Recording Industry Reports Revenue Increase Due to Streaming – WSJ
Music is one of my passions. I love to play it, hear it, conduct it, and enjoy it. There are more than 70 posts about music here in the Attitude LLC blog. Take a look if you are interested. One of the things I have written about for many years is the demise of the […]
More New Products from Apple
Apple had another first rate set of product announcements yesterday. If you did not see the keynote, you can watch it here. The new iPhone and iPad Pro are designed to capture the market for upgrades. I suspect many owners of iPhone 5S and prior models will make the upgrade to get the improved camera and Apple […]
What the Next President Should Do About Healthcare (Radio interview)
The sound clip below is from a radio interview on WNZF in Palm Coast, Florida on March 18 with station general manager David Ayers. Bill Tol, Director of Florida Hospital HospiceCare Foundation and I talked with David about healthcare. The interview was a prelude to a talk at the Community Open Forum educational series at Florida […]
Connecticut and Medicaid
One of the questions I am asked the most is about whether America should have a single payer for healthcare. The idea sounds compelling to many, but I argue in Health Attitude the economy of scale would turn into a diseconomy of scale. Bigger is not always better. We have 50 states and all are […]
Blood Pressure Without the Arm Cuffs
When doctors or nurses measure our blood pressure, they normally place a cuff around our arm and inflate it. The measurement is for a point in time and sometimes representative. Scientists at Australia’s Monash University are developing a new approach. Their cuffless “blood pressure estimation system” can be worn for hours at a time and wirelessly transmit real-time readings. […]