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Can Bad Spam-Fighting Ideas
Technology Op-Ed
6.25.2004
Last week, the FTC rejected the idea of a national "do-not-e-mail" registry, and this week a coalition of ISPs released a set of technical guidelines to help in the fight against spam. Both these actions point the way toward the real solution. But first, a host of bad ideas needs to be canned.
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The Future of Broadband Starts Now
Technology Op-Ed
6.18.2004
Last week brought some good news for those who wondered if the Bush Administration would ever act to clean up the nation’s telecom mess. The Administration has finally taken its first real step towards its goal of ubiquitous broadband.
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Food Fight: The Bogus Protests of Biotechnology
Technology Op-Ed
6.11.2004
It's not clear why the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) chose San Francisco, home of "Protesters R Us" and "Rent-a-Mob," for its annual convention this week. But one thing is for sure, the byproduct has been a measure of enlightenment, particularly concerning the protesters.
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Remembering Ronald Reagan
KQED Commentary
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
6.8.2004
As America mourns the passing of Ronald Reagan, I feel an intense sense of personal loss. Many people will remember our nation’s 40th president as a great leader and the Great Communicator. But for me, he will always be the Great Idealist, the person who inspired me as a young man with his clear philosophy and vision.
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Reagan, in short
Business and Economics Op-ed
By: Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D
6.7.2004
"No, no, Jimmy Stewart for governor; Ronald Reagan for best friend." So said film executive Jack Warner, according to legend, on hearing in 1965 that Ronald Reagan was planning to run for governor of California. Sure, Ronald Reagan is a genial fellow, gives a great speech and has a definite ideology, but can an actor really be the governor of the largest state in the nation? While Democrats underestimated him, the voters didn't, sending him to Sacramento by a million-vote landslide.
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Reagan was forever shaped by his environment
PRI in the News
By: George E. Condon Jr.
6.5.2004
Even when he was hobnobbing with the glitterati in Hollywood, negotiating with Soviet leaders in the Kremlin or traversing the corridors of power in Washington, there always was something about Ronald Wilson Reagan that never strayed too far from Dixon, Ill.
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Regulating Telecom Regulators for the Sake of Innovation
Technology Op-Ed
6.4.2004
California wireless customers suffered a blow last week when the state Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted to approve a pile of harmful regulations. The misleadingly named "Telecommunications Consumer Bill of Rights" is poised to raise mobile-phone bills and tie businesses in red tape.
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Cut and Run: California Retreats On Math
Education Op-Ed
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
6.1.2004
The controversy over American jobs going overseas has so far largely overlooked a key factor: poor-quality American education. American companies, faced with a domestic labor pool deficient in even basic knowledge and skills, are financing the math and science education of students in foreign countries. Yet, despite the implications of this trend, California has reduced the difficulty of math requirements for students.
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