April 13, 2016
In Depressing Campaign Season, Millennials Offer Hope
As I’ve watched the 2016 campaign unfold, I’ve come to realize that the Millennial Generation has a better grasp on reality than the nation’s top political journalists. The...
April 08, 2016
Will Trump and Cruz Ever Work Together?
Despite the fact that they are currently bitter opponents, there are a lot of reasons to believe Donald Trump and Ted Cruz could end up working together in the fall...
December 08, 2014
Turn Ferguson Tragedy Into Change
"Creativity, Inc.," a book by Pixar and Disney Animation President Ed Catmull, is aimed at teaching leaders how to foster collective creativity. Perhaps more precisely, it's...
October 14, 2014
Things Will Get Worse Before They Get Better
In 1913, an entrepreneur “said in many newspapers and over his signature that it would be possible to transmit the human voice across the Atlantic before many years.” For that...
September 30, 2014
The Ability to Walk Away is Key to Empowerment
Politicians like to talk about empowering the middle class or other segments of the voting population, but they're typically a little fuzzy on what empowerment really means....
August 12, 2014
Tech Entrepreneurs Have Greater Impact on Nation Than Presidents
The tech industry will have a more lasting impact on America's future than Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama combined.
That's not the sense you get from reading the...
June 13, 2014
Tech Industry Looks Forward, Politicians Look Back
Silicon Valley and the tech industry exude so much optimism it's contagious. There is a desire to solve the planet's most difficult problems and a belief they can do it.
On the...
June 09, 2014
College Education for Everyone is Not The Answer
A recent study estimated that getting a college degree is worth about a half-million dollars over the course of a graduate's lifetime. On the surface, that presents an...
June 03, 2014
Let the Market Drive Progress: A Case for Uber Taxi Service
For people who’ve ever struggled to find a taxi, Uber is great news. If you’re in a decent-sized city, download its app, register, and you’ll never wait for a taxi again.
When...
May 20, 2014
Doctors Must Serve Patients, Not Society
When we go to the doctor, most of us expect to receive the best possible advice on whatever ails us.
Unfortunately, some medical groups see that as a quaintly archaic notion....
May 09, 2014
Pop Culture Sheds Different View on Income Inequality Debate
Pop culture is a better indicator of the public mood than political talking points, so it's interesting to see how two top-rated and long-running CBS television dramas have...
April 15, 2014
Political Analyst Tells Crowd to Look to Each Other, not Washington
Written by: Kevin Hardy
If we want to solve our country's problems, we should look to each other, not to the nation's capital.That was the message that Scott Rasmussen, one of...