6 October 2023
This editorial is bonkers. It criticizes Kaiser for controlling medical costs … and tries to use the Kaiser experience as just another reason why ‘single-payer’ does not work.
Single-payer healthcare only works until the reality of rationing bites.
Have they tried to get a referral from United Healthcare lately? Traditional healthcare insurance rations to preserve profits. Business rations resources to make their numbers. Which principle is WSJ applying?
If you thought local news was dead, this opinion piece argues otherwise. Whether this evidence indicates a trend is debatable. However, local news is important for the future of our republic.
I had just finished reading a Bloomberg Headline Story noting that their economists were predicting 160,000 new Jobs in September – a slow down in jobs production. Just as I finished, the numbers were released – 336,000 new jobs.
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Scientific American article discusses the energy requirements for AI via an interview of Alex de Cries, a data scientist and Ph.D. candidate studying the energy costs of emerging technologies. He suggests that sustainability of AI should be included as a
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Intel is not making delivery commitments for new supercomputer at Argonne. Energy Department has 10 companies engaged in a research center focused on quantum computing. Jesus pointed out that power corrupts – remember the temptations? OpEd written by former Liberty student
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WSJ column by Andy Kessler, The Design Economy, posits that perhaps the stock market knows how the economy works better than we do as it zips past the behavior models we expect it to conform to. Perhaps here's how the
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Daniel Henninger of the Wall Street Journal opines in today's issue that blogs may so reduce our inhibitions to the point we will live as though we are all residents of South Park. Mr. Henninger seems to try to stay
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The first two posts are indicative of where my head is today. Let's face it — if you don't analyze what you learn, you know nothing…
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That's what Bernanke says – (original source is today's WSJ — subscription required) "Good data support community growth and development by helping to identify previously unrecognized market opportunities," Mr. Bernanke said. "Free markets can be a powerful source of economic
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Analytics will be a key to strategic management decisions this century. No, analytics will be a key skill for this century.
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AP says Backfence is buying Bayosphere. Susan DeFife, Backfence's chief executive, said that while Gillmor brought the vision, Backfence is able to bring the tools to make it easier for readers to submit items — on local businesses, sports, events
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Literally, according to this USA Today article TV makers are going to let broadcasters seize control of YOUR television and not allow you to skip commercials by switching channels. Yes, according to Royal Philips Electronics. A patent application with the
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BusinessWeek posts a column by Edwin Colyer discussing the differences between public and private branding, and why so many (as in almost every) public branding efforts fall flat. So can investments in branding programs be justified, or is the public
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Voic.us links here to point out the true fate of the stem cell bill, SB 596. Truth is, I thought it passed until I gave the matter further thought the day after. But, next year, you can expect more bills
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I used to get a free lunch by doing old comedy radio routines with a couple of high school friends of mine. One skit came from Burns and Allen. George was listening to gracie read a letter from her sister
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