Competition

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Tearing Down the Barriers to Competition

Rep. Diana DeGette | Posted 10.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Anti-Trust, Competition, John Conyers, Public Option, Health Care Costs, Cost-Effectiveness, President Obama, Diana-Degette, Diana DeGette, Health Care, Denver News

Potentially egregious anti-trust violations in the insurance industry should not be permitted, and the government should be given the power to protect the public from harmful behavior that drives up prices.

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Seven Ways Technology Can Change the World

Akhtar Badshah | Posted 10.21.2009 | Impact

Read More: Competition, Ngo, Contest, Windows 7, Microsoft, Non-Profits, Nonprofits, Software, Technology, Impact News

To celebrate the launch of Windows 7 tomorrow, Microsoft is launching a new online competition: 7 Ways to Change the World. We'll choose the best and give you, and a nonprofit, the resources to implement change.

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A Food Competition, Obstructed

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Competition, Eggplant, Cook-Off, Food, New York, Takedown, Recipe, Rome, Williamsburg Brooklyn, The Gutter, New York News

On Sunday, twelve foodie hopefuls kicked off the first installment of The Food Obstructions' monthly cook-off by gathering at The Gutter, a Williamsburg bowling alley.

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Dell Social Innovation Competition: Enter Now

Posted 10.07.2009 | Impact

Read More: Human Rights, University of Texas, Competition, Global Health, Social Innovation, Dell Social Innovation Competition, Impact News

The University and Texas and Dell are looking for groundbreaking ideas from college students around the globe in the annual Dell Social Innovation Com...

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Comcast and NBC Universal: Antitrust Apocalypse?

Sam Gustin | Posted 10.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Competition, NBC Universal, Time, Doj, Fcc, Ftc, Antitrust, Comcast, Media News

Federal regulators are virtually certain to scrutinize any substantial pairing of cable leader Comcast (CMSCA) and content behemoth NBC Universal, the...

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Health Care Reform: It Boils Down to Four Words

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Competition, Accessibility, Health Care Reform, Affordability, Antitrust-Exemption, Choice, Politics News

Regardless of the outcome, health care reform today comes down to four simple, words: accessibility, affordability, choice, and competition. For good measure, there is also perhaps a fifth word: right,

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The Baucus Plan for Health Care Reform: How Can I Become an Insurance Executive?

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Competition, Increased Insurance Premiums, Public Option, Insurance Companies, Max Baucus Health Care, Politics News

To all my Democratic friends: wise up. You are being taken for fools while being led down the garden path by those who don't care about reforming the health care system.

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Health Care: Is it a Right or . . . Is It a Commodity?

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Antitrust Exemption, Competition, Insurance Regulations Without Competition, Health Care as a Commodity; Public Option, Health Care as a Right, Politics News

We pay for water through various governmental and municipal sources, so why not the same for health care?

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Workers Pay the Price in an Era of Declining Job Quality

Janet Murguía | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Workforce, Safety Laws, Latinos, Wage Laws, Occupational Fatality Rate, Recession, Competition, Labor Protections, Labor Day, Employers, Labor Laws, Health Insurance, National Council of La Raza, Health Care, U.S. Department of Labor, Business News

When employers violate wage and occupational safety laws, they effectively devalue hard work and workers' lives. It is simply outrageous and unacceptable that a country like ours allows people to work to death.

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Injuries Occur When Kids Are too Active in Sports

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Pitching, The Balanced Life, American Sports Medicine Institute, Children, Curveball, Orthopedics, Practice, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Childhood Obesity, Stress, Cheerleading, Carl Nissen, Kids, Summer, Muscle, Academics, Sports Injury, Medicine, Health Care, Sports Medicine, Family, Healthy Living, Baseball, Healthy Lifestyle, Football, Glenn Fleisig, Parenting, Basketball, Obesity, Athletics, Competition, Sports, Coach, Exercise, Health, Mark Hyman MD, New York Times, Ramon Resa MD, Curve Ball, Recuperation, Schools, Young People, Living News

I advocate for our kids to become more balanced. Stressful organized sports take away from family time, and the experience no longer remains a simple and pleasurable experience.

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Crossing Washington Square: A Chick Lit Author Hits Her Stride

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

I was delighted to have the opportunity to interview Joanne Rendell, author of Crossing Washington Square. This is intelligent chick lit, an engaging story beautifully told.

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Technology Rx for Health Care Reform

Gary Shapiro | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Ipod, Consumer-Electronics-Association, President Obama, Motorola, Intel, Gary Shapiro, Congress, Innovation, Best Buy, Competition, Apple, Living Wills, Hdtv, Texas Instruments, Free Market, Cea, Gdp, Technology, Health Care, Hp, Healthcare, Business News

The consumer electronics industry is defined by rapid innovation and falling prices. Advocates on every side should consider these market-based lessons, as they are relevant to the current health care debate.

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Public Option A Must! Sez Who? Sez Obama!

Sandy Goodman | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Competition, Insurance Companies, Department of Health and Human Services, President Obama, Sen. Kent Conrad, Rep. Lynn Woolsey, Nancy Pelosi, Matthew Yglesias, Public Option, Health Insurance, Timothy Noah, Private Co-Op, Politics News

Just one month ago, President Obama, that left-of-the-left leftie, assured us that a public option was an absolute necessity for any health care bill he would sign into law

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Guys, You Will Never Top Him, So Quit Trying!

Roderick Spencer | Posted 07.26.2009 | Comedy

Read More: John Edwards, Competition, Mark Sanford, Bill Clinton, Resurrection, Elliot Spitzer, Peccadilloes, Comedy News

Edwards, Spitzer nor Sanford belong in the same sports metaphor with The Libido From Little Rock. Bill Clinton scaled Mount Narcissus and planted his flag.

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An Ad Script for Teddy Kennedy on Healthcare Reform

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Advertisement, President Obama, Obama, Reform, Veterans, Issue Ad, Marketplace, Edward Kennedy, Uninsured, Insurance, Government Takeover, Government Run, Health Care, Bankruptcy, Kennedy, Public Option, Hospital Bed, Hospital, Democrat, Medicaid, Ad, Congress, Democrats, Teddy Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Competition, Script, Chris Weigant, Health, Health Insurance, Senator Kennedy, Medicare, Free Market, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Senate, Politics News

In the debate about healthcare reform, why are the loudest voices in the room the ones who seemingly are against all reform? Where are the champions ...

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Bring on the Lemonade Stands

Rachel Thebault | Posted 06.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Competition, Sales Pitch, Rachel Thebault, Lemonade Stand, Food, Food Politics, Business News

I've made a purchase from every lemonade stand I could feasibly stop at (what can I say, I like to support budding entrepreneurs), and I've never reacted with, "wow, that is good lemonade!"

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"I Love Nerds": For Spellers, Dorky's The New Cool

AP | JOSEPH WHITE | Posted 06.26.2009 | Style

Read More: Spelling Bee, Spelling, Scripps, Competition, Scripps National Spelling Bee, National Spelling Bee, Style News

McLEAN, Va. — Lauren Kirk had a hamburger in hand, a new friend by her side. On Monday afternoon, she was one of the cool kids. The 14-year-old...

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A Note on George Carlin about Steroids and Sports from a Practical Idealist

Carol Smaldino | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Competition, Sports, Psychology, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Competitiveness, Sports Medicine, Living News

Battle and competition have become not only endemic to the sports of our times but to how we see the world and how we teach our children.

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Why Selective Colleges--and Outstanding Students--Should Become Less Selective

Barry Schwartz | Posted 04.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Competition, College Admissions, Education, Living News

So we are collectively engaged in a college admission "arms race" that is almost a complete social waste.

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Who's to Blame for 'America's Next Top Model' Audition Riot? Short Women

Tom McCaffrey | Posted 04.18.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Competition, Models, Tragedy, Riots, Supermodels, Cat Fights, Model Height Requirement, Friday the 13th, Ticking Time Bomb, Cattle-Call, Tyra Banks, America's Next Top Model, Tall Women, Comedy News

I personally think it's unfair that women are discriminated against because of their height. Women shouldn't be judged on how tall they are but rather on how hot they are.

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How could my friend and colleague undermine me?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 04.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Competition, Betrayal, Boundaries, Friends, Living News, Relationships, Envy, Author, Work, Writer, Undermine, Female, Reader Q & A, Living News

Dear Irene, I'm an award-winning author with a friendship dilemma. A long time friend told one of my clients that my agent was basically a 'nobody' and that I'm 'just a ghost writer.' Should I confront her?

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Relationship Detox

Natalia Rose | Posted 04.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Competition, Anger, Organize, Relationships, Detox, Ego, Cleanse, Authenticity, Healing, Junk Food, Jealousy, Overeating, Living News

Typically, once you detoxify your relationship with yourself, you will be able to elevate your other relationships with ease.

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Keeping Down With The Joneses: A Top Ten List

Emily Bracken | Posted 03.28.2009 | Comedy

Read More: How to Save Money, Competition, Keeping-Up-With-the-Joneses, Top Ten List, Consumerism, Wall Street, America, Economy, American-Savings, Future, Saving Money, Comedy, Lists, Comedy News

Illegal immigrants' work ethic becomes a source of national pride. No one works so hard for so little money with such inadequate health care.

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Create Jobs Now, but Build Skills for the Future

Julian L. Alssid and Davis Jenkins | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Competition, Workforce, U.S. Economy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Infrastructure, Global Economy, College, Economy, National Infrastructure, Economic Crisis, Jobs, Skilled US Workers, Barack Obama, Business News

Unless the stimulus can be leveraged to revitalize our education and workforce systems, the downturn will likely accelerate the recent trend in which the only good jobs go to those who have training beyond high school.

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We're All Nonprofits Now

Tom Tresser | Posted 01.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Competition, Nonprofits, Bail Out, Finance, Public Education System, Business Competition, Financial Bailout, Non-Profit Business, Congressional Bailout, Non-Profit Business Model, Auto Industry Bailout, Not for Profits, Chicago News

In a market economy, if you try to start a nonprofit or dedicate yourself to working for a nonprofit, you get no special credit. You have to pay your bills, same as the next person.

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