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George P. Bush is making the rounds this week in North Texas. He's the featured speaker Friday at an Institute for Policy Innovation luncheon titled "Whither the Conservative Movement: Big Tent or Big Debacle."

The Federal Communications Commission is not able to flexibly adapt to changed  circumstances in the communications world, according to officials on how to the transition to internet protocol networks.

The FCC is not able to flexibly adapt to changed  circumstances in the communications world, according to officials . In a January letter to the FCC, IPI chastised: “It borders on the absurd to require that companies like AT&T maintain two parallel networks, a forward looking one that is desired by consumers and businesses; but also an expensive legacy network that is necessary only to comply with outdated regulations.”

If there was one ad that seemed to spark the greatest sense of Americana among some politicos, including IPI president Tom Giovanetti, it was Dodge’s commercial that used audio from the late conservative radio broadcaster Paul Harvey.

Research conducted by IPI's Merrill Matthews and Mark E. Litow shows Oklahoma premiums in the individual market could increase between 65 percent and 100 percent due to Obamacare's mandates.

Even though President Obama promised that premiums for a family would be lower after his first term in office, prices are actually now $3,000 higher.

Health insurance premiums could soar in Georgia as more provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act come into effect this year. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, actuary Mark E. Litow and IPI's Merrill Matthews predict that rates could climb 65 percent to 100 percent in states such as Georgia and Tennessee.

But what is really holding the music industry back isn’t the greed of the structure. It’s the greed of the people who believe they have the right to all the music they want without paying for it. For the love of music, buy the album and appreciate it for what it is worth.  

IPI's Merrill Matthews and actuary Mark Litow, in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, titled, "ObamaCare's Health-Insurance Sticker Shock," predict that Americans' healthcare insurance premiums will spike this year due to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

As a consequence of some Obamacare requirements — such as the requirement that health insurers accept everyone who applies, never charge more based on serious medical conditions (modified community rating), and/or start paying for many often-uncovered medical conditions — health-insurance premiums have been going up. But not everyone is equally affected by the increase in premiums.