GLG News by Political Experts (outside Washington DC)

GlaxoSmithKline's Avandia is already under scrutiny, but the latest study will do little to tip the scale in terms of the risk/benefit analysis required before taking any medication.

This study overstates the danger of CT scans, but could serve useful in highlighting the risk (and waste) of unnecessary CT scans.

A clear understanding of this area of the law has become critical  because the risks from noncompliance can subject an entire entity, including upper management, to significant fines ($1 million per day/ per violation), criminal penalties and disgorgement of undue profits.  Many energy...

On the one hand, the strike highlights the desperation of the UAW, but on the other it dramatizes the need to replace private employer based health insurance with public healthcare. This is needed to make U.S. companies more competitive with their counterparts abroad.

This article speaks to the potential of collective bargaining can also serve as a model for viable healthcare reform. By separating healthcare from company operating expenses, companies are alleviated of a burden and workers effectively achieve greater mobility.

Protectionism, or "tit-for-tat" opening of markets is a discredited policy. Depriving some EU countries, not to mention the broader set of developing countries in Europe, of potential investment will not help their development. If "Third Party" investment is allowed, strong regulatory institutions must...

Early success of PA slots.  Increased competition from WV table games.

There is a strong likelihood that skill game operators will continue to be successful in the legal process.  The real battle will turn soon from a legal battle to a political one. Attorney General does not have clear legal authority to pursue this issue in court.

1.The trip is acceptable to China due to its current diplomatic charm offensive. 2.The trip is occurring at a delicate time for Chinese foreign policy. 3.The safety issue is related to other domestic problems in China. 4.The fundamental problem is corruption. The trip may end only in a PR exercise leaving...

A series of new anti-terrorist measures proposed by the new labor government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown may bring about more stability to the increasingly grim security situation in the United Kingdom. The central western front in the war on terror is England, especially London itself. London in...