Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., caused a political firestorm recently when he said he wanted to reinstate a military draft. His radical proposal brings to light a growing theme that both political parties should consider very closely.
In a world where science provides better health and improves the prospects of longevity, death is no longer glamorous, particularly [...]

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Remember web 2.0? Well, Europe has now moved on to web 3.0. My husband went to a conference in Paris oraganized around that idea and here is his post. Apparently the conference was good, but the few politicos that showed up made some stupid remarks. The winner in the stupidity contest [...]

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Over at ZDNet, Ed Burnette asks an interesting question. He wonders if Microsoft has just as many troubles with patents as everyone thinks Linux does. His answer is that they must be in the same boat, but he’s missing a key distinction that stems from the fact that Linux is open source and MS’s code [...]

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Shopping is normally good for the economy, but not when the shoppers are net neutrality advocates looking for friendly deals on a regulatory forum. Policy makers in Michigan, their current target, should tell pro-regulatory activists to go home, with good reason.Those who support net neutrality legislation frame themselves as proponents of the Net, but in [...]

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New scientific studies showing that it is possible to slow down the aging process are important for those interested in life extension but also key for those who want to see greater economic growth. That’s because life-extending treatments generate what some call the “longevity dividend” — an idea that deserves more attention.
Two recent studies reported [...]

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