A new survey of employers from the human-services firm Mercer finds that employer-sponsored health premiums rose at the lowest rate in 15 years during 2012. The rate of growth, 4.1%, was down from about 6% in recent years, and is consistent with recent findings from the Kaiser Family Foundation, which...
The global energy map is changing dramatically, recasting expectations about the role of different countries, regions and fuels in the global energy system over the coming decades, according to the International Energy Agency’s 2012 World Energy Outlook, just released. The boom in North American oil and gas supply is at...
Remember Ten Commandments Judge ROY MOORE? He lost his Chief Justice job about 10 years ago after refusing to obey a federal judge’s order to remove a 5,200 lb. granite Ten Commandments monument from the lobby of the Alabama Judicial building. He won back his chief justice seat on the...
(adapted from The Fix) 1. Romney Helped Himself: Romney’s rise into a dead heat in national polling began almost immediately after the first debate. 2. Obama is a Fair-to-Good Debater: After his first debate disaster, Obama picked himself up off the political mat and put in solid performances, peaking in...
The instant polls produced an Obama victory, according to CNN (48%-40%), but with Romney passing the commander-in-chief test in the eyes of those who watched. The reactions offered real-time confirmation that most voters are locked into their choices and are not likely to be swayed by a few exchanges between...
While the peripherals to the campaign — among them, the media — obsess and grind their teeth over the polls, the campaign professionals are increasingly focused on the ground game itself. Which means that the election is rapidly drawing to the point where it is pried away from the peripherals...
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