Archive for January, 2010

Why the iPad Matters — even if you are already sick of it.

Posted at January 28, 2010

The PR was stunning, the product impressive, and the strategy tiresome. Apple stoked rumors of a dreamy tablet for either two years old or thirteen, depending on how you count. For six months, the leading tech blogs have been quivering with speculation about the “Jesus tablet”. One blog, Gizmodo, offered $100,000 cash for an hour [...]

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Health Care: simple, basic, fully financed

Posted at January 20, 2010

Martha Coakley's unwelcome but richly-deserved loss of the Democratic Senate seat held by Ted Kennedy has recast the debate over health care reform. Many Democratic Senators from states less blue than Massachusetts are recalibrating their commitment to the current bill. If he wants a bill he can proudly sign, Obama needs to focus the Congress [...]

Economics, Obama, Reform