Archive for September, 2008

Should we apply the EU Model to the US?

Monday, September 15th, 2008

I've recently been thinking about whether the US can move to a EU like model with each state having control over it's own policies but sharing a single market and monetary union. In addition, competition is well regulated and a shared budget exists. In addition, it looks as if this ...

Voting System Proposal

Friday, September 12th, 2008

It seems that there is a recent emphasis on "character" in the election. Unfortunately, character can be faked with some acting and campaign management. To understand how the candidates will perform in office we need to look at their past accomplishments and failures. Public records show the vote history for ...

TV Commercials

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

It may be my memory but it seems that TV commericals have been getting longer and longer as compared to a decade ago. It would be very interesting to see a plot of the length of the average commercial break over the past few decades - I think we'll see ...