Month: August 2009

Sarah Palin’s Wardrobe Update

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 13, 2009
Categories In FEC

The Post’s Reliable Source column does some digging into the whereabouts of Sarah Palin’s 2008 campaign wardrobe.

Surgeon General Nominee and Burger King

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 13, 2009
Categories In Executive Branch

Is a drive-thru ethics waiver in order for Surgeon General nominee Dr. Regina Benjamin? The Washington Times reports that she’s advised Burger King in a scientific advisory board. (Pictured: Burger King, White House ethics adviser Norm Eisen.)

Big Pharma’s $80 Billion

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 13, 2009
Categories In Executive Branch, LDA

The WSJ discusses Big Pharma lobbyist Billy Tauzin and the industry’s $80 billion in “protection money.” You’d think that might cause some concern in the K Street corridor that Mr. Tauzin inhabits. Nope. In spite of the double-cross, the drug makers say they are still planning to spend some $150 million through autumn on a […]