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Insurance & Technology December 23, 2005 Anthony O'Donnell	Reform in Sight According to a recent study, regulatory compliance under the present state-by-state system will cost the life insurance industry $11 billion over the next decade. Still, given the recognition by all parties that change is needed, some kind of regulatory reform is inevitable.
Food Processing December 2005 David Joy	Regulatory Issues: Bioterrorism recordkeeping essentials This month, FDA expects food processing companies to start "one-up, one-down" recordkeeping. But what exactly happens on compliance dates?
ifeminists January 4, 2006 Wendy McElroy	Abolish Anti-Discrimination Laws A California lawsuit against a women-only health club points to an ideological conflict that underlies the attempt by either sex to force open the doors of 'exclusive' businesses: individual rights versus egalitarianism.
ifeminists January 4, 2006 Carey Roberts	Comic Relief from the World Health Organization Here's the most recent laugh-getter from the WHO: A violence against women study cherry-picked its participants and relied on flawed methods in order to reach a pre-determined conclusion -- but this time the joke's on us -- the U.S. taxpayer.
ifeminists January 4, 2006 Angelucci & Sacks	California Domestic Violence Lawsuit Will Help Secure Services for All Abuse Victims American domestic violence policies based on the woman good/man bad model keep men and children trapped in violent situations in a number of ways. What's needed are domestic violence policies tailored to the needs of all victims of abuse, regardless of gender.
ifeminists January 4, 2006 Nicole Perry	An Open Letter to PBS The author asserts PBS stepped over the edge by airing the film "Breaking the Silence" thereby taking on the political hot potato of Domestic Violence in this country without verifying facts and calls for a retraction.
Bank Technology News January 2006 Glen Fest	Data Breach Notification: States Differ On When To Sound The Alarm Legislative action on how and when banks should sound the alarm when there's been a data breach has lagged on the federal level, leading to a broad mix of state measures.
Reason January 2006 Tim Cavanaugh	Rant: Critics in Blue Helmets At the same moment France's culture apparatchik voted to keep Hollywood out, his countrymen were voting very differently with their euros: They made Dreamworks' Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit the top French film two weeks running.
Reason January 2006	Who's Afraid of Human Enhancement? Scientists, ethicists, American public policy makers and reporters debate the promise, perils, and ethics of human biotechnology.
Reason January 2006 Daniel McGraw	Giving Away the Store to Get a Store Originally used to help revive blighted or depressed areas, tax increment financing districts now appear in affluent American neighborhoods, subsidizing high-end housing developments, big-box retailers, and shopping malls.
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