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Forrester Gets It Wrong On Facebook (Really Wrong)

11/01/2013 Published on Forbes.com
I’ve read the Forrester research on Facebook Facebook, and it makes very little sense. Forrester has basically said that the entire value and promise of the Facebook brand is vastly overstated because of the lack of utility of mobile advertising,…

Feinstein Pulls The Rug Out From Under The NSA

10/30/2013 Published on Forbes.com
“It is my understanding that President Obama was not aware Chancellor Merkel’s communications were being collected since 2002. That is a big problem. The White House has informed me that collection on our allies will not continue, which I support.…

A Sad Chapter For America

10/17/2013 Published on Forbes.com
“This is not a time to point fingers of blame,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said after the Senate finally reached an agreement on a deal yesterday. “This is a time of reconciliation.” To be sure, we have moved past…

Barely A Deal, Certainly Not A Solution

10/16/2013 Published on Forbes.com
“Berrinche.” That’s the word many Mexicans now use to describe Washington. What does it mean? Tantrums. The Mexicans, and indeed our critics across the globe, couldn’t be more on the money. Our legislators have become nothing more than petulant children,…

The Rationality Deficit In Washington

10/09/2013 Published on Forbes.com
“I am happy to talk with him and other Republicans about anything,” President Obama said of Speaker Boehner in his press conference yesterday, “not just issues I think are important but also issues that they think are important. But I…

What Do We Do Now? The Way Forward For The President, Congress And America

10/03/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Things look very different than 2011. Indeed, the conflict over raising the debt ceiling strikes a familiar note. And the power players are the same, too. But while President Obama talked to House Speaker Boehner almost every day during the…

Washington Sends A Weak Message To The World

10/01/2013 Published on Forbes.com
It’s just one humiliation after another. A mere three weeks ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin upstaged the US in negotiations over Assad’s chemical weapons. In response to an off-the-cuff comment by Secretary Kerry in London that Assad should just hand…

Government Shutdown Courtesy Of The Republicans

09/30/2013 Published on Forbes.com
It wasn’t supposed to go this way. The Republicans’ latest maneuver appears to be a complete failure – we are headed for a government shutdown, and fast. It appears that the Republicans, and certainly Senator Ted Cruz, have become the…

Reframing The Health Care Debate Is A Long-Term Political Must

09/27/2013 Published on Forbes.com
With the Syria crisis entering a new phase, the focus among Washington policymakers has shifted to the debate over the debt ceiling and efforts by far-right Republicans to try and defund the Affordable Care Act. While it makes for good…

Intellectual Property Rights Matter

09/24/2013 Published on Forbes.com
While the American public’s and the media’s attention has been focused on the seemingly endless cycle of political dramas that unfold every day–the impending fight over the debt ceiling, the potential government shutdown, the debate over the budget deficit and…