A while back there was a lot of discussion around a pair of essays penned by venture capitalist Paul Graham. The first one is well researched, thoughtful, and raises a compelling hypothesis of what he believes are the unique forces…
You know Millennials routinely get called out for their entitled nature. All too often I see the criticism as overblown, but let’s go with the premise for a moment and ask where did they get these ideas from. I’m reminded…
I most certainly didn’t start at this position. Like most Americans the idea of owning a home was tantamount to owning a chunk of Americana. But the recent discussions of wages got me thinking about what we value in this…
An interesting thing took place recently. Workers from across the country united against what they felt were unfair work practices and began to protest. This in and of itself is remarkable since the labor movement has been all but spayed…
There is a lot of talk going around about raising the minimum wage. Conservatives have coalesced around the idea that raising the minimum wage right now is a terrible idea because it will hurt small business. According to conservatives the…
Super fast gigabit Internet access: It is something all consumers want or it is something consumers really have little interest in. I’ve decided to start this piece here because as I write this both of those statements appear to be…
This is a blog mostly about three subjects: technology, politics, and economics. While I talk about other things, I usually try to tie them to one or more of the three. But it is hard to get the trifecta in…
Imagine you’re sick. Imagine that for a while your doctors thought you’d actually die but you managed to plug along and were actually showing signs of getting better. But here is the thing you’ve been sick for years and while…
This is not a post that is likely to win me a lot of friends. But the goal of this post is not to make enemies but to point out limitations. You see a while back a friend of mine…
Now that the election is over it is time to get back to the business of actually governing our country, seriously two years is too long to not pass any meaningful legislation. The first order of business of course is…