People like me who believe the left can be a moderate force—we have failed. We are stuck in the medieval read more

People like me who believe the left can be a moderate force—we have failed. We are stuck in the medieval notion that there is an aristocracy and a people, and the people want a piece of what the aristocracy had—a life subsidized enough to have a minimum of work and a maximum of pleasure.

The art of drawing conclusions from experiments and observations consists in evaluating probabilities and in estimating whether they are sufficiently read more

The art of drawing conclusions from experiments and observations consists in evaluating probabilities and in estimating whether they are sufficiently great or numerous enough to constitute proofs. This kind of calculation is more complicated and more dif.

We've found that sales of nominated DVDs do significantly better if they are released prior to the Oscar ceremony compared read more

We've found that sales of nominated DVDs do significantly better if they are released prior to the Oscar ceremony compared to after because of all the media. Later, it's more about the ceremony itself and not the films.

What's cool is he has dreadlocks. That makes piano OK in rock, if the piano player looks cool.

What's cool is he has dreadlocks. That makes piano OK in rock, if the piano player looks cool.

The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.

The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.

I have been fielding quite a few calls about Apple's filing of the 'Mobile Me' patent. Folks have been speculating read more

I have been fielding quite a few calls about Apple's filing of the 'Mobile Me' patent. Folks have been speculating about a phone from Apple for more than a year. Being that I am a wireless analyst, I don't follow Apple as closely as others do. What I do know though, is that we are not likely to know until Apple wants us to know. They are pretty good at big surprises. Do I think they are developing a phone? Probably. Probably somewhere in their labs, there are prototypes of phones. Whether or not they bring one to market commercially is another story. Whether or not they will do so on their own is another open question. Hard to imagine carrier subsidies on a device unless there are revenues to be earned through downloaded services and content.

All you have to do is watch the first minute and a half of the new season, and you know read more

All you have to do is watch the first minute and a half of the new season, and you know there's no other show like it.

We're not good enough to rely on playing good offense or good defense. We need all three phases.

We're not good enough to rely on playing good offense or good defense. We need all three phases.

The volume has been extraordinary. We've seen a great deal of money coming into the market place early in the read more

The volume has been extraordinary. We've seen a great deal of money coming into the market place early in the year, and they need to find a home in a hurry. We're also seeing increased interest in our market on the part of foreign investors. The U.S. is a great market with wonderful liquidity and a terrific upside bias.