Brad Rourke

Brad Rourke’s Blog

  • Pakistan, Take My Data, Please

    These are my notes from my latest Pajamas TV segment, which was live yesterday. I don’t yet have a link to the Flash (free) version, but if you check this page, you can see the video as soon as they have posted the free version. (I am not sure they are going to keep on…

  • My PJTV Segment: McCain Getting Slimed

    These are my notes from my latest Pajamas TV segment, which was live yesterday. I don’t yet have a link to the Flash (free) version, but if you check this page, you can see the video as soon as they have posted the free version. (I am not sure they are going to keep on…

  • My PJTV Segment: Chinese Skype May Spy On Users

    Friends, I was on yesterday’s “The Whip” segment of PJTV, which is a segment where they invite their guests to talk about what the “mainstream media” is not covering, is missing, or is just not paying enough attention to. While PJTV is a subscription-based service, this link ought to take you to my segment for…

  • I'm On TV

    In case you are interested, I’ve got two TV-on-the-Internet segments coming up that you can check out. Not a big deal, just wanted you to know. First of all, I am scheduled to be a guest on Pajamas TV (the new Internet video venture of Pajamas Media, where I publish commentary occasionally and where my…

  • I’m On TV

    In case you are interested, I’ve got two TV-on-the-Internet segments coming up that you can check out. Not a big deal, just wanted you to know. First of all, I am scheduled to be a guest on Pajamas TV (the new Internet video venture of Pajamas Media, where I publish commentary occasionally and where my…

  • The Financial Crisis: Rocks And Water?

    This article by me first appeared in Pajamas Media. There is a parable I learned long ago from the continuous improvement management philosophy. It’s called “rocks and water.” Imagine you want to row your boat along a full, gently flowing river. No sweat. Imagine the water level drops significantly, exposing the jagged rocks along the…

  • Main Street: Already Lost

    I am not sure who is going to win this year’s presidential election campaign, but I already know who the loser will be. It’s the same sap who’s come out on the short end for the last two decades and more: the person on Main Street. Wait, you say. Hasn’t this election begun to turn…

  • Coping With The Cost Of Health Care

    I wanted to share a project that I have been working on with my friends at the Kettering Foundation and the National Issues Forums. I’m quite excited about it. It’s a new issue book I’ve written called Coping With the Cost of Health Care: How Do We Pay for What We Need? The “issue brief”…

  • Google Me.

    This article by me first appeared in Pajamas Media. Senator John McCain’s campaign has “abruptly canceled” a fundraiser that had been set to take place at the home of a Texas oilman. The host, Clayton Williams, had run for governor against Ann Richards back in 1990 and, during the campaign, unfortunately at one point compared…