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Some Prescription Drug Prices Will Drop

Question: I paid so much for my Eliquis this year, will I have to pay that much next year too? Answer: The good news is no, seniors will not pay as much for Eliquis as well as nine other common medications in 2026. Remember that Centers for Medicare Services (CMS) announced that in 2026 there will be TEN medications that are now at a negotiated price. These ten medications are all brand name medications. The list includes: Eliquis, Jardiance, Xarelto, Januvia, Farxiga, Entresto, Enbrel, Imbrucia, Stelara, and Fiasp and Novolog Insulins. This list is going to have a positive impact ...

No One Is Above The Law

I read the article in the weekend edition of The Post-Journal on October 4, 2025, titled “We Must Respect The Rule Of Law.” That’s nice but do you really mean it? I would like to add “No One Is Above The Law.” Regarding your “Rule Of Law” and your article. The Obama and Biden administrations, along with other corrupt individuals, perpetrated and fabricated the most egregious lies that surpass anything that this country has ever witnessed and it will go down in the history books. They concocted a corrupt scheme to scuttle Trump with a Russia, Russia lie and they got ...

The Middle East, Donald Trump And The Nobel Prize

It has been disconcerting to me that the President of the United States has been lobbying to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. If I were in his inner circle, I would advise him that this is an honor for which you are chosen—not one you lobby or campaign for. But, that aside, if he can pull off a solution to the current Israeli/Gazan War, perhaps he should be so honored. As the columnist Thomas Friedman recently wrote: “If Donald Trump is able to secure a cease-fire, Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, return of Israeli hostages, and it holds and paves the way for negotiations on the only ...

Just Say No To Nuclear In Dunkirk

Bent Flyvbjerg sounds like a made-up detective character in an obscure Danish murder mystery, but he is a very real and very serious person. A Danish economic geographer and professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, he was the inaugural chair of major programme management at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School before returning to Copenhagen. He is a recognized global authority on how best to accomplish large projects from airports to the Olympic Games. Among his many books and articles is the fascinating, How Big Things Get Done, which he co-authored with Dan Gardner. ...

Billionaires Could Soon Face More Taxing Times

Billionaires, beware: Thousands of your countrymen are focusing hard on reining in your riches. All of them, including large numbers of millionaires, want you to pay higher taxes. They want a twenty-first century America with less income inequality and more tax fairness. Something like the America of decades ago, before the laws started leaning toward high-income taxpayers. (And they’re still leaning that way: see the gifts handed out to the rich in the Big Unbeautiful Bill rammed through by the GOP earlier this year.) The posse that’s pursuing billionaires includes tax experts, ...

County Budget Largely ‘Status Quo’ Budget

The tentative 2026 County Budget recently unveiled by the County Executive appears to be largely a status quo budget. The Tentative Budget continues the routine of raising County Real Property Taxes every year by $1,700,000 or so, it keeps County government employment at about 1,200 employees, and foresees no significant improvements or efficiencies in the delivery of County services. It is important to look at the context of this 2026 Tentative Budget. In 2009 County Property Taxes were $54,900,000. In 2024 they were $71,500,000, up 32%. In 2025 County Property Taxes went up again ...