Arnold Appoints California’s Broadband Task force

Published in November 30th, 2006

Today, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the appointment of Ellis Berns, Rachelle Chong, William Geppert, Charles Giancarlo, Paul Hernandez, William Huber, Christine Kehoe, Wendy Lazarus, Lloyd Levine, Michael Liang, Bryan Martin, Timothy McCallion, Sunne Wright McPeak, Milo Medin, Peter Pardee, Peter Pennekamp, Debra Richardson, Rollin Richmond, Larry Smarr, Jonathan Taplin and Emy Tseng to the Broadband [...]

Federal government - no sex for those under 30 years old

Published in November 29th, 2006

Posted by Sonia in General

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Government has no place in the bedrooms of the nation, yet dusty old bureaucrats are always trying to push their way in. The lastest news on this score is that “the government is targeting unmarried adults up to age 29 as part of its abstinence-only programs.” With everything that’s going on in the world, this [...]

America: Wake Up on Immigration

Published in November 17th, 2006

Posted by Sonia in Immigration, Sonia Arrison Columns

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This week the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released “American Made: The Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Professionals on U.S. Competitiveness,” a new study that reveals something that Silicon Valley netizens already know but scream for others to recognize: The immigration debate affects America’s economy in a big way.
When most Americans think of immigration, [...]

Milton Friedman died today

Published in November 16th, 2006

Posted by Sonia in General

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Nobel-Prize winning economist Milton Friedman died today at the age of 94.Â This is a tragic loss for humanity, as one of the greatest advocates for individual freedom and choice has ceased to exist.Â Milton was a close friend of Sally Pipes, my President at the Pacific Research Institute, so I had the [...]

Anousheh Ansari is very cool

Published in November 13th, 2006

Posted by Sonia in Cool things, Space

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I met Anousheh Ansari last Friday before she gave a lecture to an audience at Stanford University. She was the first woman to go into space on a private exploration. She was also the first person to blog from space. For a woman who made it big in the private sector before going on to [...]

Novell and MS — the market brings a new beginning

Published in November 9th, 2006

Posted by Sonia in Competition policy

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I almost choked on my morning coffee when I saw the headline last week that Novell and Microsoft announced a deal to make their software work together. As someone who once employed VMware to use Word on a machine running Linux OS, I have to say that I was both surprised and thrilled. And, as [...]