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Last week, real estate mogul and current GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump tweeted to his 6.6 million Twitter followers about a “phony Rubio commercial” that was making hay out of Trump’s ongoing legal troubles with the now-defuct Trump University
Arnie Arnesen’s The Attitude airs Monday through Friday on WNHN 94.7 FM in Concord, N.H., and online at wnhnfm.org. Arnesen also contributes as a political analyst on WGBH Public Radio Boston, Iowa Public Radio, WGIR AM in Manchester, N.H., WKBK AM in Keene, N.H. and WTPL 107.7 FM in Concord. On March 4, Arnesen hosted Nancy West of InDepthNH.org talking about her series about serious medical errors in New Hampshire hospitals. They also discussed nonprofit news outlets that are filling in the gaps left by staff cuts at legacy newspapers.
Welcome to Monica Reads: Well, are you ready to talk about the salaciousness of the candidates, the awkward way in which personal affronts and vicious brashness of sexual innuendo and printed prose occur on a daily basis either written of passed on as gossip at dinner parties and other meetings?
Florida doctor claims Humana knew of inflated bills, but did nothing, even though misleading diagnoses could harm patients.
There’s been no deterrence of Iran’s ballistic missile program. That was the assessment of General Lloyd Austin, asked by U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte, R-NH, if Iran had changed course.
Neither the Navy nor the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has a comprehensive list of which ships went where during the Vietnam War. As a result, veterans themselves often have to prove their ships served in areas where Agent Orange was sprayed.
Companies are increasingly using pay-for-performance to get around a $1 million federal limit on tax deductions for executive compensation. This story was co-published with The Washington Post. Update, Mar. 4, 2016:The story has been revised to remove phrasing suggesting that restricted stock grants are not tax deductible unless they have a “no-upside” feature. That is not always the case.
The tragic lead poisoning of the Flint water supply in Michigan is a study in bureaucratic bungling, racial inequity and national media inattention. But the fallout from the crisis has obscured another lesson: There are consequences when those in power are able simply to circumvent the public will.
