Conor Friedersdorf nails it: If the political blogosphere covered basketball games, we’d not only be told about shots, makes, and misses, but every rotation of the ball on the way to the hoop. “He shoots, the ball appears to be on course, it’s getting closer and still seems like it’ll make it, I give...
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has announced that it is disembarking the crazy train, at least for now and will not back any health care reform bills. President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue issued a statement Sunday night saying the bill “ignores the will of the American people” and isn’t real health care reform....
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One week until the deadline for Google Fiber applications due. Editing video and talking to people. And working. So, yeah. Remember last July when Senator Jim DeMint declared that Republican’s would make health care “Obama’s Waterloo?” How’s your French, Jim? There were two great generals in that battle. I guess Obama gets to be...
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If one wants to look for a model for Clinton to follow in pursuing economic development, one need only look 50 miles north to Dubuque. Dubuque, which in 1990 had 46,000 people employed in the city by the end of 2009 had grown that to 54,500. Moody’s ranked Dubuque the 22nd city in the...
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Two amazing stories out of WW II I read today. Via David Brooks, a tale of scandinavian toughness and community courage: In 1943, Baalsrud was a young instrument maker who was asked to sneak back into Norway to help the anti-Nazi resistance. He was hunted by about 50 Germans and left a trail...
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Over at Google4Clinton I’ll be posting a series on why the Google Fiber for Community initiative is important. Part 1 is A Brief History of the Internet, ’cause how can you know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been. During the period of explosive growth in the Dot-Com era right through...
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The hockey game was EPIC. Since I have friend and family ties to Canada, I can’t get too worked up about the result, especially since it was well-won. But come on! This is just gloating!
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You know, in light of the man’s massive success and the success of his philosophy of business, it really is a wonder that Warren Buffet’s approach to business management and shareholder communications is not thought of as the default approach to running a business. From his latest letter to Berkshire-Hathaway shareholders, Buffet lays down...
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