocked by a federal judge in November 2016 in…

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Agony of Brexit reminds us that the EU is a great idea gone astray

By Fareed Zakaria As we watch Britain going through the paroxysms relating to Brexit, it is easy to view its decision to leave the European Union as an act of foolishness, a self-inflicted wound that will impoverish Britons for years to come. Europe is Britain’s largest market,…

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‘Value equation': A term every small-business owner must be familiar with

By Robert Pembroke There is only one way that healthcare can really be reformed and that is through the marketplace. The World Health Organization ranks the United States as the 37th-healthiest country in the world. Not only are Americans not as healthy as the rest of the world,…

What nearly 10,000 miles on the road throughout Region VIII has taught me

By Dan Nordberg When I became regional administrator at the U.S. Small Business Administration, I never would have imagined the many positive experiences and challenges I’ve experienced during my visits across the Rocky Mountain region. Twelve months, six states and nearly…

The DOJ shouldn’t reignite the fight against intrastate gambling

By Veronique de Rugy The ongoing government shutdown has already become the longest shutdown in U.S. history. As for how long the current standoff between the Trump administration and the Democratic Congress is going to last, your guess is as good as mine. It’s a gamble for both…

Would elimination of regulations return governance to the people?

By Robert Pembroke America is being suffocated by over-regulation. It’s costing U.S. industry trillions in compliance costs. While discussing this at our Saturday Morning Breakfast Club, I posed to our attorney friend the following question: “Why don’t we eliminate regulations…

Come on, we can do this: Let's make 2019 a D.C. year to remember

By Veronique de Rugy Christmas is over, and the new year begins. Now Congress needs to go back to work and clean up the mess it left behind last year. Looking back, 2018 reveals a sad picture of what a Republican Congress and White House have failed to accomplish. Instead of…

From Illinois, finally a sign of intelligent life in the Democratic Party

By George Will Fareed Zakaria is on vaction this week. George Will is filling in. If Republicans have a lick of sense, they are alarmed by a recent sign of intelligent life in the other party. The sign is the election by Democrats in the House of Representatives of Illinois of…

UofU clinic hopes to reduce effects of opioids on pregnant women & their babies

By Robert Pembroke “University of Utah SUPeRAD Clinic Helps Addicted Pregnant Women.” That headline comes from an article published by University of Utah Health Sciences. I was surprised to learn that 20 percent of pregnant women are prescribed opioids in America. My daughter, a…

Is your technology meeting your business goals?

By Ingolf de Jong With 90 percent of U.S. consumers owning at least one smart device, personal technology is becoming more integrated every day. But is business technology keeping up? According to a recent survey conducted by Deloitte, no one method of communication will be…

Avoiding the three deadly biases that lead to bad decision-making

By Richard Tyson At 11:37 a.m. on Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifted off from Cape Canaveral. Seventy-three seconds later, it broke apart, killing all seven of its crew members.{mprestriction ids="1,3"} The night before the launch, a conference was held at Morton…

Business Tech: Here are six resolutions for a New Year free from IT drama

By David Black The new year is here. I hope you made it through unscathed. As we welcome the new year, keep these tips in mind as you create your New Year’s cyber resolutions for 2019. {mprestriction ids="1,3"} No. 1 - Education, Education, Education Cyber awareness training…

A deficit-happy government may lead to a financial crisis and 100% taxes

By Veronique de Rugy There are milestones you celebrate: a kid’s first step, a round-numbered birthday, a marriage anniversary. And then there are the milestones you dread. Reaching $22 trillion in national debt is one of them. We’re slated to reach that number next month, yet…

There's growing backlash to populism everywhere; Brexit is a good example

By Fareed Zakaria Emmanuel Macron has been the great hope for those who worry that global politics is being dominated by populism, nationalism and racism. In his presidential campaign last year, Macron was able to rally France around a message of reform and multilateralism,…

Let's take on the insurance industry, hospitals and doctors to fix healthcare

By Robert Pembroke “In a democracy, the frequent imbecility of decision-making is a vice we are all willing to live with because of democracy’s great virtue and its many and constant feedback loops that allows idiotic policies to be reversed or ameliorated.” Wall Street Journal,…

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