Lesson #1 in learning about diplomacy: governments choose their words very carefully, so that messages are sent in the headlines, and the quotes. In 1990
Category: government
Private Rights vs Public Good–who should win?
Update: Â The Citizen, Bobby Maguire, was given permission to use a 33′ right of way. Â In exchange for his use (not ownership) of 1/2 an
what is transparency?
Transparency has been in the news not only with the occupy movement, but also with penn state following the big scandal. But what is transparency?
My Son writes–A College Student’s views on Bin Laden’s death
My son wrote (using twitter) quite elegantly about not only the jubilation that he and 15,000 others felt Sunday night upon hearing that the US
The Problem with PowerPoint — is US!
I have been a proponent of the “Presentation 2.0” style as a generic term and concept since attending the PodCamp Pittsburgh 2 in 2007. Â In
Google Sees what you are doing… And turns you in!
My first thought when reading the headline “Google Maps cars pull some user data” was “*YAWN.* Another story about ‘do no evil’ Google being caught
Economics Dooms Health Care Reform to failure.
In the last post I wrote about the perversions of incentives that cause the problems in the health care system. Â Let me point out that
Perverse Incentives: Patients are our own worst Enemy with Health Costs
Okay, here’s another problem, since spend way too much time talking about the mandate… let’s talk basic economics. The whole initiative is predicated on a
Welcome to the “New Grand Experiment”
Let the experiment begin. I am not alone in my expectation that the Health Care (insurance) reform will not improve Health Care (it won’t make
Liberalism Doesn’t Scale (and it shouldn’t!)
A colleague of mine is a great friend. He would do anything for me, or for anyone for that matter. He honestly (and rightly) believes
