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April 9, 2009
They Like to Move It, Move It
As was evidenced last week at CTIA Wireless 2009, the world is on the move—not just communications, but also with computing power.
April 7, 2009
One Small Step for Legislation, One Giant Leap for Socialized Medicine
One of the more contentious issues to emerge so far in the health care reform debate is what President Obama has referred to as the “public plan.
April 2, 2009
Don’t ‘PEG’ Consumers
This week the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asked for input about PEG channels (public, educational and governmental access channels) in the states as PEG activists demanded that:
Preferential spectrum be preserved for these channels and preferential menu placement of PEG channels be given; and,
Video service providers be restricted from moving PEG channels from old analog technology to new digital delivery.
March 26, 2009
There Are Reasons Why Pharmaceutical Companies Are Merging
“Merger mania is gripping the global pharmaceutical industry” scream the headlines.
March 24, 2009
Is Congress Facing Its Own Katrina Moment?
So now the Democrat-controlled Congress is pumping money out of Washington in an effort to stem a catastrophe—and lots of bad press.
March 19, 2009
Workers of the World
Bank of America just canceled contracts to hire a batch of foreign-born business students, because Congress said its bailout recipients (the “TARP” money) should hire American first.
March 17, 2009
The Exclusion Intrusion
The New York Times reports that the Obama administration is open to the idea of taxing some employee health insurance benefits.
March 12, 2009
Don’t Throw Good Money After Bad Municipal Broadband Networks
Officials at the NTIA (the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications & Information Administration), the FCC and the USDA, (yes, the Department of Agriculture) held a meeting earlier this week to begin to decide how to spend the $7.
March 10, 2009
Mr. President, Could You Explain That One More Time?
“If we want to create jobs and rebuild our economy, then we must address the crushing cost of healthcare this year, in this administration,” President Barack Obama recently claimed.