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US healthcare problems—universal healthcare is not the solution

May 30, 2017 By Nicholas Kerr 4 Comments

Shortly after Bernie Sanders’s recent and weakly argued Twitter pic in support of universal healthcare, I photoshopped it into a similarly weak counter-argument and Tweeted back. However, it’s a serious topic and deserves a more thorough response. It goes without saying that the U.S. healthcare system is far from perfect. But the focus should be […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: Bernie Sanders, Canada, health care, new zealand, Obamacare, U.K., universal health care

National Geographic chooses spin over science

May 14, 2017 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

National Geographic recently created an infographic entitled “Seven things to know about climate change”. For a publication that professes to believe “in the power of science”, it’s created something more unscholarly than scientific. For starters, there are actually fewer than seven things in its list. Let’s review some of them: Number one: “The world is […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: climate change, global warming

Microsoft heralded as an innovator – it always has been

May 6, 2017 By Nicholas Kerr 1 Comment

Steve Jobs is quoted in his eponymous biography by Walter Isaacson as saying, “Microsoft simply ripped off what other people did.” It’s a persistent myth, espoused by many, that Microsoft won so many software battles with little or no product innovation. It’s all the more interesting to re-examine it at a time when headlines are […]

Filed Under: Random Rants Tagged With: Apple, market failure, Microsoft, Network effect, steve jobs

The potential of partnerships to save our community centers

May 3, 2017 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

In its 2016 Community Center Strategic Plan, Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) identified the Green Lake community center and pool to pilot a partnership aimed at expanding operating hours and addressing capital needs. This sort of model is common, with many examples in our state, across the country and indeed around the world. Communities have […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: Community Center, Green Lake, seattle

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I’m Nicholas, a marketing consultant and dad in Dallas, TX. I like to follow policy debates, chat about parenting and share stories. Read More…

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