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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Every once and a while I like to take time out to analyze standard Republican talking points. I like to see if the things that Republicans breathlessly state as dogma do in fact make any sense. Today I want to…
Whenever I end up in a conversation with a conservative about taxes I often feel like we’re talking past one another. This is both our faults because when we’re talking taxes we’re often looking at different sides of the ledger.…
Lost in much of the talk about our failing economy is the real disparity of income that has existed along racial lines. This is mostly because this information is nothing new. For as long as we have been keeping data…
A curious thing happened this week; Conservatives got a prime example of everything that is wrong with liberal governance. Mayor Bloomberg announced plans to ban sugary drinks over the size of 16 oz in the city of New York. In…