Archive for January, 2010
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
A simple, constitutional solution to Campaign Finance Reform
The Supreme Court recently decided that campaign finance laws that limited contributions made by corporations violated their constitutional guarantees of free political speech. By striking these laws down, the doors are open for unlimited amounts of corporate dollars to flow into campaigns. Many people are rightly concerned that this would effectively allow large corporations to spend so much money that they could buy the election results that they want, by effectively drowning out all the other voices.
Is there a constitutional way to prevent such an undesireable result, while still allowing corporations unfettered ability to exercise their freedom of speech? I think so. In fact, I think that there is a way to do so that will actually increase access to effective political speech for everyone.
Here’s how…
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
Wishing Everyone a PROSPEROUS New Year!
If you are in the innovation game, in Silicon Valley — high tech innovation central, you have to expect a lot of change, market turmoil, and financial ups and downs. But 2009 was harsher than any year we have seen before here in the valley. And it has take an emotional toll on many of our best and brightest. But we aren’t quitters here. Here in Silicon Valley, we create the change we want in the world. So in wishing us all greater prosperity in 2010, I thought it would be useful to review what made 2009 so tough and look forward to what we can do, or at least what I can do, to make 2010 better for all of us.
