Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
The big news last week was that I attended the annual local Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards ceremony at the Hyatt here in La Jolla. A crowd of 1,000 people cheered on their favorite competitors, and five winners were announced. These five entrepreneurs included:

Larry Gilbert, [...]

I was gratified to note that the Senate recently confirmed the Pentagon’s new cyber-warfare czar, General Keith Alexander, who before his confirmation was Director of the NSA, located at Ft. Meade outside of Washington D.C. The new agency — the United States Cyber Command — will also be located at Ft. Meade, although it will [...]

One of the more pleasant surprises that I’ve recently had is to observe the attention that President Obama has paid to nuclear proliferation and arms control. This attention was badly needed. I think the steps to reduce the stockpile to about 2,500 weapons of all shapes, sizes, and colors is sensible and something our country [...]

Before I go to bed at night, I usually watch CNBC. The last six months have been loaded with information on the new healthcare bill. Mr. Obama was the leading performer on the channel, pushing his healthcare reform. Although I didn’t vote for him, I have to note that he has done something that none [...]

Being a Republican, I was very pleased to see Scott Brown win the Senate seat in Massachusetts. One of the things that makes this country great is the fact that new superstars pop up from time to time within both the Democrat and Republican parties. In this case, Senator Brown shocked the nation and the [...]

I was interested to see that unemployment took a slight dip in November — from 10.2 to 10.0 percent. Many in the media have jumped on this as a sign of good times ahead for the American economy. Of course, it’s impossible to know if this is a trend that will last, or if it [...]