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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The AJC continues their superior and, non-pulitzer prize winning, quality reporting of the Georgia General Assembly with the following story: Legislature 2006: Lobbyists craft much legislation And it took 2 reporters to provde that insight…
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The Constitution of the State of Georgia says: The General Assembly shall meet in regular session on the second Monday in January of each year, or otherwise as provided by law, and may continue in session for a period of
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The White Rabbit, one of my favorite characters from Alice in Wonderland, cautioned Alice on not believing what she saw – "Things are not always as they seem," says the Rabbit. Well, word in the hall Under the Dome is
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A Wall Street Journal column on what's wrong with patents makes this cogent observation: The Constitution grants Congress the power to protect the rights of patent and copyright holders, but only "for limited times" and to "promote the progress of
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A heated exchange took place between the lobbyist for Unspam and the chair of the subcommittee hearing SB 425. The conversation can be summed up by stating that the lobbyist accused the chair of being beholden to big business and
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From the AJC article today on the passage of the Bible Bill (BTW — AJC should tell you the bill number so you can read it yourself… it is SB 79) "We cannot live in fear of possible lawsuits every
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Some sage words from Wlawdawsky-Berger (Always On) on why innovation is critical: Consequently, a business or institution of any kind—whether in government, healthcare, academia or any other area of human endeavor—needs to think about innovation as a principle, a pervasive set
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After two subcommittee meetings today (8:30 am and 1:15 pm ) – a drastically changed 425 will undoubtedly make it to a House vote. More late
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My friend Kevin Howarth at Narcissistic Graffiti has a conversation going regarding a Wired article on gaming and its influences on the skills of the workplace of today (and tomorrow). Kevin's thesis, a heresy in the formal education sphere, is
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And you wonder why newspapers aren't getting their share of readership from the X and Y generations? Take the AJC's approach to the web — where most real estate is dedicated to ads, a blog is nothing more than a
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