Kyle Henson

Articles

• Streaming means indie artists go broke

  It’s a well-documented fact that artists don’t get paid well for music that people stream online. The actual magnitude of this problem was recently made more public when alternative rock group Camper Van Beethoven released a picture of their royalty check. One of their songs got played over a million times and their payout was a bit more than $16. That should be astounding to everyone.

  Forum | February 24, 2014
• Obamacare hails disaster for our national economy

  The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released a fatal report about the effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the economy. According to this report, the comprehensive healthcare reform bill will result in a decline of working hours equating to the loss of 2.3 million jobs by 2021. Additionally, the CBO rep...

  Forum | February 10, 2014
• Obamacare fails to help the uninsured

  The White House recently released statistics claiming that just about 3 million people have signed up for health insurance plans through either the federal healthcare.gov or the state exchanges. While these statistics sounds like good news for Obamacare on the surface, Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini tells a different story.

  Forum | January 27, 2014
• Net neutrality is not a friend to the Internet

  On the surface, net neutrality is a great idea. The free and open culture of the Internet is what makes it a beautiful thing, and price discrimination against users and websites would do terrible things to the blossoming Internet that we know and love.

  Forum | January 20, 2014
• Obamacare will be easily broken

  Other than Obama’s sound bite, “If you like your insurance, you will keep it,” the most memorable quote from the Affordable Care Act — more commonly known as Obamacare — debate is, “insurance companies won’t be able to deny you coverage or jack up your rate because of a pre-existing condition.” This caveat will be Obamacare’s undoing.

  Forum | November 11, 2013