Tech Industry Looks Ahead, D.C. Clings to Status Quo
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 16th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Tech Industry Looks Ahead, D.C. Clings to Status Quo
Scott Rasmussen
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 other coast, official Washington and the political industry are mired in pessimism. Rather than a sense that problems can be solved, the political discussion focuses on the limits of political power and the threats from outsiders. There’s more energy invested in protecting the status quo than problem-solving.The contrast was especially evident this week.On the west coast, young entrepreneurs and others talked about how…
A Question for GOP Presidential Aspirants
George Will, National Review
Two hundred and nine years after Marines visited those shores, dispatched by President Jefferson to punish Barbary pirates for attacking U.S. vessels in the Mediterranean, Marines are again in that sea, poised to return. If they are sent ashore, their mission will be to rescue U.S. citizens from the consequences of U.S. policy. Then they might have to do the same thing in Baghdad.
Where’s the Bread and Butter?
E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
WASHINGTON — What if they held an election and nobody talked about how to improve people’s lives?The 2014 campaign is being waged against a backdrop of national news dominated by everything except the core economic worries of most Americans. Benghazi and Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have been getting more attention than job opportunities and student borrowing costs. We are said to be a nation focused on the home front, yet the foreign policy news — from Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan and now, with extraordinary drama, Iraq — has been relentless.The nature of the public discussion has been a strategic…
